NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 65 



PART II. 



NEW OR RARE PLANTS 



(Noticed since our last,) 



1. ERICA TRICOLOR, v. SUPERBA. Superb Three coloured Heath. 



(Pax. Mag. 



ERtCACB*. OCTANDRTA, MONOGYNIA. 



A good edition to this most charming and interesting genera; it was raised 

 from seed supposed to have been saved from E Tricolor, by Messrs. Rol- 

 linson's of Tooting; it bears a striking similitude to E Tricolor, v. Major, but 

 differs by the tube of the flower being longer and larger, and presents a 

 considerably more showy appearance. 



2. MAXILLARIA TENUIFOLIA. S lender leaved Maxillaria. 



(Bot Reg. 8. 



ORCHIDACE*. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. 



Introduced from Mexico by Mr. Hartweg, a collector of the London Hor- 

 ticultural Society, who found it growing upon trees in the neighbourhood of 

 Vera Cruz. It is very probable, as it has not been produced in collections 

 from the interior of the country, that it is entirely local. 



It is a very pretty species with yellow, green, and scarlet spotted blos- 

 soms ; it is of easy culture, and as Dr. Lindley observes, " succeeds in a 

 warm damp stove in a pot, with a block of wood thrust into the soil, and 

 the loDg branching Rhizama tied to it; it grows almost equally well when 

 tied to a wooden block, and suspended from the rafters of the stove ; it bears 

 without injury a quantity of water at its roots, and must also be freely syringed 

 over head. It is easily multiplied as it throws out numerous pseudo-bulbs 

 ami roots, which if taken carefully off will soon become vigorous growing- 

 plants." 



3. SOPHRONiriSGRANDIFLORA. Large flowered Sophronitis. 



^Bot. Mag. 3709. 



ORCHlDACESe. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. 



Discovered growing at a considerable elevation on the Organ mountains, 

 by Mr. Gardener, who sent it home in 1S37. It is a handsome variety pro- 

 ducing large flowers of an uniform red colour, inclining to orange, with 

 darker red streaks. We have no doubt but it would succeed well with 

 similar treatment to that afforded Caltleyas, &c. 



4. STATICE ARBOREA. Tree Statice. 



PLUMBAGINACEae. PENTANDRIA, PENTAGYNIA. 



Introduced by P. B. Webb, Esqr., it is one of the most local and rare of 

 all known plants. It is only on a few rocks called Ihe Islets of Hurgado, 

 which seem as if broken of!" from the coast of TenerifTe by some violent con- 

 vulsions of nature, carrying with them on (heir summits a little earth, that 

 this rare plant is found, surrounded on every side by the ocean, and oulv a 

 few yards removed from its surface. 



It is highly ornamental, producing large clusters of flowers of a light blue 

 colour, it is best adapted for planting out in the bed of the conservatory, and 

 Ijrows well in a mixture of heat and loam ; it flowers from April to June. 

 Plants may be obtained at most of the principal Nurseries. 



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