42 NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



Cai.listemon pinifoi.ium.— Pine-leaved. (Bot. Mag. 3989.) Myrtacese. 

 Icosandria Monogynia. Synonym, Metrosideros pinifolia. A native of New 

 Holland, growing in the collection at Kew. The pretty pine-like foliage gives 

 it a graceful appearance. The flowers are of a greenish yellow. 



Diospyros Sapota.— Sapato Date Palm. (Bot. Mag. 3988.) A tall, hand- 

 some, shrubby, tropical fruited plant, grown in the Sion-house collection, where 

 it has fruited, ripening in April. The fruit is a large globose berry, of an olive 

 yellowish-green colour when ripe, filled with a dark, soft, and paste-like pulp, 

 having an agreeable flavour. 



Hovea racemulosa.— Spikeleted Hovea. (Bot. Reg. 4.) Papilionaceai. 

 Diadelphia Decandria. A native of the Swan-River colony, introduced into this 

 country by Captain James Mangles, R.N., and has bloomed in the collection of 

 Robert Mangles, Esq., of Sunning-hill. The leaves are about two inches long 

 and a quarter broad. The flowers are of a pretty lilac blue, produced in pro- 

 fusion, rendering this pretty, neat, shrubby plant a very interesting object, well 

 deserving a place in every greenhouse or conservatory. 



Talincm teretifoi.ium.— Slender-leaved. (Bot. Reg. 1.) Portulacaceoe 

 Polyandria Monogynia. A native of North America. It is a little, neat, 

 herbaceous plant, in its native situations found trailing over rocks. The flowers 

 are of a rosy-purple colour, each being about three quarters of an inch across. 

 They are produced liberally in branching cymose heads. It makes an interest- 

 ing object when grown in the greenhouse. It has bloomed in the London 

 Horticultural Society's garden. 



Odontoglossum citrosmum. — Lemon-scented. (Bot. Reg. 3.) Orchidacea?. 

 Gynandria Monandria. Imported from Mexico by George Barker, Esq., of 

 Springfield, near Birmingham, and has bloomed in the collection of Thomas 

 Brocklehurst, Esq., of tire Fence, near Macclesfield. Each flower is two inches 

 across, of a pure white and rose colour, very fragrant, and are produced in short 

 racemes. It is a delightful species, well deserving cultivation. 



Van Houtte's Phlox. — Mr. L. Van Houtte, nurseryman, of Ghent, sent 

 flowering specimens of this pretty variety to this country in October hist, but did 

 not state anything of its origin. It appears as if P. suaveolens or 1'. omniflora 

 had been crossed with one of the deep rich-coloured ones, as P. elegantissnna, 

 &c., the centre of each petal is of such a rich colour, and the edge of a pure white. 

 It is a very remarkable variety, and a valuable addition to this lovely tribe of 

 plants. 



Dendrobium sanguinolentum. — Blood-stained. (Bot. Reg. G.) Orchidaceac. 

 Gynandria Monandria. From Ceylon, and has bloomed in the Sion-house 

 gardens' collection. The flowers are produced on pendulous steins, in short 

 racemes. Each blossom is about an inch across, of a clear fawn colour, a scarlet 

 spot in the middle of the lip, and the tips of the petals and sepals stained with 

 a deep violet colour. 



ORCHIDACEOUS PLANTS NOTICED IN THE BOTANICAL REGISTER, BUT NOT FIGURED. 



Catasetum Wailesii. — From Honduras. Very much like C. tridentatum, 

 flowers green. 



Bkassia braciiiata. — (Synonym, Brassia Wrayae.) In Messrs. Rollisson's 

 collection. The flower is of a pale colour, with numerous dark brown spots. 

 The flowers of this species are larger than any other yet introduced. It is a very 

 distinct and handsome species. 



Renantiiera matutina. — Sent from Manilla by Mr. Cuming. It is in the 

 Chatsworth and Tooting collections. It has the habit of the old R. coccinea ; 

 but though the flowers of the present species are of scarlet and cinnamon 

 colours, they are not equal in beauty to the older species named. 



Epidendrum auritum. — From Guatemala, by Mr. Skinner. The flowers are 

 of a whitish-green, and not of much beauty. 



