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A handsome stove bulb, the leaves are ovate-oblong, the flowers wliite, banded 

 with blue. 



IIydranoea. paniculata grandiflora {Flore des Sevres, t. 1665).— A hne 

 half hardy shrub, with elliptic leaves and large branched pyramidd panicles of 

 wliite flowers. , , » i 



MAONcrLiA Lf.nnei {Flore des Serres, t. 1693).— Magnoliaceoe. Probably the 

 finest of all the deciduous group of magnolias, and admirably adapted for forcing. 

 The flowers are large, white within, reddisli purple without. 



Maranta illustkis {Flore des Serres, U 1691)— A good figure of this mag- 

 nificent plant. 



Maranta rosea picta {Flore des Serres, t. 167-3;.— A faithful portrait, showing 

 the brilliant colours most accurately. 



Zea Japonica alro-vittata, Vanegated Japayiese Maize {Flore des Serres^ 

 t. 1673).— A fine annual grass, the leaves striped with bands of white and green. 



BoLHopHYLLTM SiAMENSE {Gard. Chron., 1867, 572).— Orchidacetc. This has 

 pale yellow flowers, striped with purple lines ; it stands between B. LohUi and 

 Reinwardiii. 



Odontoglossum NEKi-LosuM {Gard. Chron., 1867, 572).— This difficult orchid 

 has been several times lost, and is as yet but imperfectly understood. There are 

 two varieties, one with brown, one with red blotches. 



ErcoDONiA N.EGELioiDES {L' Hort. Franc. 1867, t. 3).— Gesneraceoe. A beau- 

 tiful stove plant, with broad ovate leaves and large gloxinia-like flowers of a fine 

 lose, spotted with crimson. 



FiTTONiA ARGYiioNELUA {Flore des Serres, t. 1664).— Acanthaceoe. A beau- 

 tiful stove herb, bearing a profusion of broad oval leaves of a bright green colour, 

 marked with a network of pure white veins. 



L^LiA PiLCHEiii {Floral Mag., t. 340).— Orohidaceoe. A hybrid raised by Mr. 

 Dominy from L. Fen'inii, fertilized with L. crispa. 



Sedum MAXIMUM VERSICOLOR, Many-coloured Major Sedum {Flore des Serres, 

 t. 1669).— Crassulacece. A hardy plant of the Telephium group, leaves roundish 

 oblong, green in the centre and margined with white. 



Cyutodeira Montalexsis {Gard. Chron., 1867, 655).— Gesneraceoe. A pretty 

 plant from the Cbontales gold region of Central America. The leaves are purple on 

 the under side, and on the upper light green, with very dark green blotches. ^ The 

 flowers appear in Xovember and December, and are lilac, as large as a crown piece. 



Epidendrl-m sophroxites {Gard. Chron., 1867, 655).— An unattractive species, 

 not worth describing here. 



OuoNTOGLossuM NEBULOSUM CAXDiDUM {Gard. Chrou., 1867, 710).— A pretty 

 varietv, lacking the blotches on sepals and petals. 



Pas-sifloka Banksii (Garc?. Chron, 1867, 782).— A greenhouse climber from 

 Queensland. The flowers are of a pinkish hue, and are succeeded by oblong greenish 

 fruit about an inch in length. It has been lately flowered by W. K. Curtis, Esq., of 

 Canterbury. It is the Disemma coccinea of De C. Prod. III. 333. 



Good VERA macrantha {Gartenfl., t. 533, fig, 2).— Orchidaceas. A dwarf 

 nearly hardy orchid, with ovate leaves, which are bordered with yellow, and in the 

 central parts are of a durk green, reticulated with pale green lines like an Anajc- 

 tochilus. The flowers are pale rose-coloured. 



GooDYEKA VELUTINA {Garte)ifl., t. 533, fig. 1).— A stout-growing, nearly 

 hardy orchid, the leaves of a deep velvety purpHsh green rib on the upper, and a 

 violet tint on the under side. 



Lamprococcus Weilrachii {Gartenfl., t. 539).— Bromeliacea?. A stove herb 

 with tongue-shaped leaves, and a single panicle of flowers, which are bluish violet 

 and flesh coloured. 



Aerides Vandarvm (Gard. Chron., 1867, 999).— This plant has been con- 

 founded with A. cvlhidricum, but it is quite distinct. It has pretty white nowers, 

 reminding one of Vanda flowers, by the reflexed sepals and the undulations of both 

 petals and sepals. ^ , . , 4 i.x 



Dendrorium capillipes {Gard. Chron., 1867, 999).— Orchidacerc. A pretty 

 little species, with a small golden flower. It is a native of Moulmein. 



Lmlix majalls May-Jloxverhq Lcella {Bot. Mag., t. 5667).— A magnificent 

 Mexican orchid, long known to botanists. The large handsome flowers are ot a 

 beautiful rosy-lilac colour, the lip is while with lilac streaks and lilac margin. , 



