'-M\ A.ND RARK PLANTS t>33 



PART II. 



LIST OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS, 



Noticed tince our last . 

 \. BEGONIA PLATINIFOLI A. Plane Itaved. [Cot. Mag. 359| . 



flEGOMACE*. MONtCIA POLYANDRIA. 



This very large and handsome species was received in 18.34 into the Edin- 

 burgh botanic garden from Berlin. It is a hothouse plant, growing to six 

 leet high. The leaves are about ten inches across. The flowers are pro- 

 auced in cymes, each blossom being two inches or more across, nearly white. 

 Begonia, in compliment to M. Begou. 



2. BOLBOPHYLLUM COCOINUM. The cocoa-nut BMbophullum. 



[Bot. Reg. 1624. 



ORCHIDE;E. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



A native of.Sierra Leone, and introduced into the country by Messrs, 

 Loddiges, with whom it has bloomed, and the cocoa-nut scent is so power- 

 ful as strongly to perfume a whole house. The plant has also bloomed at 

 J. Bateman's, Esq. Knypersly. Staffordshire. The blossoms are of a pale 

 fiesh colour. 



8, CLARKIA RHO.VIBOIDEA. Entire petalkd 



ONAGRACEA. OCTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. SYNONYM. C. GAURGIDES. 



Seeds of this plant were sent from North West America by Mr. Douglas 

 and sown in the London Horticultural Society's Garden where the plant ha» 

 bloomed. It is an annual, growing about two feet high. The flowers are 

 an inch across, purple, and white near the bottom of each petal, spotted 

 with purple. It much more resembles Clarkia elegans, than C. pulchella, 

 Mr. Douglas has left some remarks on another species in California, closely 

 allied to C. rhomboidea, viz. C. unguiculata. 



4. CLEMATUS FLORIDA; var. SIEBALDI. SitbaWs rirghi't Bnuer. 



[Biit. Flower Gaid. 396. 



RANIINCULACE*. POLYANDRIA POLYGYN1A. 



This handsome flowering plant is a native of Japan, from whence it was 

 introduced into this country by Dr. Siebald. It had been considered a dis- 

 tinct species, flora that highly ornamental species, long known in the gar- 

 dens of this country, viz. Clematis florida ; but on a careful comparison, it is 

 found to be a variety of it. The present kind deserves a place in every 

 flower garden, or against a trellis, verandah, or wall. It is a free- growing 

 sort, producing a profusion of blossoms, of considerable beauty. The petals 

 are of a pale cream colour, suffused with a rich purple, having the appear- 

 ance of a dark eyed centre ; if the plant be grown on a dry subsoil, and in 

 e uual parts of peat and loam, it will nourish freely. It is easily propagated 

 by layers. 



5. CYMBIDIUM ENSIFOLIUM ; var. ESTRlATUM. Sicord lea d streaftfata 



lariett/. [Bo'. Reg. I DT6. 



ORCIIIDACC*. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA SYNONYMIS, El'l DlilSDR 1 M ENSIIO- 

 LIL'M, LIMIODORLIM ENSATUM. CYMUIUUIM STRIATUM. 



The present plant grows freely in the greenhouse, where it produces • 

 profusion of pretty, fragrant, blossoms The petals are whitish, sepals greea- 

 ish white, the labellum is spotted and marked with crimson. 



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