136 NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



11. Oncidium Ai/rissiMUM, Tallest Oncidinm. (Bot. Reg.) 

 This plant has bloomed in the collection of Messrs. Loddiges's. The 

 flowers are produced upon a long decumbent raceme, nearly simple, 

 they are of a bright yellow colour, numerously spotted with brown. 

 The Nectarium is of a greenish yellow. Gynandria, Monandria. 

 Orchidacese. Oncidium from Ogkidion, a tubercle ; referring to the 

 two prominences on the lip of the flower 



12. Oncidium cornigerum, Horned Oncidium. (Bot. Mag.) 

 This very handsome flowering species has bloomed in 1835, under 

 the able management of our friend Mr. Cooper. The flowers are 

 produced very numerously upon a pendant scape of near a half a yard 

 long, having a panicle of compound racemes of flowers. The flowers 

 are of a fine yellow, spotted with red. Each flower is rather more 

 than half an inch across. The plant was originally imported from 

 Brazil, by the Hon. and Rev. William Herbert, of Spofforth, near 

 Wetherby. Gynandria Monandria, Orchidaceee. 



13. Orithyia uniflora, Single flowered, (Brit. Flow. Garden, 

 336.) Synonym's Gagea uniflora, Ornithogalum uniflorum, Tulipa 

 altaica. A native of the country around the Altaic Mountains. 

 The flower has much the appearance of a yellow crocus. The stem 

 rises about three inches high. The flowers appear from April to 

 June. It is cultivated in the Chelsea Botanic Garden. Hexandria 

 Monogynia, Liliaceae, Orithyia so named after Orithyia the fabled 

 wife of Boreas. 



14. Rosa microphylla, Small-leaved Chinese Rose. (Bot. 

 Mag. 3490.) This very pretty flowering rose is quite hardy, if grown 

 in a dry and sheltered situation. It has bloomed most abundantly, 

 is grown in a raised basket, but we had it worked upon a stock 

 of the wild rose. If trained against a good aspected wall, it would 

 bloom profusely. The flowers are very double, of a fine rose colour 

 in the interior of the flower, but the outer row of petals is nearly 

 white. The plant is readily propagated by cuttings, or buds. It 

 may be procured at a cheap rate at most of the public nurseries. 



15. Senecio ampullaceus, Flask-flowered American Ground- 

 sel. (Bot. Mag. 3487.) An annual plant, having a flower stem rising 

 about two feet high. The flowers are produced upon a cylindrical 

 Involucre, they are of a fine deep yellow, each about an inch across. 

 They make a showy appearance. The plant was found by Mr. 

 Drummond in the Texas. Syngenecio, Superfiua, Composite. 

 Senecio from senex, old man ; the naked receptacle having the ap- 

 pearance of a bald head. 



