'in NEW PLANTS. 



Linum gramViJlorum. — A si)lciuli(l annual wlioii ohtuiiicd tnu', lait a lar}:e-lluwerc(l coiii- 

 Tiion flax Is oftou sold niukr tliis name; flowers larji;o crimson. Alj^iers. Introduced from 

 Paris. 



J.ohcl'ui Chiedtrcghti. — Said to lie jiretty; flowers red, ex|ian(liiig in succession tlie wliole 

 eumtiier. Mexico. Green-house ])erennial. M. JJiuh/i, JJruKuch. 



Lomaria Chilc)isi,s. — A line, robust-looking, hardy tern, oi" ornamental diaracter. Chili. 

 Messrs. Vcitch, and Messrs. Standish tC iVwi/f. 



Lomatiafcrruginea. — A fine evergreen proteaceons shrub, also called Emhothrium ferru- 

 gineum ; fine dark, twice-divided foliage. Chili. Green-house evergreen shrub. Messrs. 

 Veitch, and Me^^srs. Standith t£- Noble. 



Lycaste costata. — A large-flowered Orchid; green, with a yellowish-Avhite lip. Pern 

 Stove epiphyte. R. ITanhuri/, Esq. 



Lysimacliia LeschenauUi. — A jiretty and useful iilant for the flower garden and for pots; 

 flowers rosy, in dense racemes. Neilgherries. llalf-liardy sub-shrub. Messrs. Oshorn. 



Maranta Warscariczii. — Finely variegated foliage, deep green, marbled with gray about 

 the raid-rib, pnrple beneath ; the flowers seem unknown. Central America. Stove peren- 

 nial. M. Mathieu, Berlin. 



Marcctia andicola. — Xeat; flowers, pink. Venezuela. Stove dwarf shrub. M. Linden., 

 Brussels. 



Marsdenia lucida. — A robust climber, with fine thick foliage, and dingy purple flowers. 

 Himalaya. Hardy in Ireland. Glasnetin Bot. Garden. 



Mcthonica virescens Plantii. — The Gloriosa Plantii of English gardens. Shoivy and 

 curious; flowers orange colored. Natal. Warm green-house tuberous perennial. Messrs. 

 Henderson & Co.., and others. 



Neriandra suberecta. — This fine showy stove climber, with yellow blossoms, lias been 

 recently re-introduced from the French gardens, under the name of Echites Pellieri. 



Kycterinia selaginoides.. — Pretty; flowers in a corymb, white, with a deep yellow eye. 

 Cape of Good Hope. Green-house annual of dwarf spreading habit. Horticultural Society. 



Oncidimn ionosmum. — Showy ; flowers yellow, the sei)als and jietals spotted with brown ; 

 they have a delightful odor of violets. History not stated. Stove ejiipliyte. A. Kenricl\ Esq. 



Oncidimn rcjlcxurn ccesium. — A glaucous-leaved variety of 0. rcjiexum. named 0. casinin, 

 in tlie German gardens. 



Oxylobium Oshorni. — Very ornamental ; flowers bright orange, very profuse. New Hol- 

 land. Green-house evergreen shrub. Messrs. Oshorn. 



Pentas carnea rosea. — An imported variety of the well known P. carnea, having nineh 

 deeper-colored flowers, of a rosy tint. Messrs. Osborn. 



Phrynium micans. — A stemless plant, with dark green leaves having a central longitudi- 

 nal streak of whitish red, dull brown red beneath; flowers white, with rosy bracts. Peru. 

 Stove perennial. 31. 3Iat?iiev^ Berlin. 



Pinckney ionantha. — Said to be a fine s])ecies, with dark violet flowers and a purple 

 calyx divided so as to resemble a stalked i)etaloid leaf. New Grenada. Stove shrub. M. 

 Linden., Brussels. 



Pinus Jeffreyana — Pinus Parryana. — Hardy California Pines, of which nothing further 

 is known. Messrs. Law <fi Co. 



Pinus Royleana. — A new Indian Pine witii small cones, belonging to the two-leaTi'l 

 group. Supposed to be quite hardy from growing 8-10,000 feet elevation in Nepal. Hort- 

 icultural Society. 



Pitcairnia longifolia.. — A fine species, of ornamental habit, with an erect, elongated 

 stem, and branched panicle of scarlet flowers. Lima. Stove shrub. Keio Bot. Card n 

 tcairnia mnscosia. — Pretty and lively as a winter bloomer; flowers red- Brazil, 

 perennial. Kew Bot. Garden. 



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