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NEW PLANTS. 



OTYLTA '- BICOLOE, Two-coloured Notylia {Bot. 3fag., t. 5609).— 

 Orchidece. This little orchid is a perfect gem. It was first met 

 ■with by Mr. Skinner in Guatemala, afterwards by Hartweg in the 

 mountains of Comalapan, where it grows upon oaks. The wh'ole plant 

 is not more than an inch and a half high ; leaves usually five • 

 flower-spikes drooping, bearing from ten to twenty elegant little flowers, which 

 are mingled white, lilac, and yellow. 



GLYrn.EA MoNTEiRoi {Bat. Mag., t. o6lO).— Liliaceae. A stove shrub from 

 tropical Africa. It has handsome ovate-serrated leaves, and yellow flowers an inch 

 and a quarter in diameter. 



Yanda Bensoni [Bot. Mag., t. 5611). — Orchidece. An elegant species discovered 

 in Rangoon by Colonel Benscn, who sent plants of it to ^Messrs. Veitch who 

 flowered it in the summer of 1866. The plant grows a foot high, bearin"- a' mass 

 of coriaceous leaves, a span or more long. The flower-spikes are uprio-ht° many- 

 flowered. The flowers closely arranged about two inches across ; the°sepals and 

 petals of a yellowish-green, marked with reddish-brown dots ; lip same leno-th as 

 the sepals, of a beautiful violet colour ; the auricles and spur at the base white. 



C^LOGYXE BiFLORA, Tii'o-floicered Calogyne [Gard. Chron., 1865, p. 1035). 



A botanical curiosity,* bearing ligulate-acute leaves, not reaching a span in heio-'ht 

 and flowers not an inch long. The flower is white ; the lip bears a callus which 

 is not usual in the genus. 



Staxhopea saccata, Pouched Stanhopea {Gard. Chron., ' 1865, p. 1035).— 

 Orchidese. A very fine species, identical with the S. radiosa of Lindley 's Fol. Orch. 

 Stan. 15. The flowers are not much inferior to S. tigrina, and emit an ao-reeable 

 perfume.' 



Odontoolossum ScHLiEPEraAxuM, ScJiIieper's Odonioglot {Gard. CJiron., 1865 

 p. 1082). — Orcliidece. This plant has been well studied in England both by Bate- 

 man and Day, but was for a long time confounded with 0. Tasleayi and other 

 species. It differs from the species named in flowering late in summer, and not in 

 winter. The colours are less bright, the prevailing hue being light yellow, and 

 the inferior parts of the flower only are marbled. It is an inhabitant of Costa 

 Rica. 



Catakidozamia Hopei, Hope's Zamia {Gard. CJiron., 1865, p. 1107). 



Cycadese. A noble plant, discovered in Eastern Australia by Mr. Walter Hill 

 director of the Brisbane Botanic Gardens. The stem attains a height of sixty feet' 

 and from nine inches to a foot in diameter. The foliage'is elegantly pinnate • the 

 pinnae linear, entire, nearly a foot long and an inch wide. The cone arises singly 

 from the centre of the crown of leaves. " 



Odontoglossl-m Dawsoxiaxijm, Daivson'-s Odontoglot {Gard. Chron. 1865 

 p. 1226).— A beautiful Mexican species in the way of O. Rossii, bearing' slender 

 racemes of three or four flowers, each larger than a florin ; the sepals rose-coloured 

 with crimson blotches extending to the apex ; the petals and lip pure rose. ' 



Ctmbidium HooKEr.iAXUM, JELooTcer's CgmUdium {Gard. Chron., 1866, p. 7). 



Orchidece. A magnificent species with the habit of C. gigantetcm, but with laro-or 

 flowers of a pale apple green ; the lip and colour is whitish, with numerous purple 

 blotches. ^ 



Pleurothallis Sal-ndersiaxa, Saunders's Pleiirothallus ( Gard. Chron. 1866 

 P- 74).— Orchidece. A small Brazilian orchid, possessing but few claims to'attrac- 

 tion as a decorative plant. 



Aerides Thibautiaxum, Thihaut's Aerides {Gard. Chron., 1866, p. 100). 



Orchideoe. A beautiful species, with the habit of A. qiiinqitevulnencm. The 

 flowers are in a pendulous raceme, and have a rich amethyst colour. 



Epidexdrum dichromum var. striatum {Gard. Chron., 1866, p. 218).— A beau- 

 tiful variety of a well-known plant. The sepals and petals are white, and all the 

 veins covered with deep purple lines. 



Spiranthes maroaritifera {Gard. Chron., 1866, p. 219).— A South Brazilian 

 orchid ; the leaves are d ^rk green, with pretty white spots, but the flowers are 

 valueless in point of beauty. 



