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Cereus crenatus. Crenated Torch Thistle. (Bot. Rep. 31 .) Cactaceoe. 

 Icosandria Polygynia. It belongs to the winged section, as the speciosus, 

 speciosissimifs, &c. The flowers are about five inches across, of a pale cream 

 colour. The plant was sent to G. N. Skinner, Esq., from Honduras, to Sir 

 Charles Lemon, Bart., M. P., and it has bloomed in the collection at Carclew. 

 It was exhibited at the show held in the London Horticultural Society's Garden, 

 at Chiswick, in May last, and much admired. 



Cekopegia oculata. Oceli.ated. (Bot. Mag. 4093.) Asclepiadeae. l'en- 

 tandria Mouogynia. Sent by Miss Jones, from Bombay, to the Royal Gardens 

 at Kew, where in the stove it has bloomed. It is a climber, producing its 

 flowers in umbels of five or six in each. The corolla is two inches iong, tube 

 pale yellow-green, the upper poriion deeply eye-like spotted. Corona double 

 orange-yellow. 



Disa cornuta. Horned flowered. (Bot. Mag. 4091.) Orchidea?. Gynan- 

 dria Mnnandria. (Synonym Orchis coinuta ) From the Cape of Good Hope, 

 in 18-13, to the Royal Gardens of Kew, where in a cool stove it has bloomed. 

 The flower stem rises about a foot high, and the spike of flowers is about half 

 the length. The blossoms are of a beautiful mixture of green, white, and purple. 

 Each blossom is about an inch across. It is a very interesting and pietty 

 flowering plant, well deserving cultivation. 



Epidendrum pterocarpum. Wing-fruited. (Bot. Reg. 34.) Orchidaceae. 

 Gynandria Monandria. A native of Mexico. The flowers are produced in a 

 short spike of six or eight in each. A separate blossom is about an inch across. 

 Sepals and petals reddish-brown ; the labellum yellow, with the lip of a cream 

 colour. 



L.<elia superbiens. Gorgeous. (Bot, Mag. 4090.) Orchidese. Gynan- 

 dria Monandria. Discovered by Mr. Skinner in Guatemala, who states that 

 he first discovered it in the village of Surupango, planted by the Indians in 

 front of their doors. It exists in immense quantities in its native habitations 

 growing out of the crevices of rocks, and sheltered from north winds. Some of 

 the plants Mr. Skinner there discovered had bulbs of the height of twenty-two 

 inches, with flower stems four yards long, bearing upwards of twenty blossoms. 

 Each flower is about five inches across. Sepals and petals of a pretty lilac- 

 purple colour. Labellum, rich yellow-streaked with deep purple, and having a 

 broad margin of crimson-purple. It is a splendid blooming-plant, well deserving 

 a place in every collection. 



Lonickra diversifolia. Various-leaved Fly Honkysucki.e. (Bot. Reg. 33.) 

 Capiifoliaceaa. Pentandria Monogynia. A hardy middle sized shrub, from the 

 mountains of the north of India. It blooms in May and June. The flowers are 

 of a bright yellow colour. There is another new species from India in the 

 Garden of the Loudon Hortiailtuial Society, having yellow flowers stained with 

 purple. 



Leucocorvne A1.MACE.E. Gari.ic-scented. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) A pretty 

 flowering bulbous perennial greenhouse plant, blooming profusely in the early 

 spring months. It has been grown very successfully too in the open border. 

 Each blossom has a narrow tube about three inches long, and a deeply divided 

 limb, an inch and a half across, blue, with a paler centre. 



Moiuna i.ongifolia. Long-leaved. (Bot. Mag. 4092.) Dipsaceaa. Dian- 

 diia Monogynia. A native of Northern-India, from the Himalayas, &c. A 

 hardy herbaceous plant. The flowers are produced in involucres, in long spikes, 

 each blossom is about three quarters of an inch across of duep rose colour. A 

 very interesting flowering plant, well deserving cultivation. 



Gomphoi.obium Hendkksoni. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Leguminosae. Decandria 

 Monogynia. Seeds of this very pretty species were sent from the Swan River 

 colony, by Captain Maugh s, R. N., and the plant has bloomed in the collection 

 of Messrs. Henderson's, Pine Apple Nursery. This species has not, like G. 

 polymorphum, long slender shoots, but is a small dwarf bush, of a stiff'rigid 

 habit. The flowers are a trifle less, but are produced in profusion, of a rich 

 oraugc-red, with a yellow eye. It well deserves a place in every greenhouse. 



