NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 187 



CEROPEGIA VINCEFOLIA. Periwinkle learned Ceropegia. 



(Bot. Mag. 3740. 



ASCLEFIADE/E. PENTANDRIA, DIGYNIA. 



6. A very distinct species of this singular genus was introduced from 

 Bombay to the Glasgow Botanic garden, by J. Nimmo, Esq., Bombay, in the 

 stove at which place it bloomed in September, 1838. The flowers are green- 

 ish white spotted with deep brown, and the upper part of the segments 

 wholy brown. 



CYNOG LOSSUM CG5LEST1NUM. Blue and white Hounds-tongue. 



(Bot. Reg. 36. 



BORAGINACE.E. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 



7. A pretty hardy biennial introduced to the Horticultural Societies' gar- 

 den by J. Nimruo, Esq., where it bloomed in August and September last. 

 The flowers which are blue and white, are smaller than other species of this 

 genus. 



DENDROBIUM JENKENS1I. Captain Jenkinson's Dendrobium. 



(Bot. Reg. 37. 



ORCHIDACEJE. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. 



8. This species bears resemblance to D. aggregatum, both in color and 

 shape, but the flowers are larger. It was introduced into various collections 

 in this country by Dr. Wallich, who received in 1836, from Captain Jenkins, 

 of Gualpara, to whom we have dedicated it. Dr. Lindley observes, "it is 

 more difficult to cultivate than those kinds with long free-growing stems; it 

 is frequently seen in an unhealthy state owing to its being grown in a pot, 

 and subjected to an uniform high degree of temperature. The best way to 

 ensure its success, is, to tie it to a block of wood with a piece of turfy peat 

 attached to it, and suspend it from the rafter of the house, there it must be 

 well syringed at least twice a day, so long as it continues to grow, and after- 

 wards it may be removed to a cooler house. In fact, it never requires so 

 much heat as those species with long trailing stems." 



EDWARDSIA MACNABIANA. Mr. Macnab's Edwardsia. 



(Bot Mag. 3735. 



LEGUMINOSjE. DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 



9. Sir William Hooker considers it probable that the present handsome 

 species is a seedling variety of E. grandiflora, though it is at once distin- 

 guishable from the ordinary form of that species. Mr. Macnab of the 

 Edinburgh Botanic garden, under whose directions it has been successfully 

 grown for several years, confidentially believes it to be a distinct species; 

 from whence it was introduced however is not known. The flowers, which 

 are produced upon lateral racemes, are of a bright yellow. During the re- 

 cent very severe winter, which effected so much ruin amongst our valuable 

 shrubs; this beautiful plant survived much better than two or three other 

 species about the same size and occupying similar parts of the wall ; it has 

 now a stem which measures upwards of eleven inches in circumference. 



EPACR1SCOCCINEUS. Scarlet-flowered Epacris. (Pax. Mag. Bot. 



I. I'M Hlli \i i./i . PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 



10. A very beautiful variety raised from seed bv Mr. Kynoch, gardener to 

 Alderman Copeland, Leyton, Essex, in whose collection it bloomed during 

 the early part of this year, and was subsequently purchased by Messrs. Low 

 & Co., of Clapton. 



