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NEW ANT) RARE n.ANTS. 



are of a delicate rosy purple colour. Impatient, so called on account of the 

 elastic nature of the valves or capsule, which throw out the seeds with con- 

 siderable force. 



G. PLEUROTHALLIS SAUROCEPHALA. Lizard -headed. [Bot. Reg. 1368. 



ORCHIDE*. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



This species has been in a few collections ol'Orchideae for some years 

 but still remains scarce. It has bloomed in the collection of Sir Charles 

 Lemon. Bart. M. P. Carclew, Cornwall. The Bowers are small, of a mixture 

 of brown purple, and greenish yellow. 



7. PSORALEA ORBICULARIS. Pound-leaved. [Bot. Peg. 1971 , 



LEGUMINOS*. DIADELPHIA DECANDR1A. 



The late Mr. Douglas sent seeds of this species from California to the 

 garden of (he Horticultural Society. It is a hardy Herbaceous plant, 

 blooming in June and July. The flower stems rise to about eight inches 

 high, producing the blossoms in a conical head. They are of a deep rose 

 colour, with a pale blue keel, producing a pretty effect, P»om/ta, from psor- 

 ateas, scurfy ; the appearance of the calyx. 



8. RHIXIA MARIANA. Maryland Rhexia. [Bolamtt 



MELASTOMACE*. OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



A native of new Jersey. It was introduced many years ago, but was lost 

 in this country. It has recently been sent to the garden of the Birmingham 

 Botanical Society, and bloomed in the greenhouse at that place. It will 

 flourish in the open border in summer, and be preserved in a cold frame in 

 winter. The flowers are of a lilac purple colour, each rather more than 

 an inch across. Rhexia, from rheiis, a protrusion or swelling, to which some 

 plants of this order were applied as a cure. 



9. SIPHOCAMPYLUS BICOLOR. Two coloured. [Brit. Flow. Gard. 389. 



tOBELTACEE. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



This is a very showv and interesting flowering plant. It is a hardy per- 

 rennial. Mr. A. Gordon collected seeds of it in Georgia, and sent thr-m to 

 Mr. Lowe, of the Clapton nursery, where it lias bloomed. The stems rise to 

 about three feet high, producing flowers very freely. Each corolla is more 

 than an inch long. The tube is scarlet, the three parted limb is yellow. It 

 is a neat and pretty plant, well deserving a place in every flower garden. 

 Siphocompylus from siphon a tube, and kampiilot curved, alluding to the curved 

 tube of the corolla. 



10. ZYGOPETALAM COCHLEARE. Shell lipped. Bot. Mag. S535. 



This species is probably a native of Trinidad, it has bloomed in the Glas- 

 gow Botanic Garden. Flowers — Sepals of a pale greenish-white, lip hav- 

 ing purple hues and a great purple blotch in the upper half. The scape 

 rises about three inches high, producing a single flower. The (lower is 

 more than two inches across. Zygopttalum, from ti^os yoke, and petalon a 

 petal, alluding to their being joined at the base. 



11. BAERIA CHRYSOSTOMA. Coldtn anthered. [Brit. Flow. Gaid. 



COMPOSITE. SYNGENEStA POLYGAMIA SlIPEFLUA. 



A hardy annual, growing a foot high. The plant has very much the ap- 

 pearance of Talinum ciliatutn ; but the flowers are of a bright yellow, about 

 an inch across. It is a native of New California ; seeds of the plant were 

 sent from the Imperial Botanic Garden at St. Pelersburgh to this country. 

 The plant has bloomed in the collection of Mr. Janson, Stoke Newington, 

 London. Bacria, in compliment to Professor de Baer of the university of 

 Dorfat. 



