MEW AND RARB PLANTS. 139 



PART II. 



NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 



(Noticed since our last.) 



I. MATTHIOLA ODORATISSIMA. Sweetest Evening Stock. 



(Bot. Reg. 25. 



CRUCIFERA. TETRADYNAMIA SBLEGUOSA. SYNONYM. CHEIRANTHUS 



ODORATISSIMUS. 



Introduced to this country some years back, but is rarely to be met with. 

 We lately saw it in tiae bloom, which has a pretty appearance, the flowers are 

 of a pale purple with yellow centre, they are most delightfully fragrant to- 

 wards evening, much more so than the well known Cheiranthus tristis. The 

 present species is a half hardy biennial, and does well either in the green- 

 house or open border during summer. It seeds freely and is readily culti- 

 vated. 



3. LCEL1A AUTUMNAL1S. The Autumnal Lcelia. (Bot, Reg 27. 



ORCHIDACEJE. GYNANDRIA MONANDR1A. 



A native of Mexico, and now found in many collections of Orchideae in 

 this country, and it certainly merits a place in every one. The plant is of 

 eas\ culture ; it requires to be tied to a piece of wood, and as soon as fresh 

 ro>ts begin to push it is freely syringed, even two or three times a day till 

 the growing season is over, when it is removed to a cooler temperature, and 

 kept dry through the winter, after which, it is taken to a higher temperature 

 and treated as above. The flowers are of a beautiful mixture of bright rose, 

 crimson, and purple, with the labellum towards its base, white, spotted and 

 streaked with dark brownish crimson ; each flower is near four inches across, 

 produced numerously, and very fragrant. 



9. TRICH1N1UM ALOPECUROIDEM. Foxtail Trichinium. 



(Bot. Reg. 28. 



AMARANTHACEJE. MONODBLPHIA PENTANDRIA. 



This singular looking plant was introduced into this country by Captain 

 Mangles, K. N., from the Swan River Colony. It has bloomed in the collec- 

 tion of that gentleman's brother, R. Mangles, Esq... Sunning Hill, Berkshire ; 

 it is a half hardy annual flowering abundantly in the open border during 

 summer; flowers are produced in spikes, green, tinged with rosy pink of a 

 glossy appearance like the cockscomb ; the flowers seem to protrude them- 

 selves out of a dense mass of fine hairs, like those of the feather grass, 

 though not very showy, the flowers are very interesting. Dr. Lindley bai 

 statfd that two other species are known to exist at Swan River, specimens 

 having been given to the Doctor by Captain Mangles. 



I. Tr. Manglesii. Dowers, pink at the tips, silvery at the base. 



'i. Tr. Stirlinghii ; silvery, just tinged with pink. 



4. SALVIA CONFERTIFLORA. Close flowered Sage. (Bot. Reg. 29. 



LABIATE*. DECANDRIA MONOGYMA. 



Discovered by Mr. Macrae, near Rio Janeiro, Brazil. It is like others of 

 this family, thriving well either in the greenhouse, conservatory, or open 



