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PART II. 



LIST OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



Amica Zygomkris. Yoke-leaved. (Bot. Mag. 4008.) Leguminosae. Dia- 

 delphia Decandiia. A native of Mexico, growing in the woods and by river sides, 

 at an elevation of from 5500 to 8000 feet above the level of the sea. It has 

 bloomed in the early winter months in the greenhouse at Kew. It is a tall, fine- 

 growing, acacia-like shrub. The flowers are produced on short pedunculi, about 

 six in each, of a pea form, each blossom near an inch and a half across, of a rich 

 yellow. 



Campanula Lcefi.ingii. Locffling's Bell Flower. (Bot. Reg. 19.) Cam- 

 panulaceae. Pentandria Monogynia. A beautiful flowering little half-hardy 

 annual, a native of Spain, growing profusely in sandy places. It rises about nine 

 inches high. It requires a similar treatment to Khodanthe Manglesii. The 

 flowers are of a pretty lilac-purple, about an inch across. 



Centradenia rosea. Rose-coloured. (Bot. Re.,'. '20.) Melastomaceae. Oct- 

 andria Monogynia. Introduced from Mexico by Messrs. Pince and Co., nursery- 

 men of Exeter. It is a neat and pretty flowering half-shrubby greenhouse plant. 

 It is a soft-wooded species, growing a foot high, grows freely in sandy peat soil. 

 The flowers are produced very profusely in branching racemes, of a pretty flesh 

 colour ; each flower is about three-quarters of an inch across. 



Crocus insularis. Corsican Crocus. (Bot. Reg. 21.) Iridaceae. Triandria 

 Monogynia. In the fine collection at Spoffotth. The flowers are of a pretty 

 rosy-purple inside, and a golden yellow outside, streaked with reddish-purple ; 

 sometimes the outside is tinged with white. 



Cinoches pentadactvi.on. Five-fingered Swan Neck. (Bot. Reg. 22.) Or- 

 chidaceae. Gynandria Monandria. From Brazil, now in the collections of 

 Messrs. Veitchs and Messrs. Loddiges. The flowers are produced on an erect 

 raceme, six or eight on each. The outside of the flower is green, slightly marked 

 with reddish-brown. The inside is of a pretty yellow,.blotched and striped with 

 a crimson-red. Each blossom is near four inches across. 



Hovea pungf.ns, var. najor. Pointed-leaved, large variety. (Pax. Mag. 

 Bot.) Leguminosae. Diadelphia Decandiia. This very handsome variety was 

 raised from seeds received from the Swan River colony, by Mr. Low, of the Clapton 

 Nursery. It is like II. pungens, but larger and finer, and more showy in propor- 

 tion ; the very rich ultramarine colour of the flowers is, in fact, inimitable. 

 The plant deserves a place in every greenhouse, and wherever introduced will be 

 one of the most beautiful dwarf plants in cultivation. To cause it to be bushy, 

 the principal shoots should be stopped to induce the production of laterals. 



L^ei.ia acuminata. Acuminated lipped. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Orchidaceae. 

 Gynandria Monandria. In the collection of the London Horticultural Society, 

 and in several of the general cultivators, having been liberally circulated by G. 

 U. Skinner, Esq. The flowers are produced in a scape, about eight in each. 

 Each blossom is of a beautiful rosy-lilac, with the bottom of the labellum of a 

 rich deep crimson velvet. It is a very pretty species, well meriting a place iii 

 every collection. 



Passii-i.ora Actinia. Sea-Anemone Passion-FIower. (Bot. Mag. 4009.) 

 Passiflorese. Monadelphia Pentandria. Introduced by Messrs. Veitchs of Exeter, 

 from the Organ Mountains in Brazil, and produced its handsome and highly fra- 

 grant blossoms first in November last, and more profusely in the present spring. 

 The petals are nearly white, beautifully banded in circles of red, blue, brown, and 

 white. It is a fine climber, and deserves a place in every plant stove. 



Pebhoma Benthamianum. Mr. Bentham's. (Bot. Mag. 4007.) Melasto- 

 maceae. Decandiia Monogynia. Introduced from the Organ Mountains in 

 Brazil, and bloomed the last autumn in the Glasgow Botanic Garden. It is the 

 most beautiful of the genus which has yet bloomed in this country. It is a shrub 



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