236 NEW AND BARE PLANTS. 



Cali.ipsyche eucrosioiof.s. Two-coloured Fair* Bi.oosi. (Bot. Reg. 45.) 

 AmaryllidaceaB. Hexandria Monogynia. A native of the West Coast of Mex- 

 ico. The fluwer-stem rises to about two and a-half feet high, terminating with 

 a scape of ten flowers, of a scarlet red colour, about an inch long. It is iu the 

 collection at Spoffbrth. 



Echinocactus MYRiosTiGMA. Many-spotted. (Bot. Mag. 4177.) Cactacese. 

 Icosanoria Monogynia. A native of Mexico. One of the large-angled kinds, 

 forming five or six deep furrows, and as many broad projecting angles; the 

 whole surface covered with white scale-like dots. The flowers are produced at 

 the top of the plant, each about an inch across, of a delicate straw colour. 



Epidendrum radicans. The rooting. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Orchidaceae. 

 Gynandria Monandria. Received into this counlry from Guatemala, and 

 bloomed for the first time in the superb collection of Mrs. Lawrence, at Kaling 

 Park, and. subsequently, in the collection of Mrs. Wray, at Oakfield, near Chel- 

 tenham ; the plant growing in a wire basket, and completely covering it with its 

 long stems, each crowned with a head of numerous flowers. It blooms from 

 September to February. In its native situation it grows among long grass and 

 dried leaves. Each flower is about an inch and a-half across, of a bright orange- 

 scarlet. It is a very neat and beautiful species. 



Ski.ago distans. Loose -flowerei). (Bot. Reg. 46.) Selaginaceae. Didy- 

 namia Angiospermia. It is a very neat and pretty greenhouse plant, which 

 begins to bloom early in the season, and continues long. The foliage is heath- 

 like. The flowers are small white, and produced in loose spikes. 



Tasmannia ahomatica. The Aromatic." Magnoliaceae. Polygamia Monoe- 

 cia. (Bot. Reg. 43.) Collected on the mountains of Yan Diemen's Land by 

 Brown. It is a handsome, hardy, evergreen, greenhouse bush, with purple 

 branches. It blooms freely in April ; each blossom is about half an inch across, 

 •white; produced in a corymbous head, at the termination of the shoots. The 

 entire plant is very aromatic. 



Whitfiei.dia lateritia. Brick-coi.oured. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Acan- 

 thaceae. Didynamia Angiospermia. It was sent from Sierra Leone to the 

 gardens at the Earl of Derby "s, Knowsley Park, near Prescot. It has also 

 bloomed in the Kew Collection. It is a low evergreen shrub, much branched. 

 The flowers are produced in terminal racemes. Each flower is between cam- 

 panulate and funnel-shape, about an inch and a-half long, and half as much 

 across the mouth. The calyx is brick-red, and the corolla of an orauge-red. 

 It is a very interesting plant, and will be a valuable ornament to a stove col- 

 lection. 



Porphyrocoma lanceolata. Lance-leayf.d. (Bot. Mag. 4170.) Acan- 

 thaceae. Didynamia Angiospermia. It is a hothouse plant of the sub-tribe 

 Justicie<e. The leaves are five inches long, lance-shaped, drooping. The 

 flowers are produced in very richly-coloured spikes, of a deep purple, violet, and 

 red. It is a ^e^y fine showy hothouse plant, which blooms during the spring 

 and summer months. It deserves a place in every one. It has bloomed in the 

 gardens of the London Horticultural Society. 



New Plants seen in Nurseries. 



FrcniA gracliflora. A new and handsome annual received from Algiers. It 

 has large heads of pink flowers, and blooms most of the summer. It is a very 

 suitable plant for a bed, or for creeping over rock- work. 



Calandrinia umbeixata. Messrs. Veitch's, of Exeter Nursery, introduced 

 this from Chili. The flowers are of a rich purple colour, and, being a profuse 

 bloomer, renders it very showy. 



Phlomis Cashmeriana. A very fine herbaceous species; the flowers are 

 large, and of a pretty flesh colour. It has bloomed beautifully in the Chiswick 

 Gardens. 



