NEW AND BAKE PLANTS. 41 



PART ir. 



LIST OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS, 



Noticed since our last. 



1. Bvrlingtonia Candida, Snow-white flowered. (Bot. Reg. 1027.) 

 Natural Order, Orchidaceas; Linnean Class, Gynandria; Order, Mnnandria; 

 Synonym, Rodriguezia Candida. A truly delicate and handsome flowering 

 species of this most interesting tribe of plants. It has been introduced from 

 Demerara, by R. Bateman, Esq., in whose superb collection it bloomed in 1835. 

 The flowers are produced upon a pendulous raceme, that which bloomed at Mr. 

 Bateman's produced five flowers. Each blossom is about two inches long, of a 

 snow-white transparency, having the tip slightly suffused with a sulphur colour. 

 The genus consists of five charming species, viz., B. Candida, B. frayrans, the 

 flowers are produced upon an upright raceme which are delightfully fragrant, having 

 the perfume of Jonquils or Narsisus's. It is a native of Brazil, where it is found 

 growing upon the loftiest branches of the Cedrela tree, and the flowers are 

 produced in vast profusion, their fragrance is so powerful as to give a delightful 

 perfume to a considerable extent around it. B. rigida, found in Brazil, pro- 

 ducing its flowers in a long, stiff, erect raceme, the summit of which is ter- 

 minated by a cluster of five or six blossoms, of a largish size, they have the 

 delightful fragrance o i violets. B. rubescens, a native of Peru, where it is 

 found growing upon 'he trunk of the Calabash tree, the flowers are produced 

 upon an upright raceme, of a beautiful wliite, spotted with rose colour. Thev 

 are produced most abundantly, and in blossom nearly all the year. B. venusla 

 a native of Brazil, producing its lovely flowers upon a pendulous raceme. 

 They are of a snowy-white, slightly suffused with pink. The plant blooms so 

 profusedly as to be literally lo aded, bending beneath the heavy clusters. 

 Burlington in, named in compliment to the Countess of Burlington. 



•2. Delphinium tenuissimum, slender-branched (Brit. Flow. Gard., 366.) 

 RanunculacesB ; Polyandria Trigynia; Synonym, D. divaricaturn. A hardy 

 annual Larkspur, a native, of Greece, near Athens. And has bloomed in the 

 Chelsea Botanic Garden. The plant grows about a foot high, much branched 

 producing medium sized blossoms of a rich purple colour. Delphinium from 

 Delphin, a Dolphin ; the nectary is supposed to resemble that fish. 



:). Epidendrum crassifolium, Thick-leaved. (Bot. Mag., 3543.) Or- 

 chidaceas; Gynandria; Monandria; Synonym ; E. ellipticum. A native of 

 Rio Janeiro, producing erect spikes of rose coloured blossoms, making a showy 

 appearance. Each blossom is near an inch across. This species has been 

 figured in Loddiges' Botanical Cabinet, under the name, of E. ellipticum and 

 which Dr. Lindley refers to his E. crassi folium ; Sir W. Hooker is of opinion 

 that they are not the same species, the former being a native of Brazil and 

 the latter of St. Vincents. Epidendrum from epi, upon; and de ndron, a' tree ; 

 the native habitation. 



4. Heichera cyi.indracea, Cylindrical. (Bot. Reg., 1924.) Saxifragacea; ■ 

 Pentandria, Digynia. A h:.rdy herbaceous perennial plant, a native of North 

 America, where it grows in dry mountain woods. The flowers are apetalous, 

 produced upon a small panicle. The species was discovered by Mr. Douglas! 

 ffeuchera, in compliment to J. H. Heucher, professor of Medicine, Wurtem- 

 burgh. 



5. Hippeastrtjm ambigitm, var. longiflora; Knight's Star-lily. (Bot. 

 nag., 3542.) Amaryllidete j Hexandria; Monognia. This very splendid 

 flowering species lias bloomedin the Glasgow Botanic Garden, it was sent 

 there from Lima, by J. Maclean, Esq. The scape contains several blossoms, 

 each being as large as the common white lily of the gardens. They are white, 

 vemed, streaked with red, and greenish towards the bottom of the tubular Dart 

 of the flower. " 



