GLEANINGS AND ORIGINAL MEMORANDA. 
I V.) 
But. Mag., 
freely watered, but the pot must be well drained, so as to allow the water to pass off fi Shading in necenarv 
during bright sunshine. In winter it should be placed in a drier atmosphere, and esp< al care must be taken that n 
water be allowed to lodge in the folds of the young leaves.- 
t. 4541. 
Sir W. Hooker is mistaken in saying that it had not been pre- 
viously figured. An excellent representation of it was given in the 
Botanical Register for 1844, t. 37, where will be found the following 
remarks : — 
" From the other purple species allied to it, this is readily known by 
the leaves as well as by the flowers. (7. versicolor has leaves smooth 
on both sides ; C. purpurea downy on both sides, especially beneath ; 
while this has down only on the under side. (7. rtrtkolor has white 
sepals and petals ; C. purpurea, and this, purple ones. While, however, 
C. purpurea agrees in the colour of its flowers, its lip is altogether 
different, being very narrow, with the lateral lobes quite round. 
* C. Masuca should be potted in turfy heath-mould, mixed with a 
few pieces of potsherds. In summer it should receive an ample supply 
of water at its roots ; and where it can be avoided, little should b 
allowed to fall on its leaves, otherwise the young shoots will damp off. 
It enjoys a humid atmosphere and a high temperature ; but as the 
leaves are very delicate, they will soon become scorched if shading is 
not carefully attended to. In winter little water will be required ; 
still it is necessary to keep the soil damp enough to preserve the bulbs 
from shrivelling. This is one of the most difficult of Orchidaceous 
plants to grow well." 
188. Stylidium saxifragoides. Lindley. A beauti- 
ful little greenhouse herbaceous plant, with lemon-coloured 
flowers. Belongs to the order of Styleworts. Native of 
Swan Eiver. Introduced by Messrs. Yeitch and Co. (Fig. 
92.) 
This charming greenhouse plant, raised from seeds from the Swan 
River Settlement, was sent by Messrs. Veitch and Sons of Exeter to 
the May Exhibition of the Horticultural Society for 18.50, under the 
name of 8. ciliatum. That plant, however, is a very different though 
nearly allied species, with the panicle compound, and, as well as the 
scaly scape, clothed with long patent hairs, tipped with dark-coloured 
viscid glands, and with flowers not half the size of the present one. 
Root perennial, dividing at the crown so as to bear copious rosettes of 
densely imbricated, spreading, linear leaves, slightly incurved, yellow- 
green tinged with purple, tapering at the base, acute at the point, and 
there bearing a long hair or bristle ; the margins especially roughly 
fringed. Scapes one or more from the centre of each rosette, a span 
or more high, quite smooth (except above), and there, and upon the 
flower-stalks and ovary, calyx and outside of the corolla, are copious, 
short, glandular hairs. Flower-stalks with two glandular, oblong, red 
bracts above the middle. 
green 
oblong red lobes of the calyx. Corolla large (for the size of the plant), 
yellow. 
As regards their habit and places of growth, Styleworts may be 
compared to species of several British genera; such as Stance, 
Jasione, Phyteuma, Plantar/o, Samolus, and even Droscra. This spe- 
cies is a native of Swan River, and must be treated as a greenhouse 
plant ; it requires no more artificial heat than is necessary to protect 
it from frost, and like many other small plants, it will thrive best when 
kept in a cool pit or frame ; but care must be taken that it does not 
suffer from damp in winter. Light peat soil is found to suit it — Bot. Mar/., t 452 
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