88 NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



PART II. 

 LIST OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



Angr^ecum distichum. Two-uowkd. (Bot. Mag. 4145.) Orchidese. Gyn- 

 andria Monandria. A native of Sierra Leone, introduced by Messrs. Loddiges, 

 with whom, and in the Royal Gardens at Kew, it has bloomed. It is a slender 

 glowing plant, the stems being from three to five inches long. The blossoms are 

 very small, while. 



Aotus ohacili.ima. Most Slender. (Bot. Mag. 4146.) Leguminosse. 

 Decandria Monogynia. Mr. James Drummond sent this very beautiful species 

 from the Swan River to the Royal Gardens at Kew. It is a handsome, shrubby, 

 greenhouse plant, somewhat like an Eutaxia densely in bloom. The flower 

 spikes are eight inches, ormore, long, forminga dense cylindrical mass of bloom, 

 of a lively yellow spotted with red. It deserves a place in every greenhouse. 



Aphei.andha aurantiaca. Orange-flowered. (Bot. Reg. 12.) Acan- 

 thacese. Didynamia Angiospermia. Dr. Lindley supposes il to be a native of 

 South America. It is a hothouse shrubby plant, of considerable beauty. The . 

 flowers are produced in terminal spikes of about six inches long, of a rich orange- 

 red colour. It will be a fine companion plant with the Ixoras, Hindsiasj &c, 

 suited for an exhibition. It has bloomed in the nursery of Messrs. Henderson, 

 Pine-Apple Place. It is a very desirable plant for a hothouse collection. Each 

 blossom is about an inch across. 



Barbacknia purpurea. Purple-klo wEREi). (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Bromeliaceie. 

 Hexaudria Monogynia. It is a native of Brazil, and was found by Mr. Gardner 

 near Rio Janeiro, growing where a little vegetable mould had accumulated, and 

 bloomed profusely. The flower-stems are rigid, extending near a loot long; the 

 flowers are terminal. Each blossom is about two inches across, formed of six 

 spreading petals, of a rich deep purple colour. It has bloomed in the noble col- 

 lection at YYentworth House Gardens. It is a very interesting and pretty flowering 

 plant. 



Calathea vili.osa. Shagqy. (Bot. Reg. 14.) Marautacea 1 . Monandria 

 Monogynia. Messrs. Loddiges obtained this plant from Demerara. It is a 

 stove-plant. The flowers are produced in spikes of about six inches long, of a 

 bright yellow. Each blossom being about an inch and a half across. 



Eustoma exai.tatim. Tai.i.. (Bot. Reg. 13.) Gentianacea*. Peiitandria 

 Monogynia. ^Synonyms. Lisianthus exaltatus, L. glaucifolius, Eustoma sileni- 

 folium, Urananthus glaucifolius.) It is a warm greenhouse annual plant, from 

 ihe warm parts of Mexico, and various places in .North America. The celebrity 

 of Lisianthus Russellianus has brought this plant now into celebrity. Its foliage 

 is neat, rather narrower than the plant just named. In order to render it bushy, 

 the leads of the shoots must be stopped so frequent as to induce a sufficient, 

 production of laterals. The flowers are of a purplish blue, with a dark fine spotted 

 eye surrounded with white. Each blossom is near two inches across. It is well 

 worth a place in the greenhouse, and may be had at the public nurseries. 



Mvoporum Skrratttm. Saw-i.eaved. (Bot. Reg. 15.) Myoporaceae. Te- 

 trandria Monogynia. A very pretty greenhouse shrub, a native of South Aus- 

 tralia. It is in the collection of the London Horticultural Society, and bloomed 

 iu their garden last season. The floweis are white, sputted with purple, borne 

 in vast profusion, and are succeeded by blue fruit. It is a very deserving inmate 

 for the greenhouse. 



Lycium rucHSioioES. Fuchsia-flowered. (Bot. Mag. 4149.) Solaneae. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. A native of South America, and sent by Dr. Jameson 

 to the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, wheie it has bloomed. It is a smooth 

 shrubby plant of three or four feet high, flowering very freely. The blossoms are 

 produced iu some cases by twos, and in others from that number to ten in an 

 aggregate cluster. Each blossom is about an inch and a half long, tube shaped, 



