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PART II. 



LIST OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



Arctostaphylos nitida. Shining-leaved Bearberry. (Bot. Reg. 32. 

 Ericacea. Decandria Monogynia. A hardy evergreen shrub, obtained from 

 Mexico by G. F. Dickson, Esq. It has bloomed in the garden of the London 

 Horticultural Society. It usually blooms in May, and again in Autumn. The 

 shrub grows to five or six feet high. The flowers are numerously produced, in 

 large terminal branching panicles ; each blossom similar in size to the Irish 

 Heath ; and, beiug white, give a very pleasing appearance. It deserves a place 

 wherever it can be grown. 



Bolbophyli.um Careyanum. Dr. Carey's. (Bot. Mag. 4166.) Orchi- 

 dacea. Gynaudria MoDogynia. A native of Nepal, and has recently bloomed 

 in the Royal Gardens at Kew. It is more curious than showy. The flowers are 

 very small ; yellow, with red spots. 



Cajanus bicolor. Two-coloured Pigeon Pea. (Bot. Reg. 31.) Legu- 

 minosae. Diadelphia Decandria. (Synonym Cytisus Cajan.) Seeds of this 

 Pea were collected near to the town of Jellalabad, at the period of the place 

 being so nobly defended by a portion of the Indian army, under the command of 

 Sir R. Sale. Plants have bloomed in the garden of the London Horticultural 

 Society. It is a half-hardy annual, or biennial; growing half a yard high • 

 blooming freely during the summer months. The inside of the flowers is a pale 

 sulphur, and the outside red, with yellow streaks. Each blossom is about half 

 (he size of a Sweet Pea flower. 



Combretum i.ativolium. Broad-leaved. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Combretaceae 

 Octo-decandna. A native of the East Indies. It has bloomed vigorously in 

 the collection of Mr. Henderson, at Pine Apple-place Nursery, London. It is 

 an evergreen climbing shrubby plant, having a striking resemblance to C 

 grandiflorum ; but the spikes of the flowers are rather shorter, and the stamens 

 are not so long. The flowers are of a rich crimson red. The plant is much more 

 robust than C. grandiflorum. It is a fine plant for covering a trellis, or a 

 pillar. 



Dkndrobiusi Kingianum. Captain King's Dbndrobium. (Pax. Mas 

 Bot.) Orchidaceae. Gynandria Monandria. A native of New Holland, and 

 has bloomed in the collection of Messrs. Loddiges. The plant is dwarf The 

 flower-stems rising from four to six inches high ; each producing three or four 

 blossoms; a separate flower is about an inch across, of a rosy-purple colour. 



Echinocactus oxygonus. Sharp-angleu. (Bot. Mag. 4162) Cactese 

 Icsandna Monogynia. A native of South Brazil, and is in the Kew collection' 

 It is a very free-flowering plant. The tube of the flower is trumpet-shaped 

 greenish, with red-brown scales, eight inches long. The petals, outside, are of 

 deep red-rose ; inside, of a pale rose. Stamens and anthers yellow. Each 

 flower is about six inches across the front, when expanded. The plant is an 

 abundant bloomer, and, being of the sub-globose form, with numerous deep 

 lurrows, is a very interesting object. 



Masdevallia fenkstrata. WiNnowED Masdevai.ua. (Bot. Mag. 4164 ) 

 Orchulaceaj. Gynandria Monandria. Sent from Jamaica to the Kew collection 

 It is a dwarf plant. The flower-stem rising about four inches high, of a rich 

 brown blood colour. Each blossom about an inch long. It blooms throughout 

 winter. b 



Pronaya blegans. TiiE elegant. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Pittosporace*. 

 Pentandr.a Monogynia. It is a native of New Holland ; a twining smooth 

 greenhouse plant. It is an evergreen shrub, having the aspect of Marianthus 

 carulea-punctata, and bears a close affinity to Sollya and Billardiera. The 

 flowers are produced in cymose heads; each blossom being about an inch and a 

 half across, of a pretty blue-purple, with a rosy tinged centre. It is a very neat 

 and beautilul flowering plant, well deserving a place in every greenhouse. 



