280 NEW AND RARB PLANTS. 



PART II. 



NEW OR RARE PLANTS 



(Noticed since our last.) 



BAUHINIACORYMBOSA. Coryinb-flowering Bauhinia (Bot. Reg. 4J7. 



FABACE.E. TR1ANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 



A yery pretty climbing shrub, introduced from China some time ago, 

 but we believe all attempts to bloom it had been unsuccessful, until Septem- 

 ber 1838, when a plant under the treatment of Mr. Wells, of Redleaf, pro- 

 duced an abundance of flowers, which are of a delicate blush color. In the 

 Linnean classification this plant suits, equally well, no fewer than eight 

 classes or orders. Jt succeeds best when placed in a cool part of the stove, 

 and planted in a fresh and rich soil composed of peat, loam, and decayed 

 manure. 



CORYANTHES MACULATA, var. PARKERI. Spotted lipped Coryanthes, 

 Mr. Parker's variety. (Bot. Mag. 3747. 



ORCHIDACE*. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. 



Introduced from Demerara, and cultivated by C. S. Parker, Esq. ; the ra- 

 ceme produces numerous flowers, each is about three inches across, yellow, 

 with a labellum of a brownish purple, spotted with darker purple spots. 



OXALIS BARRELIERI. Barrellier's Shrubby Wood Sorrel. 



(Bot. Mag. 3748. 



OXALIDE.E. DECANDR1A PENTAGYNIA. 



A hothouse species, growing about a foot high, each branch bearing seve- 

 ral flowers of a pretty yellow colour, spotted with brown. Eaeh blossom is 

 about half an inch across. 



TOURRETTIA LAPPACEA. Bur-fruited. (Bot. Mag. 3749. 



BIGNONIACE.E. DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMI A. 



A native of Peru, introdaced in 1837 into the Glasgow Botanic Garden, by 

 J. M'Lean, Esq , of Lima, where it has bloomed. The plant is annual climb- 

 ing to five feet high; the flowers are produced in terminal spikes of about 

 ten blossoms on each ; the calyx is at first of a bright red, changing to green ; 

 the corolla is of a dark purple, slightly streaked. Each flower is about half 

 an inch long. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM ROSSI. Mr. Ross's (Bot. Reg. 48. 



ORCHIDACE.E. GYNANDRIA NONANDRIA. 



Mr. Ross the collector for G. Barker, Esq., sent this very pretty flowering 

 plant from Mexico; each flower has a bright white lip, lying, as it were, in 

 the centre of a rich green, yellow, and blue star of three points, and pro- 

 duces a beautiful and interesting appearance. Each flower is about two 

 inches across; the flower scape rises to about six or eight inches high. 



