Oa REPORTS OP THE FLOEAL COMMITTEE, DEC. 1 0, 1 861. 



* 



it was thought to be inferior, in regard to its ornamental qualities, 

 to the old CUvia nobiliSy which it resembles in general character. 

 The plant was stated to bloom at successive periods, as slightly 

 stimulated by an increased temperature. 



Epiphyllum truncatum : — from Messrs, E. G. HENDEKSO^i 



& Son. Two varieties of this very beautiful winter-blooming 



stove plant, namely, anrantio-coccineuni with scarlet flowers, 

 and spectabile with the flowers of a bright rosy purple. The 

 exhibition consisted of standard plants grafted on stems of 

 the Pereskia, and of a small bluntly quadrangular species of 

 Cereus, and they were sent to show the more vigorous growth of 

 the plants when grafted upon the latter. 



Crassula lactea ; — from Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son. 



A shrubby succulent greenhouse plant \yell known) in collections 

 having fleshy ovate leaves, and panicles of white starry flowers. 

 It was exhibited as a winter-flowering species. Messrs. Hen- 

 PEKSON & Son also sent a small plant of the lovely BJiododendron 



Princess Royal. 



Maranta Sagoriana :— from Mr. W. Bull, F.R.H.S., Chelsea. 

 This was stated to be a South American species. The leaves 

 were oblong, of a very light green, marked, on each side the mid- 

 rib, with oblong bars of deep green, the markings similar in 

 character to those of M. ornata. The plant was, however, only 

 about 6 inches in height, and was stated to be constantly 

 dwarf. 



Philodendron discolor;— from Mr. Bull. The plant shown 



under this name, and which bears in other gardens that of Sole- 

 nosterigma hicolor^ was a slender climbing stove Arad, with 

 rooting pale green stems, and alternate leaves, the mature ones 

 of a rich glossy or satiny-shaded deep olive-tinted (or copper- 

 tinted) green above, and greenish red beneath, while the younger 

 ones were of a light reddish-olive gradually merging into green ; 

 the leaves were ovate, slightly cordate at the base, and having a 

 long acuminate point. These peculiarities, together with the red- 

 tinted margins, and the minutely albo-punctate base of the 

 medium nerve, seem to indicate that the species was probably 

 the Fhilodendron micans^ or as it is sometimes called, Soleno- 

 sterigma micans. 



Tree Carnations :— from Mrs. Cakstaius, Edinburgh: The 



Bride. This was a fine pure white variety, but though good, it was 

 not thought superior to other white-flowered sorts already known. 

 Flowers ha4 been sent for examination at the meeting on 



