258 NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



Echinocactus multiflorus. Many-flowered. (Bot. Mag. 4181.) This 

 very singular species is grown in the noble collection of Cactuses of Mr. Palmer 

 of Stockwell, near London. It is one of the globose-formed kinds, having five 

 long spines at each areolae. The flowers are produced numerously at the crown ; 

 they are white, with a spot of green at the point of each petal, and in some parts 

 a slight tinge of rose. Each blossom is near three inches across. 



I^Habrothamnus fasciculatus. Cluster-* lowered. (Bot. Mag. 4183.) 

 Solanacese. Pentandria Monogynia. A native of Mexico, which is in. the col- 

 lection of Messrs. Lucombe and Pince of Exeter. It is a handsome greenhouse 

 shrubby plant, which bears numerous close-placed terminal heads, of bright red 

 tube-formed flowers. Each blossom is about an inch long. It well deserves a 

 place in the greenhouse. 



GltlFKINIA HYACINTHINA. HYACINTH BLTJE-FLOWERED. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) 



Amaryllidaceae. Hexandria Monogynia, It is a bulbous perennial, discovered 

 in Brazil; requires to be forwarded in a hothouse, or hot-bed frame, for a short 

 time in spring; and, when the flower-stems appear, then be removed to the 

 greenhouse, or conservatory, to bloom. The flowers are produced in large heads, 

 each blossom being from two to three inches across. The centre pure white, 

 and the upper half of each petal of a rich violet blue. 



OrNITHOGALUM AUUEl'M. GoLDEN-FLOWF.RED STAR OF BeTHLEHEM. (Pax. 



Mag. Bot.) Liliaceae. Hexandria Monogynia. A native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, which has bloomed in the fine collection of plants belonging to Mrs. 

 Wray of Oakfield, near Cheltenham. It will flourish either in the greenhouse, 

 or in a warm aspected border, against a wall. The flowers are produced in 

 racemes, of from twelve to eighteen inches long. Each flower is an inch and a 

 half across ; varying in colour from a bright yellow to a rich deep orange. It 

 is a very beautiful flowering plant, well deserving cultivation. 



Plants noticed in Botanical Register, not Figured. 



The only marked distinction between the beautiful yellow and white Orchis 

 sambucina of the Alpine mountains, and Orchis provincialis is, that the latter 

 has the tubers undivided, and the former belongs to the division which has 

 palmate tubers ; sambucina having short prominences at its base. Orchis 

 Schleicheri grows in company with the above ; the flowers are crimson, with an 

 orange throat. The former are fragrant, but the latter are scentless. 



Ornitiiidium miniatum. An orchidea? from Columbia. The flowers are of 

 a rich crimson vermilion, with the lip yellow, edged and blotched with crimson. 

 It is in Messrs. Rollisson's collection. 



Eria Dillwynii. A native of the Phillippine Islands. The flowers are of 

 a pale lemon colour ; a most profuse bloomer. It has flowered at Pennlergare, 

 in the collection of Dillwyn Llewellyn, Esq. 



New or Interesting Plants seen in Nlrsekies, Gardens, &c. 



Buddi.ea Lindlevana. This new species has bloomed in the conservatory of 

 the London Horticultural Society. It was sent there from China. The flowers 

 are produced in racemes of about six or eight inches long. Each flower con- 

 sists of a long curved tube, with a very rich violet four-cleft spreading bonier. 

 'When the plant is grown in pots it appears to grow somewhat twiggy and 

 loosely; but, when grown in the open bed in the conservatory, becomes a very 

 neat bush. Some plants grown in the open air last summer remained out 

 during winter ; and, although the tops perished, the plants have pushed vigorous 

 shoots this season from underground. 



Tetrunema Mexicana. This plant very much resembles the Pentstemon 

 tribe, particularly like Parguta, both in form and colour. Its lovely blue flowers 

 being produced in profusion during the winter and spring months renders it a 

 very interesting object. It is a dwarfish plant, requiring similar treatment to a 

 Gloxinia ; does best in a stove, or warm greenhouse, and it merits a place in 



