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4. C. Cambessedianus, white striped with deep purple. 



5. C. Medius, deep purple with darker stripes. 



6. C. Cartwrightianus, white with dark stripes in an early stage, but after- 



wards of a light blue with darker stripes. 



7. Creticus, pale blue, with patches of white. 



8. C. Clusianus, violet-blue. 



Notes of the above are given by the Dean of Manchester, Hon. and Rev. 

 W. Herbert. These pretty flowers appearing in autumn produce a lively in- 

 terest, and render them deserving a place in every flower-bed near to a dwelling 

 house. 



Gomfholobiuji barbigerum. Fringe-keeled. (Bot. Blag. 4171.) Le- 

 guminosae. Decandria Monogynia. A native of New Holland, and one of the 

 most beautiful greenhouse plants. It is a moderate sized shrub, with twiggy 

 erect smooth brauches, flowering most profusely. Each blossom is near two 

 inches across, of a very rich yellow. It has been introduced by Messrs. Lucombe 

 and Pince, of Exeter. It deserves to be in every greenhouse. 



Iris imbricata. Imbricated (convex bracts.) (Bot. Reg.35.) Iridaceae. 

 Triandria Monogynia. It is a showy perennial, hardy. The flowers are of a 

 pretty lemon-colour. The Dean of Manchester communicated the specimen, 

 &c. 



Leianthus I.ONGIFOMUS. Long-leaved. (Bot. Mag. 41G9.) Gentianeae. 

 Pentandria Monogynia (Synonym, Lisiauthus erectus.) A small half-shrubby 

 plant, growing to two or three feet high, having spreading, drooping branches, 

 which are clothed with drooping flowers. Each blossom is funnel shaped, tube 

 an inch and a half long, of a pale-yellow colour. It is in the collection of 

 Messrs. Lee, of Hammersmith Nursery, where it flourishes in the stove. 



Odontoglossum Cervantesii. Tooth-Tongue. Orchidaceae. Gynandria 

 Monandria. (Bot. Reg. 36.) This very beautiful Odontoglossum belongs to 

 the white-lipped section, and has been introduced by Messrs. Loddiges from 

 Oaxaca. The ground colour of the entire flower is a delicate flesh, with band 

 like marks towards the centre of a brownish-crimson, and the petals have a 

 yellow streak up the centre. Each flower is two inches across, and has a de- 

 lightful almond fragrance. 



Oncidium spii.optkrum. Spot-wingbd. (Bot. Reg. 40.) Orchidaceae. 

 Monandria. A native of Mexico, which has bloomed in the collection of Messrs. 

 Loddiges. It is a beautiful species, appearing to be intermediate between 

 O. lanceanum and Carthaginense. The flower grows erect. Each blossom is 

 a little more than an inch across. Petals and sepals of a rich brownish-purple. 

 Lip very large, of a fine clear yellow, with slight spots of crimson at the base. 



Pi.eroma Kunthiana. Mr. Kunth's Pleroma. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Melas- 

 tomaceae. Decandria Monogynia. Mr. Gardner discovered this fine flowering 

 species in boggy situations on the Organ Mountains of Brazil, and sent it to the 

 Glasgow Botanic Garden. It has recently bloomed in the garden of R. G. 

 Loraine, at Wallington Lodge. It is an evergreen shrubby plant, producing its 

 flowers in large thrysoid panicles at the extremities of the branches. Each 

 blossom is about three inches across, of a rich violet-blue in their early stage, 

 changing to purple up the centre of the petals, and a pale violet at. the edges. 

 It is a fine hothouse plant, and well merits cultivation. Like several others of 

 the Melastomacea, which grow naked, it requires to be cut in after blooming, so 

 as to induce laterals, and make the plant bushy. 



Phvllartiiron Bojerianum. Mr. Bojer's. (Bot. Mag. 4173.) Bigno- 

 maceaB. Didynamia Gymnospermia. A native of Madagascar; a small singular- 

 looking shrub, having long and broad leaf-like petioles, but no real leaves. The 

 flowers are produced on a very short raceme, of two or three in each. A sepa- 

 rate blossom is about an inch and a-half across, funnel-shaped, of a pretty rosy 

 flesh-colour, having two broad yellow lines in the throat. 



RlBES SANGUINEUM VI.ORE PLENO. DOUBLE BLOOD-i'I.OWERED CURRANT. 



(Pax. Mag. Bot.) It has been raised from seed in the garden of the Earl of 



