114 NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



each. B. Cunninghamii, in New Holland. The flowers are very large, of an 

 uniform red colour outside, yellow within. 



Cestrtjm aurantiacum. Orange-coloured. (Bot. Reg. 22.) Salanaceae. 

 Pentandiia Monogynia. Mr. Skinner obtained this new species from Guatemala, 

 It bloomed iu the Chiswick Garden last August. It is a handsome greenhouse 

 shrub, which blooms profusely. The flowers are produced iu spikes, numerously, 

 altogether forming fine heads. Each blossom is about an inch long, of a rich 

 orange colour, having too the perfume of orange peel. It flourishes in the open 

 border, in summer, and well deserves to have a place in the same, or in the 

 greenhouse. 



Dendrobium monii.iforme. Necklace-stemmed. (Bot. Mag. 4153.) Or- 

 chidaceae. Gynandria Monandria. (Synonym. Limodorum moniliforme.) A 

 native of China and Japan. It has bloomed at Kew, in November, 184-1, and 

 February, 1845. It is one of the most lovely of the Orchideous Epiphytes. 

 The flower items grow about a foot high, and the blossoms are produced towards 

 the top portions of the stems. Each blossom is about two inches and a half 

 aci^s. Sepals and petals white, having the upper half of a purple-blush. Lip 

 small, white tipped, with deep purple, it is a very handsome species. 



Disophyi.la stei.i.ata. The Starry. (Bot. Reg. 23.) Lamcaceae. Didy- 

 namia Gymnospermia. (Synonym, Mentha quaternifolia.) A native of India, 

 in the Malabar and Mysore countries. It is a delicate little light green plant, 

 looking much like the Ladies Bedstraw of our own country hedges and banks. 

 The flowers are produced in spikes, of a pretty purple colour, having much the 

 appearance in form of the spike of a Mimosa when in full bloom. It is a very 

 neat and beautiful greenhouse plant. It bloomed in the garden of the Earl of 

 Auckland last October. 



Gesnkria Schiedeana. M. Schieue's Gesneria. (Bot. Mag. 4152.) Ges- 

 neriacea. Dulynamia Angiospermia. Sent from Mexico to the Duke of Bed- 

 ford's collection, at Woburn Abbey Gardens, where it bloomed last November. 

 It is an erect growing plant. Producing numerous long steins of flowers, in 

 whorls, around the stems. Each blossom is near an inch long, of a rich scarlet 

 colour, and the limb yellow dotted with red. 



Iochroma tobulosa. The Tubular. (Bot. Reg. 20.) Solonaceae. Peu- 

 tandna Monogynia. (Synonym, Habrothamnus cyaneus.) It was discovered 

 by Mr. Haitweg, growing on the mountains of Yangana, near I ,oxa. It is a 

 handsome, free rloweriug, half hardy, greenhouse shrub, blooming from June to 

 November. The flowers are produced in terminal cymose heads of a dozen or 

 upwards in each. The corolla is tube shaped, about an inch and a half long, of 

 a deep blue outside, and purple within. It is a Very pretty interesting plant, 

 well deserving a place in the greenhouse or conservatory. It flowered iu the 

 garden of the Horticultural Society, at Chiswick, last autumn. 



Spathoglottis Fortuni. Mr. Fortine's. (Bot. Reg. 19.) Oichidaceae. 

 Gynandria Monandria. This pretty little Bletta like plant was one of the first 

 that Mr. Fortune, the collector sent out by the London Horticultural Society, 

 met with in China, glowing on the granite mountains of Hong Kong. The 

 flowers are produced in erect racemes, several in each, a single blossom is about 

 an inch across, ot a bright yellow colour. It appears there are other species 

 which have been discovered, viz., S. pubexens, S. parcilblia, and S. tomentosa, 

 all with yellow flowers, all interesting and pretty. 



Lobelia thapsoidea. Mullein-like. (Bot. Mag. 4150.) Lobeliaceae. 

 Pentandiia Monogynia. The genus Lobelia has been considerably reduced by 

 the genera that have lately been separated f;om it, as Siphocampyhis, Tupa, 

 &c, yet thire are 173 species described in De Candolle's Prodromus. The 

 present species was sent to this country by Mr. Gardner, who gathered specimens 

 eight feet long. The flowers are of a purple-blue, producing a splendid 

 appearance. 



Aerides maculosum. Spotted Air-plant. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Orchidacese. 

 Gynandria Monandria. This very beautiful species was sent from Bombay two 



