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PART II. 



LIST OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



Epidendrum cinnabarinum. — Ciunabar Epidendrum. (Bot. Reg. 25.) Or- 

 chidaceae. Gynandria Moaandria. From Pernambuco, to Messrs. Loddiges, 

 with whom it has hloomed. Sepals and petals of a bright rosy-red. Labellum 

 yellow, dull orange and red. Each blossom is about two inches across. When 

 cultivated, should have the pot well drained ; it is simply done by inverting a 

 small pot in a larger one, which also allows the heat to rise readily to the roots. 

 It grows freely in browu turfy peat. 



Jasminium caudatum. — Tail-leaved. (Bot. Reg. 26.) Jasminaceae. Di- 

 andna Monogyuia. A native of the warm valleys of the Syllet Mountains, iu 

 the East Indies. The leaves are of a deep green, tapering into long narrow 

 points. It is a very graceful plant. The flowers are produced very numerously, 

 in large terminal cymes, of a pure white, scentless. Each blossom is about an 

 inch aud a half across. It is well suited for training up a trellis or pillar in a 

 cool stove, warm conservatory, or greenhouse, or twining round a frame, as is 

 done with Tropfeolums, Thunbergias, &c. 



Oncidjum sphacelatum. — Scorched. (Bot. Reg. 30.) Orchidaceae. Gy- 

 nandria Monandria. From Guatemala and Mexico. It has bloomed with 

 Messrs. Loddiges. Its habit much resembles O. rettexum. The flowers are 

 produced on a raceme, numerously, each flower being about an inch across, of a 

 pale yellow, streaked with crimson. There are two varieties in this country, 

 one with larger and much handsomer flowers than the present species. 



Lantana Sei.loviana, var. lanceolata. — Mr.Sellow's Lantana. (Bot. Mag. 

 39-11.) Verbenaceae. Didynamia Angiospermia. A variety with longer and 

 narrower leaves than the L. Selloviana ; in all other respects they agree. Both 

 deserve cultivating, either in the greenhouse or conservatory. They will flourish 

 iu the open border during summer. 



Catasbtum globikerum. — Globe-flowered. (Bot. Mag. 3942.) Orchidaceae. 

 Gynandria Monandria. From Brazil, and has bloomed in the Glasnevin Botanic 

 Garden. The flowers are very globular in form, about an inch in diameter, of a 

 pale green, spotted with brown, and deep purple. They are produced in a spike 

 from a foot to half a yard high, having from ten to fifteen flowers. 



Alstrceueria psittacina, var. Erembouldtu. — Mr. Erembouldt's. (Bot. 

 Mag. 3944.) Amarillideae. Hexaudria Monogynia. Raised in Germany, and 

 is a hybrid between A. psittacina and pulchra, or Huokeriana. The flowers are 

 white, marked and streaked with red, having a broad portion of yellow down the 

 middle of each division of the corolla. Each blossom is about two inches across, 

 and are handsome. 



Zirria laevigata.— Smooth-leaved (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Synonym Z.lanceolata. 

 A greenhouse plant, from New Holland, which has bloomed in the collection of 

 Messrs. Rollissou, of Tooting. It is a delicate looking plant, somewhat of a 

 trailing habit, growing about half a yard high. It has a resemblance to a 

 slender plant of Boronia pinnata. The flowers are produced in small heads 

 of ten or a dozen in each, of a pinkish-blush colour. A single blossom is 

 about a quarter of au inch across. It blooms for several months in spring and 

 summer. 



Rhododendron Smithii aurelji.— Mr. Smith's Yellow Rose Bay. (Pax. 

 Mag. Bot.) liaised by Mr. Smith, Nurseryman, Norbiton, near Kingston, in 

 Surrey ; from seed saved from a seedling Rhododendron, which had been fertilized 

 with the yellow flowered Azalea. It is perfectly hardy, blooming profusely in 

 large heads of beautiful yellow flowers. Each blossom is about three inches and 

 a half across. It deserves a place wherever it can be grown. 



