NEW AND HAKE PLANTS. 41 



PART II. 



LIST OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS, 



Noticea t.nce our lost. 

 I. CATTLEYA PERR1NII. Mr. Perrins Caileya. [Bot. Reg. 2. 



ORCHIDACEJE. GTNANDRIA MONANDP.1A. 



This beautiful flowering species is a native of Brazil, and bloomed for 

 the first time in this country, in the fine collection of R. Harrison, Esq., near 

 Liverpool, and the species is named in compliment to Mr, Perrin, the intel- 

 ligent and skilful gardener to that Gentleman. Each flower is about four 

 inches across, the petals are of a beautiful rosy lilac colour. The labellum 

 is of a very pale bluish purple, with white and yellow ; a large portion of 

 its end of a deep mulberry crimson. 



•i. CYNOCHES VENTRICOSUS. Ventricoie. [Botanist. 



ORCHIDACE*. GYNANDRIA MONOGTN1A. 



Mr. Skinner discovered this interesting species in Guatamala, and sent it 

 in 1822 to James Bateman. Esq., Kj npersley Hall. The genus is remarkable 

 for the flowers having a striking resemblance to a swan when the flowers are 

 held in a reverse direction to that in which they are produced. The flowers 

 are produced on a raceme, each having five or six. Each flower is abous 

 five inches across, of a greenish yellow colour. Cynoches, from Kuknos, a 

 swan ; and auchen, a neck ; in allusion to the graceful curve of the column 

 of the flower, which resembles a swan's neck. 



3. DRIMOMA BICOLOR. Two coloured (kai.es) rVooduoit (Eot.Reg. 4. 



GESNERIACE.E. DIOYNAMIA ANG IOSPERM IA, 



The plant is a native of the West Indies, where, like the ivy in our own 

 country, it runs up the trunks of trees, or spreads upon the ground. It re- 

 quires to be grown in the hot house, and is admirably adopted for runnin" 

 up a pillar, or covering a wall in such a shady situation as other plants 

 will scarcely grow in; it flourishes best when the wall is rather damp. The 

 foliage is large, the upper side of a dark green, but at lower of a fine purple. 

 The flowers are produced solitary, at the angles of the leaves. The flower 

 has the form a Gloxinia, and about the size of G. superba, it is of a whitish 

 yellow colour. The plant has bloomed in the collection of Mr. Kuioht, 

 King's Road, Chelsea, and is sold at alow price, It is of very easy cul- 

 ture Drvmonia, from drumonia, woodland ; refering to the situation it 

 inhabits. 



4 ECHINOCACTUS TUB1FLORUS. Tube flvwtrid Spin&iartut 



(Eo!. Mag. 3C27. 



CACTKJ, I COS AN DAI A MOJiOCYNIA. 



Mr. F. Mackie of the Norwich Nursery, who purchased this speciea anion"- 

 others in Mr. Hitchins's tine collection. The stem is subglobose. much de- 

 pressed, and deeply cut iuto eleven prominent angle.*, bavin" bundles of 

 about eight blackish spines, nearly three quartets of an 'inch Ion"-. The 

 flower tube is six inches lcng. the petals pprcadir^ ut its uicuth five inches, 

 and of a delicate white. 



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