42 MISCELLANY OF NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE. 



Cattleya maxima. The larger. (Bot. Reg. 1.) Orchideae. Gynandria 

 Monandria. This fine flower approaches to C. Mossiae and C. labiata in many- 

 particulars ; but it differs in its very hollow wavy petals, the others being nearly 

 flat and thin ; the lip is very remarkable, too, for its beautiful net-work of dark 

 crimson veins and purple streaks. When the flower at first opens, too, it is 

 nearly white, and its colours become more vivid every day. Each flower is about 

 six inches across. 



Cuphea cordata. Large red vi.owered. (Bot. Mag. 4208.) Lythrarieae. 

 Dodecandria Monogynia. A native of Peru, from whence seeds were sent to 

 Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter, by their collector, Mr. Lobb. It has bloomed in the 

 stove in their establishment. It is what is termed half shrubby, the flowers 

 being produced in terminal panicles, formed of loose racemes, each bearing from 

 two to four large (for the genus) bright scarlet-red flowers. Very showy and 

 handsome. 



Faqr^a obovata. Obovate-leaved. (Bot. Mag. 4205.) Loganiacese. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. A very handsome hot-house shrubby plant, much like 

 an intermediate growing Magnolia. In a pot it grows about six feet high. 

 The flowers are tubular, funnel shaped, having a wide spreading five-lobed 

 limb, three inches across ; they are of pretty cream colour, very fragrant. It is 

 in the Kew collection, as well as the Liverpool Botanic Garden. 



Gloxinia Passinghamii. Mr. Passingham's. (Pa*-. Mag. Bot.) Ges- 

 nereaceae. Didynamia Augiospermia. This new Gloxinia was found in Rio 

 Janeiro in a deep ravine, much shaded, high up the Coreovado mountain. It is 

 of a very vigorous habit, profuse bloom, and large rich deep violet purple flowers. 

 It has been received by Mr. Passingham, of Trew, in Cornwall, with whom it 

 has bloomed. 



Heinsia Jasminiflora. Jessamine flowered. (Bot. Mag. 4207.) Rubi- 

 aceae. Pentandria Monogynia. A native of Sierra Leone, a small hot-house 

 shrub, having somewhat the appearance of a Gardenia, with flowers much like 

 a Jasmine in form, but an inch and a-half across, white, with a yellow eye. It 

 requires to be grown in the stove. It is in the collections at Kew and the Earl 

 of Derby's. 



Ipom^a simplex. Simple-stalked. (Bot. Mag. '4206.) Convolvulaceae. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. A native of South Africa, and is in the collection at 

 the Earl of Derby's garden, Knowsley Park. The root is a solitary tuber, larger 

 than a good-sized apple. From it stems are produced about a foot long, slender 

 and feeble, clothed with long, slender, almost grass-like leaves. It only requires 

 a small pot, to be placed in a greenhouse, and not any trellis or other support for 

 the stems. The flowers are about two inches across, a beautiful rose colour, 

 with five deeper coloured plaits. The plant blooms very freely, and is very 

 pretty. 



Lobelia qlandulosa. The Glandular. (Bot, Reg. 0.) Lobeleaceae. 

 Syngenesia Monogamia. From North Carolina, and has bloomed in the garden 

 of the Horticultural Society. The stem rises about four feet high ; the spike 

 of flowers is about a foot long, a pale rosy-lilac colour. Each blossom is about 

 three-quarters of an inch long. 



Mas tacanthus sinensis. Chinese Beardwort. (Bot. Reg. 2.) Verbenaceae. 

 Didynamia Angiospermia. Sent to the Horticultural Society's garden by their 

 collector from China ; discovered in Chusan. It is an autumn-flowering herba- 

 ceous plant, growing about half a yard high, forming neat tufts. The flowers 

 are small, produced on little clusters, and forming whorls around the stem. It 

 is a neat and pretty plant, requiring to be grown in a greenhouse. 



Melastoma sanguinea. Bloody-veined. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Melastomaceae. 

 Decandria Monogynia. A native of Sunda Islands, where it grows to a bush 

 six feet high. It requires a stove here, and there grows about three feet high. 

 The flowers are about four inches each across, of a beautiful soft rosy-pink 

 colour, forming a blaze of beauty. It has been some years in this country, and 



