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PART II. 



LIST OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



Angk^cum bilobum. — Two-lobed. (Bot. Reg. 35.) Orchidaceaj. Gynan- 

 dria Monandria. Sent from Cape Coast Castle to Messrs. Loddiges, with 

 whom it lias bloomed, The flowers gi>ow in pendulous racemes. White with 

 a slight tinge of blush. Each flower is about an inch and a half across, fra- 

 grant. 



Boronia ledifolia. — Labrador Tea-leaved. (Pax. Mag. Bot. 123.) A na- 

 tive of New Holland, and has recently bloomed with Messrs. Loddiges. It 

 is a stiff and vigorous growing plant, having, like B. serrulata, entire leaves. The 

 leaves too are without notches. The plant blooms most profusely, each flower 

 being about three-quarters of an inch across, of a pretty pink colour. It merits 

 a place in every greenhouse. 



Callistachys linearis. — Red-flowered. (Bot. Mag. 3882.) Leguminosse. 

 Deiandria Monogynia. Synonym, C sordida. Mr. Drummond sent seeds of 

 it from Swan River colony to Mr. Low of Clapton. It is an erect-growing shrub, 

 blooming freely in terminal racemes. Corolla reddish-purple. Claw and wings 

 of a greenish-yellow. Each blossom is about half an inch across. 



Cymbidium pubescens.— Downy-lipped. (Bot. Reg. 38.) Orchidaceae. Gy- 

 nandiia Monandria. Discovered by Mr. Cuming in the woods of Sincapore, and 

 sent to Messrs. Loddiges, with whom it has bloomed. The flowers are produced 

 on a pendulous raceme. Petals and sepals crimson edged with green. Label- 

 lum yellow edged with crimson. 



Cyrtochilum maculatum. — Spotted. (Bot. Mag. 3880.) Orchidaceae. Gy- 

 nandria Monandria. Petals and sepals greenish-yellow, beautifully blotched 

 with dark crimson. Labellum pale sulphur-coloured. The flowers are produced 

 in large panicles, each blossom about two inches across. It is a very beautiful 

 kind. A plant has bloomed in the Woburn collection. 



Epidendrum Grahami. — Dr. Graham's. (Bot. Mag. 3885.) Orchidaceae. 

 Gynandria Monandria. Sent from Mexico to the Edinburgh Botanic Garden. 

 Flowers produced in a loose raceme, eight or ten on each. Each blossom is 

 near three inches across. Petals and sepals of a greenish-yellow, tinged up the 

 middle with brown. Lip, side lobes yellow, the middle lobe large, white, very 

 beautifully streaked with red. 



Goldfl'ssia gi.omerata. — Clustered-flowered. (Bot. Mag. 3881. Pax. Mag. 

 Bot. 121.) Acanthacese. Didynamia Angiospermia. A native of the moun- 

 tains of Sylhet in the East Indies, introduced to the gardens at Sion House 

 about four years back. There had been only one species previously introduced, 

 and known by the appellation Ruellia anisophylla. The present species is of a 

 more luxuriant habit, shrubby, evergreen, branching. The flowers are produced 

 in loosish heads; corolla funnel-shaped, nearly two inches long, of a lilac blue. 

 It is an ornamental hothouse plant, well meriting cultivation. The plant in- 

 creases freely by cuttings, grows rapidly, and in a warm and damp stove flou- 

 lisbcs satisfactorily. It requites a rich loamy soil with a mixture of sandy peat, 

 and a free drainage. 



I pom ka batatoiijes. — The Male Jalap. (Bot. Reg. 36.) Convolvulaceae. 

 Pentandna Monogynia. Sent by Mr. Hartweg to the Loudon Horticultural 

 Society from Mestitlan. The plant is not so rambling or profuse in foliage as 

 in hi v of the Ipomajas, and the flowers stand conspicuously out beyond the 

 foliage. The flower is of a rich crimson, shaded with lilac and pink. The 

 plaits are of a beautiful carmine, shading off' to white at the mouth of the tube, 

 altogether producing a most brilliant effect. Like all tuberous-rooted Ipomaeas 

 it requires to be kept in a warm and dry situation during winter. As soon as it 

 begins to start, it should be watered gradually, increasing as it extends in growth. 

 It requires a temperature between a greenhouse and a stove, in which it blooms 



