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GLEANINGS AND ORIGIXAL ME^rORANDA. 
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evergreen greenhouse slirub, of little beauty, from New Caledonia. Introduced by the Horticultural 
Belongs to Proteads. (Pig. 222.) 
Society. 
Of this a live plant has been received from Mr. Moore, ^ho speaks of it as a small Proteuceous rlnnt, not uncommon 
on the east coast of Xew Caledonia. It is a bush with obovate, retuse, flat, veinless, or slightly three-ribbed leaves 
tapermg to the base, and umbels of small apparently white flowers. It wOl not prove of any horticultural interest 
Jou7*n. ofllort, 5oc.,vol. vi. 
442. Salpiglossis sixuATA. Ruiz and Pavon; flava. (Varieties of coLouii : 
UT- 
purea Graham ; 2. 
Hool^ 
3. S. picta Sweelj 4. S, Barclayana SweeL) 
with 
flowers of various colours^ deep purple, straw- 
colour, variegated, parti-colourcd and l)riglit 
yellow. Belongs to Linariads. (Fig, 223.) 
We have little doubt that Mr. Bentham is finite 
right in reducing to one species the many coloured fonns 
of Salpiglossis that our gardens contain, foriicither in 
their wild nor cultivated state can any appreciable difference 
"■ except that of colour be detected among them. They all 
inhabit Chili, where they grow on dry clay banks, which are 
baked by tlie sun till they are little less hard than bricks. 
The variety DOW called ^ara in gardens has whole-coloured, 
bright yellow flowers, and is one of the best tliat have been 
raised. It is more cultivable than some of them, succeeding 
perfectly well if so\\ti in beds in the open air, not allowed 
to be crowded, and treated in all respects like a Lobers 
Catchfly, a Collinsia, or any such well-known plant. 
443. Epidendrum replicatum. An orchidaceous epiphyte, with yellowish flow^ers stained with 
brown, and a white and pink lip. Native of New Grenada. Introduced by Sigismond Rucker, 
Esq. (Fig. 224; a, a magnified representation of the lip flattened.) 
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