76 NEW PLANTS, ETC., 



It proves to be a fine showy plant for Rockwork, where it blooms 

 freely and remains long in succession. 



Sept. 19, 1845. 



17. Ophiopogon prolifer.* 



Received from T. Lewis, Esq. of Penang, July 12, 1844. 



This is an evergreen herbaceous plant, with a slender stem 

 slowly rising by means of roots which its leafy stems tlirow out, 

 in the manner of a screw pine. The stems are not thicker than 

 a swan's quill, and bear at intervals clusters of bright-green 

 sword-shaped leaves, which curve downwards and are longer 

 than the flowering stems. The latter are bright purple, and bear 

 in an interrupted manner a few clusters of nearly sessile small 

 white obovate flowers, whose texture is between fleshy and spongy. 

 In this species the stamens are united in a very short fleshy ring. 

 The ovary is very thin skinned, and adheres, but does not grow, 

 to the perianth. In each of its 3 cells stands a pair of fleshy 

 ascending anatropal ovules. The style is pyramidal and termi- 

 nated by 3 small point-like stigmas. 



It is a stove plant, which appears to succeed well in rough 

 sandy peat. During summer an ample supply of water is ne- 

 cessary ; also a very moist atmosphere, at a temperature of not 

 less than 80° by day. In winter it requires to be treated almost 

 like an orchidaceous plant : if a humid atmosphere is kept up, 

 little or no water will be required for a few weeks. 



It appears to be an abundant flowerer, and is of some interest 

 to those who delight in curious stove-plants. 



Oct. 1, 1845. 



18. Graellsia saxifrag^folia, Boissier, Ann. Sc. Nat., 

 xvii. 172. Cochlearia saxifragsefolia, De Cand. Sys., 

 ii. 370. 



Obtained from the Dean of Manchester in April, 1844. 

 The seeds were collected on the Mountains of Persia, 

 by Th. Kotschy, and received as a species of Cabrera. 



This is a little plant, with long-stalked kidney- shaped or 

 roundish leaves, very coarsely notched, and smelling strongly of 

 garlic. The flower-stems are about nine inches high, and bear 



* O. prolifer: rhizomate radicante scandente, foliis recurvatis glaberrimis 

 ensiformibus racemis spicatis interruptis lon^ioribus, bracteis ovatis margine 

 membranaceis floribus obovatis sublouffioribus. — J. L. 



