NEW AND 1URB PLANTS. 163 



PART II. 



LIST OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS, 



Noticed tinft our last. 

 I. CATLEYA PUMILA. Dwarf. [Bot Mag, 3656. 



ORCHIDE*. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA, 



This very pretty flowering species was received from John Allcard, Esq. 

 from Esequibo, and it has bloomed in the collection of that gentleman last 

 year. The plant is of a very dwarf habit, but the flowers are large in pro- 

 portion, each being about three inches across. They are of a beautiful blush 

 purple colour. 



8. DIANTHUS BISIGNANI. Prince Bisignano'i Tree Pink. Bot. Reg. 29. 



SILENACE/E. DECANDRIA, TR1GYNIA. 



A native of the coasts of Calabria and Sicily. It is common on rocks about 

 Palermo. In this country it flourishes best if kept in the greenhouse. The 

 plant being shrubby, and blooming freely, renders it peculiarly interesting- 

 Each bloom is simple, about an inch and an half across, of a beautiful rosy 

 pink colour. The plant would make a fine show in the open border during 

 summer, and might be taken up in Autumn, and be preserved in winter in 

 the greenhouse. » 



3. EPACRIS MICROPHYLLA. Small lewd. (Bot. Mag. 3658. 



EPACRIDEae. PENTANDRIA MONOGYVlA. 



This very neat species is cultivated in the Edinburgh Botanical Garden, 

 where it had been sent by Mr. Westland, Dorking, Surrey. The foliage is 

 very minute, and resembles in habit E pulchella. The plant is a profuse 

 bloomer, and its numerous white flowers produce a pleasing effect, 



4. FUNCKIA ALBO-MARGINATA. Variegated. 



HEMBROCALLIDESe. HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



A native of Japan, probablv brought from thence by Dr. Siebald. It has 

 bloomed in the Glasgow Botannic Garden. The flowers are produced 

 on a long raceme, twelve or fourteen upon each. ^ Each flower is from 

 three |to four inches long, of a lilac purple colour, edged and streaKed 

 with white. Eunckia, so named in compliment to Mr. H. C. Funck, an 

 apothecary of Gefreez in Germany. 



5. GESNERA FACIALIS. Gaping flowered . (Bot. Mag. 3659. 



GESNERIACE.t. DIDYNAMIA ANG IOSPERMIA. 



A native of Brazil, which has bloomed in the stove at the Glasgow Botan- 

 nic Garden. The flowers are produced numerously, each raceme having a 

 dozen or more. The corolla is of a rich velvetty scarlet outside. The lip 

 white and thin and clouded with dark purple. It is a very handsome flow- 

 ering speciei. 



