210 NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



blossom. The leaves are about four inches long, and nearly three broad. The 

 tubular part of the flower is about an inch long, and the limb an inch and a half 

 across, somewhat funnel shaped, white. It requires to be grown in the open 

 border in the plant stove, not doing well if confined in a pot. 



Salvia tubifera.— Tube-flowered. (Bot. Reg. 44.) Labiata:. Diandria 

 Monogynia. A native of Mexico, sent from thence by Mr. Hartweg to the 

 London Horticultural Society. It forms a branching bushy plant, growing 

 about a yard high. The flowers are produced in profusion, in racemes about 

 six inches long, of a rosy-crimson colour. Each blossom is about an inch long, 

 in form closely resembling those of a Gardoquia multiflora, and produced as 

 numerously. It is a very desirable plant for ornamenting the greenhouse in 

 autumn and winter months. It propagates freely by cuttings. 



Tulipa tricolor. — Three coloured. (Bot. Mag. 3887.) Liliaceae. Hexan- 

 dria Monogynia. A native of dry stony places on the sides of the Altai moun- 

 tains. It has bloomed for several years in the collection of David Falconer, 

 Esq., Carlowrie, North Britain. Flowers greenish on the outside, white within, 

 and yellow at the base. The flower is spreading, nearly flat, abour four inches 

 across. 



PLANTS NOTICED BUT NOT FIGURED IN THE BOTANICAL REGISTER. 



Schomburgkia tibicinus. Flowers two inches and a half across, deep pink, 

 speckled with white outside, rich chocolate red within. Lip white in the middle, 

 deep rose at the sides. 



Epidendrum Phcsniceum. — From Cuba. Bloomed with Messrs. Loddiges, 

 producing a panicle three feet high. Sepals and petals a deep purple, mottled 

 with green specks. Lip an inch and a naif long, of the clear bright violet of 

 Cattleya labiata, with similar drep crimson veins and stains in the middle. 



Eria convallarioides. — Bloomed with Messrs. Loddiges. Flowers small, 

 whitish. 



Epidendrum raniferum. — In the way of E. nutans. From Mexico. Flowers 

 greenish, spotted with brown. 



Epidendrum radiatum. — In the way of E. fragrans. Bloomed with Messrs. 

 Loddiges. Flowers pale pea green ; lip striated with deeper rays of puiple. It 

 is a very interesting species. 



Pogonia plicata. — A terrestrial orchidaceous plant from the Mauritius. It 

 has flowered in the Syon Gardens. The blossoms are of a dull olive green, with 

 a pale lilac labellum. 



Phacei.ia fimbriata. — A native of North America, and is of straggling 

 habit, like Nemophila atomaria, but prettier. A curious glandular fringe bor- 

 ders the corolla, which when first expanding is of a lilac colour, but changes to 

 white. It is a pretty flowering hardy annual, and an interesting addition for 

 the flower garden. 



Arcxreia festiva. — From India to the Syon House gardens, where it has 

 bloomed in the plant stove. The plant is a shrubby climber. The flowers are 

 pure white, small. 



Epidendrum pterocarpum. — From Mexico, and has lately bloomed with 

 George Barker, Esq., Springfield. It has a long raceme of pinkish-yellow 

 flowers, with the lip streaked with crimson. 



Epidendrum articulatum. — Also bloomed with Mr. Barker. 



Lindenia rivalis. — Found near Vera Paz by Mr. Hartweg. Of the natural 

 order Rubiaceae, and section Rondeletiarum. The flower is long and tubular 

 formed, with a five parted limb, and are produced in terminal corymbous heads. 



Godetia albescens. — A new hardy annual sent from Columbia. It is related 

 in habit to G. viminea. It forms a close cluster of short branches, which weigh 

 down the stem. The flowers are a pale lilac without any spot. 



