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Dfndrobioi Rvckerii. Mr. Rucker's. (Bot. Res;. 60.) Orchidacea?. 

 Gynaadria M^nandria. It is supposed to have been discovered by Mr. Cuming 

 in the Philippine Islands. Baca blossom is near two inches across, of a rich 

 uankeen yellow colour when expanded, but the outside is nearly white. The 

 labeilum is of a deep orange with a white edge, and having a band of brownish 

 red round its inside, the outside being pink. They are very delicious", y fragrant. 



Eleitherine anomala. Anomalous. (Bot. Reg. b7.~) Iridacea;. Mona- 

 delphia Triandria. Its similarity to the "West Indian Marica plicata (Sisvrin- 

 chiuin latifolium of Sweet, Hort. Brit.) renders it probable that the p:cse:;t plant 

 has been imported from that country. It is a little dwarf plant, the flower stems 

 rising about four or five inches high. Each blossom is about an inch across, 

 white. 



Luxemburgia cinosA. Fringe-leared. Bot. Mag. 40-lS.) Sauvagesiea?. 

 Monadelphia Polyandria. Mr. Gardner discovered the plant growing on the 

 Organ Mountains of Brazil, seeds of which were sent to the Royal Gardens at 

 Kew. where and with Messrs. Lueomte, Pince. and Co.. of Exeter Nursery, it 

 has bloomed in the stove, the plant growing about four feet high, but in Brazil 

 ten to twelve feet. It is a beautiful shrub. The flowers are produced in many 

 flowered terminal racemes, nibcotymbose, having 30 or upwards of blossoms in 

 each. A separate flower is about an inch and a quarter across, of a pure bright 

 yellow colour. 



Pbtaltdioi bari.erioides. B arleria-like. Bot. Mag. -1053.": Acanthacea?. 

 Didynamia Angiospermia. ^ Synonym. Ruellia bracteata.^t A native of the 

 Indian Mountains, from whence it was sent to the Roval Botanic Gardens at 

 Kew by Dr. Walhch. It requires to be grown in the hot-house, and there blooms 

 very profusely- It is an upright shrub. The flowers are produced one. two. or 

 three from the axils of the leaves on short footstalks. Each blossom, between 

 funnel shaped and campanulate. is about an inch and a half across, white 

 having a streak of reddish hairs up the inside. It is a very ornamental plant. 



Den'dkobium tavrinvm. Bull-headed. ^Pax. Mag. Bot.) Orchideae. 

 Gvnandria Monandria. Mr. Cuming discovered it. and sent it from Manilla to 

 Messrs. Loddigess. with whom it has recently bloomed. The flowers are pro- 

 duced in noble drooping tacemes at the ends of the stems. Each flower is two 

 inches across, of a yellowish green or cream colour, edged with lilac-purple. 



Sii.ene speciosa. Showy Catchrly. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Silenaceae. Decan- 

 dria Trigynia. An evergreen herbaceous perennial plant, the flower stems 

 rising about a foot high, hairy. The flowers .ire of a deep scarlet, very much 

 like in all respects to those of S. laciniata, and it requires the same mode 

 of treatment, to be kept from ezoecsive damp in winter in a cold pit, or an 

 airy part of the greenhouse. It can be had at several of the principal nurseries 

 now. 



Lu.ii.-x testacei'm. Pale-red. ^Pax. Mag. Bot.) Liliacea?. Uexandria 

 Monogvnia. A native of Japan, in the way of L. Thunbergianum or aurantia- 

 cum. It has bloomed with Mr. Mountjoy. of Ealing. It grows about three 

 feet high, the blossoms are of a pale orange- red with darker spots. The flowers 

 are drooping. It is a very pretty species, requiring similar treatment to L. 

 speciosa, iVo. 



Plants noticed in Botanical Register, bit not figured. 



Mtxii.iARii rvgosa. From Brazil. The flower scape is 3^ inches high. 

 Sepals aud petals purple. Labeilum very dark purple. 



Cryitosancs fcoUPTCS. Orchides. A Brazilian species. The flowers are 

 verv small, and are produced on small racemes, green with blood-coloured spots 

 and lines. 



Cattlkya Akembergii. A Brazilian species. Flowers very large, of a fine 

 lilac colour. 



