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Lapageria rosea, ra>\ albiflora :— from Messrs, Veitch & Son. 



A superb greenhouse climber introduced from Chili, and exactly 

 resembliug the now wejhknown scarlet Lapageria in its habit 

 and foliage, as well as in the form of its flowers. The latter, 

 however, were of a pure waxy white, and very beautiful in con- 

 trast with the deep green foliage. It received a Sila^er 

 Knighttan Medal. 



DendroMum sp.nov.:~from Messrs. Low & Co., Clapton. 



A pretty dwarfish-habited epiphyte introduced from Moulmein. 

 It had yellowish moniliform stems, oblong lanceolate leaves, and 

 flowers proceeding singly from the nodes of the matured stems. 

 The flowers had pale creamy yellow sepals and petals, the former 

 oblong bluntish, the latter broader and rather acute, the lip 

 rolled up into a cordate figure, deep orange yellow, creamy at the_ 

 acute tip, and marked with two small deep crimson spots at the 

 base. It was awarded a Silver Banksian Medal. 



Rhodanthe maculata ;— ^from Mr. W. Thompson, Ipswich, 

 A very beautiful annual from the Swan River Colony. Compared 

 with the well known 22. Manglesii, which it resembled in general 

 character, it was a stouter, taller plant, with shorter, broader, and 

 rounder leaves, scarcely at all glaucous, and much larger flower 

 heads, which had the ray -like involucral scales of a pale rosy pink, 

 marked at the base with deep crimson, so as to form a ring 

 around the yellow disk, each scale having on the crimson portion 

 a deeper sanguineous spot, whence the name maciilata. It was a 

 very fine addition to annuals of its class, and was awai'ded a 

 Silver Banksian Medal. 



Rhodanthe atrosanguinea : — from Mr. W. Thompsox. This 

 was imported from the Swan Paver along with the foregoing, 

 compared with which it was of a less vigorous habit, branching 

 more freely from the base, and having more elongated and very 

 glaucous leaves, which were a good deal pitted on the surface, and 

 in the case of the lower ones spathulate in form. The bracts were 

 minute, and the flower heads of a deep magenta rose, with bronzy 

 red disk. Its bright colour and distinct habit make it a desirable 

 plant for cultivation; and obtained for it the award of a Silver 

 Baxksiak Medal. 



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Epidendrum prismatocarpum : — from R. Warner, Esq., 



Broomfield. A neat and rather pretty epiphyte, with ovate 

 pseudo-bulbs, having a long attenuated neck, and terminated by a 

 pair of long ligulate coriaceous leaves. The flowers grew in an 

 erect raceme, a foot or more in height, and consisted of linear 



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