224 NEW PLANTS, ETC , 



for its unusual dimensions. The flowers are full 4 inches in 

 diameter, of a pale clear greenish-white, and the lip is vividly 

 marked by clean stripes of very rich crimson. It is quite a giant 

 of its kind, for the pseudo-bulbs and leaves, taken together, are 

 sometimes 18 inches long. 



It is best grown in the coolest part of the orchid-house, potted 

 in fibry peat, with half-decayed leaves, and liberally supplied 

 with moisture during the growing season. It is a very desirable 

 plant, with large fragrant flowers. 



Mmj 21, 1849. 



21. CoRTUSA Matthioli. Linnceus. 

 Seeds leceived from the North of India from Capt. Mum o. 



Among many highly interesting plants raised from the seeds 

 sent to the Society by this oflicer was a Cortusa, which upon 

 flowering proved not .to be distinguishable, even as a variety, 

 from the ciiarming European alpine form. 



The species having also been found in the birch-woods of the 

 Punjaub, near a fort called by Jacquemont " Choupienne," 

 must now be considered to extend over all tlie lofty mountain- 

 chains lying between Savoy and the Cliinese frontier ; an unusually 

 wide distribution for such a plant. 



A hardy perennial, requiring a rather dry situation, and well 

 suited for rock- work, growing freely in any good loamy soil 

 which is not over retentive of moisture. It is increased by divid- 

 ing the roots when the plants are in a state of rest. It is a well- 

 known neat little alpine species, deserving a place in any select 

 collection. 



May 10, 1849. 



22. P^ONiA MouTAN : versicolor. 



Received from Mr. Fortune in April, 1846, from the north 

 of China, and said to be the " Tee-lok," a greenish- 

 white kind. 



Flowers large, semi-double, or probably quite double, with 

 large broad petals, very irregularly arranged and cut on the 

 edges, deep purple near the base, fading to a rosy lilac near the 

 outsides. Foliage narrow and pointed, like that of the old 

 P. papaveracea. 



Requires the same kind of treatment as the other kinds of Tree- 

 paeony. Very handsome, showy, and distinct. 



May 18, 1849. 



