660 llEPORTS OF THE FLORAL (X)MMITTEE, 



Of this class of subjects there were also shown : — 



Pentstemon spectabilis :— from Messrs. Low & Co. A fine 

 herbaceous perennial species from the Californian Sierra Nevada. 

 The leaves on the cut flowering stems which were shown, were 

 large, lance-shaped and toothed, and the flowers had a reddish- 

 tinted tube and a clear blue face. It is one of the same group as 

 P. speciosa, cyananthus, &c., a very handsome hardy plant, but 

 was not effectively shown. 



Microsty lis discolor:— from Messrs. Low & Co. A dwarf 

 orchidaceous plant from Ceylon, bearing a few purple leaves 

 prettily crisped around the edge, and a spike of minute yellow 

 flowers which becoyie brownish in age. Its foliage would mix 

 well with that of other dwarf orchids. 



Sarcochilus sp. : — from Messrs. Low & Co. An epiphytal 

 orchid of Vanda-like habit, with comparatively small white 

 scented flowers streaked with red on the lip. 



Oncidium microchilum :— from Mr. Ceaik, gardener to F. T. 

 RuFFORD, Esq., Prescott House, Stourbridge. This was a fine 

 branched scape, 4 feet long, forming a panicle of sweet-scented 

 greenish-brown flowers, which were about an inch in diameter, 

 and had a small curiously-formed white lip. The plant has 

 thick fleshy leaves a foot long. This specimen arrived too late 

 for the meeting. 



Xanthosoma maculata :— from Mr. W. Bull. A large grow- 

 ing Arad, with gi-een sagittately-triangular leaves, the stalks of 

 which are purplish covered with a glaucous bloom, the sheathing 

 portion being margined with white. It was a plant of good 

 habit, and individually effective, but not such as to require 

 special award in a family abounding in species of a more oma- 



Mr. W. Buix. A dwarfish succu- 

 lent reddish-stemmed stove plant, thickly furnished with opposite 

 leaves, from whose axils young shoots seemed to be freely pro- 

 duced. The leaves were rather long-stalked, with a blade of 

 cordate outline, an inch and a half broad, and serrated on the 

 margin. It was not in flower. 



PhyUogathis rotandifolia :— from Mr. W. Buj.l. This was 

 a very promising stove plant, but was too young for a satis- 

 factory judgment to be formed respecting it. 'The leaves, which 

 had projecting hairs scattered over their surface, were broadly 

 cordate, of a dark green colour, with a slight metallic hue. It 

 will probably prove a desirable ornamental plant. 



