NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 209 



O. longifolium ; and O. altissimum ; Epidendrum aromaticum ; Barkeria spec- 

 tabilis; and Stanhopea oculata, with three spikes. 



Iii collections of 6 exotic species or distinct varieties. 



2nd Prize, At., Mr. R. Plant, gardener to J. Schroder, Esq., Stratford, for 

 Aerides crispum, Lycaste aromatica, Vanda cristata, Calanthe veratrifolia, Tri- 

 chopilia tortilis, with some very large flowers ; and Cattleya intermedia. 



The only competitor. 



British Ferns. 



In collections of 30 species, cultivated in pots. 



Nurserymen and Private Growers. 



^ 1st Prize, 2/., Mr. Smith, gardener to J. Anderson, Esq., Regent's Park. 

 This was a very good collection of this interesting and singular tribe of plants, 

 and contained fifty species and varieties, amongst which we noticed the rare 

 and beautiful Trichomanes speciosum ; Hymenophyllum Tunbridgense, H. 

 Wilsoni, Woodsiae ilvensis, Botrychium lunaria, .Asplenium alternifolium, A. 

 marinum, A. fontanum, A. viride, and A. Adiantum nigrum; Caeuopteris alpina, 

 &c. &c. 



2nd Prize, 1/., Mr. Taylor, whose collection comprised 36 species and va- 



3 + IOC 



rieties. 



( To be continued.') 



PART II. 

 LIST OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



Aphelandra aurantiaca. Orange-scarlet flowered. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) 

 Acanthaceae. Didynamia Angiospermia. A native of Mexico, which has 

 bloomed with Mr. Low, of the Clapton Nursery, and with Messrs. Henderson 

 and Rollisson. The plant blooms while very dwarf, not exceeding a foot high, 

 and such profusely in flower. When the flowers first open they are yellow, but 

 soon change to a vivid orange-scarlet. They are produced in large dense spikes, 

 each blossom being about two inches across. It is a very showy hot-house plant 

 and well deserves a place wherever practicable. 



Bkgonia ai.bo-coccinba. Scarlet and White flowered. (Bot. Mag. 

 4172.) Begoniaceae. Monaecia Polyandria. Seeds of this very pretty species 

 were received from India to the Royal Gardens at Kew, where it has recently 

 bloomed, in the very fine collection of this lovely tribe of stove-plants. The 

 flower scape rises half a yard high, producing a numerously branching panicle 

 of flowers. The branches are red, as is the exterior of the flowers, whilst the 

 inside is white with a slight tinge of blush. The leaves are of a deep green, 

 smooth, oval. It is a very interesting species, well meriting cultivation. 



Chironia floribunda. Abundant flowering. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Gen- 

 tianaceae. Pentandria Monogynia. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 now in the collections of Mr. Jackson of Kingston, and Messrs. Rollisson of 

 Tooting. It is a greenhouse shrub, growing low, numerously branching, and 

 forms a compact plant. Each shoot produces flowers near to the extremity. 

 Each blossom is about an inch across, of a rosy-red with a small yellow centre 

 of pistil and stamens. It blooms most of the summer season. 



Croci autumnai.es. Autumnal Crocus. (Bot. Reg. 37.) Iridacea:. 

 Triandria Monogynia. 



1. C. Damasccnus, very light blue. 



2. C. Byzantinus, purple. 



3. C. Tournefortianus, veiy light blue with white anthers. 

 Vol. XIII. No. 150. R 



