104 NEW AND BARE PLANTS. 



and in the present instance to cover the whole stove, a surface of 

 500 feet. 



According to a paper read at the Medico-Botanical, December 8th, 

 from M. Richard of Paris, the Aconitum ferox is described as the 

 most deadly poison known in the southern hemisphere ; the Aconi- 

 tum Napellus, common monkshood, and A. Lycoctonum, is described 

 as having very poisonous qualities, but their effects have been much 

 exaggerated. 



ARTICLE VII.— NEW AND RARE PLANTS, 



Noticed since our last. 



1. Angr^cum caudatum, (Bot. Reg. 1844,) Long-tailed. A 

 very curious species of the Orchideous tribe of plants, cultivated with 

 "reat difficulty in the collection of Messrs. Loddiges's at Hackney. 

 The plant is secured to a piece of wood, and is suspended in the 

 stove. The flowers are produced upon a long and pendulous spike. 

 The ovarium is of a dark brown, with numerous darker spots upon it. 

 Labellum, white. Calumn of a dark green. The flower is about 

 three inches across. Class, Gynandria. Order, Monandria. Na- 

 tural Order, Orchidace^e. 



2. Azalea nudiflora, Naked flowered. (Maund's Bot. Garden.) 

 An old inhabitant of our gardens, having been introduced into this 

 country from North America in 1734. From this an immense num- 

 ber of varieties have proceeded, being impregnated with other kinds. 

 This genus is now reduced to a very few species. The original se- 

 paration of Azalea from Rhododendron, was in consequence of a dif- 

 ference in the number of stamens. The latter having ten, and the 

 former only five. This destruction, however, is not found constant, 

 and the greater part is now included in Rhododendron. 



3. Campanula Loreyi, Lorey's Bell Flower. (Brit. Flow. Gard.) 

 Svnonyms, C. baldensis, Cramosissima. A hardy annual of consi- 

 derable beauty, introduced in 1825, from Mount Baldo. The plant 

 is of easy culture, and produces seeds abundantly ; it grows about 

 nine inches high, flowering freely. Some of the blossoms are of a 

 fine purple blue colour, and others of a pure white. Each flower is 

 two inches and upwards across. When the plant is cultivated in 

 masses, the flowers are very showy and ornamental, and continues in 

 blossom for many months. Pentandria Monogynia, Campanulaceae. 

 Campanula from campana, a bell, the shape of the flower. The 

 specific name was given in compliment to Dr. Lorey, its discoverer. 

 Seeds may be obtained of the London Seedsmen. See Advertise- 

 ment in the Cabinet. 



