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Gesneria bui.bosa, var. lateritia. Tuberous-rooted Gesneria. (Bot. 

 Mag. 4240.) Gesneriaceae. Didynamia Angiospermia. This Gesneria was 

 brought from New Grenada to the Royal Gardens at Kew, by Mr. Purdie, the 

 collector. It first flowered at Sion House. The flowers are similar to G. Coop- 

 erii in size and shape ; their colour is a light brick red. This is a very curious 

 variety, and ought to be found in every stove. 



Gesneria ei.liptica, var. i.utea. Elliptic-leaved Gesneria, (Bot. Mag. 

 4242.) Gesneriaceae. Didynamia Angiospermia. This Gesneria was also 

 brought from New Grenada by the collector of Kew. The flowers are tubular, 

 of a bright yellow, with purple anthers. This variety is very showy, and makes 

 a very good addition to our stoves. 



Leianthls umbei.i.atus. Umbellate Leianthus. (Bot. Mag. 4243.) Gen- 

 tianeae. Pentandria Monogynia. This plant is a native of Jamaica ; it grows 

 erect to the height of about twenty feet. The flowers, of a light green, are pro- 

 duced in a head with long stamens, forming a tuft similar to that of the large 

 double Hypericum. 



Pitcairnia undulatifolia. Broad-waved Pitcairnia. (Bot. Mag. 4241.) 

 Bromeliaceae. Hexandria Monogyuia. Thought to be a native of Brazil ; sent 

 to the Royal Gardens, at Kew, by Mr. Shepherd, of Liverpool. The flowers are 

 in spikes; the bracteas large and of a scarlet colour; corolla long and white. 

 This species is very splendid and showy ; it attains to the height of about one 

 foot and a half. No stove collection ought to be without this beautiful variety. 



Royena i.ucida. Shining Royena. (Bot. Reg. 40.) Ebenaceae. Decandria 

 Monogynia. This plant was brought from the Cape of Good Hope, as far back 

 as 1G90. Its flowers are white, resembling those of the common Arbutus. 



Sarcostemma (Phii.ibertia) campanulatum. Bell-shaped Sarcostem. (Bot. 

 Reg. 36.) This plant is, probably, a nativeof Peru. It is a greenhouse climber; 

 the flowers are a yellowish green, with a dark centre, and are produced in spikes 

 having ten or twelve blossoms in each. 



Theophrasta Jussi^i. Jussiaei Theophrasta. (Bot. Mag. 4239.) Theo- 

 phrastaceae. Pentandria Monogynia. This stove plant was introduced from St. 

 Domingo ; it is somewhat like a Palm in habit. The upper part of the plant is 

 crowned with a tuft of leaves, and in the centre is produced a head of flowers a 

 sort of dirty white or cream colour. Each flower is about one inch in diameter ; 

 it is surrounded towards the top with soft blackish spines. 



Graei.i.sia saxifracefolia. Saxifrage-leaved Graellsia. Hardy Perennial. 

 (Crucifers.) Persia. A little plant, with long-stalked kidney-shaped or roundish 

 leaves, very coarsely notched, and smelling strongly of garlic. The flower stems 

 are about nine inches high, and bear a compound corymb of small white flowers 

 resembling those of the common scurvy grass. It grows freely in any good rich 

 garden soil, and is well suited for rockwork. It flowers in July and August, and 

 is increased by dividing the old plants in autumn or spring, or by seeds.— Journal 

 if the Horticultural Society. 



Ophiopogon proi.ifer. Proliferous Snake's-beard. Stove perennial. (Lily- 

 worts.) Sincapore. This has a slender stem slowly rising by means of routs, 

 which its leavy shoots throw out, in the manner of a screw Pine. The stems are 

 not thicker than a swan's quill, and bear at intervals clusters of bright-green 

 sword-shaped leaves, which curve downwards, and are longer than the flowering 

 stems. The latter are bright purple, and hear in an interrupted manner a few 

 clusters of nearly sessile small, white, obovate flowers, whose texture is between 

 fleshy and spongy. It succeeds in rough, sandy peat. During summer an 

 (rmple supply of water is necessary ; also a very moist atmosphere, at a tempera- 

 ture of not less than 80° by day. la winter it requires to be treated almost like 

 an Orchidaceous plant ; if a humid atmosphere is kept up, little or no water will 

 be required for a few weeks.— Journal of the Horticultural Society. 



