NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 17 



PART IT. 



LIST OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS, 



Noticed iince our last. 



1. Banksia occidentals, West-Coast Banksia. (Bot. Mag., 3535.) Na- 

 tural Order, Proteacea; Class, Tetrandria; Order, Monogynia, A very neat 

 and handsome species of this very singular trihe of plants. Both foliage and 

 flowers are pretty ; the latter are of a dark red colour. Banksia, in honour of 

 Sir Joseph Banks. 



2. Bkassavola cordata, Heart-lipped. Orchidacea; Gynandria; Monan- 

 ' dria. (Bot. Reg., 1914.) There is nothing very striking in the flower of this 



species of Epiphyte. The petals are of a greenish-yellow colour, very narrow, 

 and about one inch long; the labellum is half an inch long, and the same 

 breadth, heart-shaped — white. The plant is a native of Brazil, and was im- 

 ported from thence by Messrs. Loddiges, in whose collection it has bloomed this 

 year. The species is very nearly allied to B. nodosa ; the flowers are only half 

 the size of that species, and having a heart-shaped labellum. Brassavota, in 

 compliment to A. M. Brassavol, an Italian Botanist. 



3. Brolghtonia coccinea, Crimson-Flowered. Orchidacea'; Gynandria ; 

 Monandria. (Bot. Mag., 3530.) Synonyms, Dendrobium sanguineum ; Epi- 

 dendrum sanguineus ; and Broughtonia sanguinea. The flowers of this species 

 of orchideous plants, are said to be, by Dr. Hooker, the richest coloured of any 

 of this splendid family of plants. It is but rare in the collections in this coun- 

 try, though introduced, from Jamaica, to Kew Gardens, 1793. The plant usually 

 blooms from May to July. The flower stem rises about ten inches high, bear- 

 ing a raceme of, from six to ten, very rich crimson coloured flowers, continuing 

 in bloom a long time. Each flower is upwards of an inch across. It is a very 

 desirable species, and well deserves a place in every collection. Brouqhtunia, 

 in compliment to A. Broughton, a Botanical Author. 



4. Catleva intermedia, var. pallida, Pale-flowered. Orchidacea? ; Gy- 

 -"•landria ; Monandria. This species has bloomed in the collection of the Lon- 

 don Horticultural Society. It is a native of Brazil. Mr. Tweedie remarks of 

 it, " This is by far the handsomest of the tribe found in the neighbourhood of 

 Buenos Ayres, and grows equally well on the sea-beaten rock, and the moss 

 covered tree in the heart of the forest, and is to be found in bloom at all seasons. 

 There are many varieties of it; their colour pink and crimson." The present 

 variety is very beautiful. Each flower is about three inches across. The sepals 

 and petals are of a pinkish-white colour. The labellum is three lobed, the cen- 

 tre one feathery at the summit, and terminating with large stripes and spots of a 

 deep crimson, finely margined with white. The following fine species have 

 been described by Dr. Lindley : — Catleya bicolor, native of Brazil ; sepals and 

 petals of a tawny colour ; the labellum is of a bright purple and white. C. coc- 

 einea, native of Brazil, a very beautiful flowering species. The flowers are about 

 three indies across, of a bright scarlet colour. The flower stems rise about three 

 inches high. This latter circumstance connected with its brilliant coloured 

 blossoms, render it a most striking and very desirable species. C. Harrisonia, 

 a native of Brazil, producing from one to four flowers on a raceme. C. marithna, 

 a native of Buenos Ayres, producing three floweTS on a raceme, of a fine rose 

 colour. C. ovate, a native of Brazil, very much resembling C. labiata. Messrs. 

 Loddiges possess a fragrant species with crimson flowers, which was discover! i 

 by Mr. Schomburgh, in British Guiana. 



5 (iiujiois glandi losa, var. M acrac anth a, Long spined glandular 

 Hawthorn. (Bot. Reg., 1912.) Rosacea;; Icosandria; Pentagynia. Synonyms, 

 < . glandulosa; C. macracantha. A very fine variety of American Hawthorn, 

 01 a vigorous habit, producing a profusion of deep Vermillion red berries, in clus- 

 ters, and which make a very showy appearance. The foliage is of a dark green. 

 The spines are from three to four inches long. 



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