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of the Cape, forming a neat and pretty Heath-like greenhouse plant. The 

 flowers are solitary, terminal, and, having numerous shoots, produce a showy 

 appearance. Each blossom (star-shaped) is near an iuch across, of a pretty 

 piak, with a streak of deep rosy-red down the middle of each petal. 



Disocactus biformis. Two-shaped Torch-Thistle. (Bot. Reg. 9.) Cac- 

 taceae. Polyandria Monogynia. Sent from Honduras to the collection of Sir 

 Charles Lemon, Bart., M.P. It forms a graceful bush, from two to three feet 

 high. The flowers are solitary, drooping, of a deep pink, each blossom being 

 near three inches long. Early in September the plant produces a profusion of 

 beautiful berries, shaped like a small egg, about the size of a common sloe. 

 They are of a pretty purple-crimson. One plant at Carclew produced eight 

 dozen fruit. It has a very pretty appearance, and especially ornamental when 

 in its ripe-fruit state. It does well in a warm greenhouse, and well merits a 

 situation there. 



Mii.tonia cuneata. Wedge-lipped. (Bot. Reg. 8.) Orchidece. Gynan- 

 dria Mouandria. It is a very beautiful flowering Orchideous Epiphyte, which 

 has bloomed in the collection of Messrs. Rollisson's. The flowers are produced 

 in fine racemes. Each blossom is near four inches across. Sepals and petals a 

 rich brown, tipped with green. Lip pure white, with a tinge of pink near the 

 base. It deserves a place in every collection. 



Soi.anom macranthum. Large-flowered. (Bot. Mag. 4138.) Solaneae. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. A native of Brazil, a tree-like plant, growing to the 

 height of twelve or fourteen feet. The flowers are of a fine blue-lilac colour. 

 Each blossom is about two inches and a-half across. The leaves are large, and 

 the veins on either side are studded with prickles. It is in the stove of the 

 Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew. 



Lelia majalis. The May-flower L.elia. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Orchideae. 

 Gynandria Monaudria. From the more temperate parts of Mexico. The flower 

 scape is from six inches to a foot long. Each blossom is six or seven inches 

 across. Sepals and petals of a beautiful deep lilac. Lip a rich purple, with a 

 ldac tinge at the centre, and a yellow streak towards the base. 



Acanthophippium Javanese. A beautiful Orchideous plant from Batavia ; 

 it has bloomed in the collection of Messrs. Loddiges. The flowers are produced 

 at the top of the scape to the extent of about six inches. The sepals and petals 

 are of a very pale buff colour, tinged with purple. Lip pale yellow, with 

 blotches of purple along the margins. 



Plants noticed in Botanical Register, not figured. 



Maxii.lauia Triangularis. — From Guatemala. The flowers are of a rich 

 cinnamon-brown, beautifully mottled, with crimson marks. In the collection of 

 the Loudon Horticultural Society. 



Epidendrum aeridiforme, — From Rio, and is in the collection of Sir Charles 

 Lemon, Bart. Flowers produced in panicles. Sepals and petals of a dull 

 green, tinged with brown. Labellum white, with a flesh-coloured tinge. 



Ceradia furcata. — It has bloomed in the collection of Messrs. Rollisson, of 

 Tooting. It has a relation to the formerly called Cacalias. At the summit of 

 the branches grows a cluster of succulent leaves, and a few solitary flower-heads 

 of a pale yellow colour. 



Pitoairnia ringkns. — From Demerara. It is in the collection of the Duke 

 of Bedford. It is a stove plant, produces long spikes of fine crimson flowers. 



Li'.nnea robinioimks. — A greenhouse shrubby plant, of the Lotus tribe. It 

 has small pinnated leaves, and clusters of pretty drooping crimson flowers. It 

 blooms (luring the spring months, and is a very interesting object. 



Salvia tuuiformis. — An evergreen greenhouse plant, producing spikes of 

 scarlet flowers. It is a native of Mexico, and is a very showy species for out- 

 doors during summer, being very ornamental. 



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