2'JO NEW AND BARE PLANTS. 



Pterodiscus speciosus. The Showy. (Bot. Mag, 4117.) Pedalinae. Didy- 

 namia Angiospermia. This plant was discovered in Macahsberg, by Mr. Burke, 

 while engaged in procuring plants and animals for the Earl of Derby, in the 

 interior of Southern Africa. The plant bloomed in the stove collection _ at 

 Knowsley Gardens, but it appears to be of that class of plants which will nourish 

 well in a warm greenhouse, or in the open air during summer. The root is 

 tuberous, large, globose, and from its summit the stem rises, which soon divides 

 into numerous stout succulent branches, bearing opposite leaves, and large hand- 

 some red-purple flowers in the axils of those leaves. The flower is tunnel- 

 shaped, about two inches and a half long, and two across the mouth. It il a 

 very splendid and beautiful flowering plant, well deserving a place in every situa- 

 tion it can be grown in. 



Vanda teres. Quill-leaved. rBot. Mag. 4 1 14.) Orchidacese. Gynandria 

 Monandria. A native of Sylhet, where it was discovered by Dr. Walhch grow- 

 ing upon trees in that situation. Sepals white, with a slight tinge of rose. 

 Petals deep-rose, with pale, nearly white margins. Lip beautifully variegated 

 with yellow and rose colour, and spotted and streaked with red. Each flower is 

 about four inches across. It is one of the finest of the Orchidea:. Each raceme 

 contains five or six of these beautiful flowers. 



Plants noticed in Botanical Register, but not figured. 



Cestrcm aurantiacum. — A beautiful flowering greenhouse shrub, seeds of 

 which were sent from Guatemala by Mr. Skinner to the London Horticultural 

 Society's Gardens, where the plant has bloomed. The flowers are produced in 

 spikes, of a beautiful rich orange colour ; each flower is an inch long, and con- 

 tinues in bloom for a long period. It will be a favourite for exhibiting at the 

 floral shows, and deserves a place in every greenhouse. 



Maxillaria scabrilinguis. — Mr. Hartweg found it near Loxa ; it has 

 recently bloomed in the London Horticultural Society's Gardens. The flowers 

 are of a dull purplish-yellow. 



Dich^ea glauca. — A curious orchideous plant from Oaxaca, in Mexico. It 

 has bloomed with Messrs. Loddiges. The flowers are very fragrant, pure white, 

 except a spot of yellow at the base of each division. 



Habrothamnus cyaneus. — Mr. Hartweg found it on the mountains of 

 Yangana, near Loxa ; it there formed a shiub from four to six feet high. The 

 flowers are long, produced in great profusion, in large clusters, of a rich porcelain- 

 blue colour. It has bloomed in the Chiswick Gardens. 



Galeanora crist ata. — Messrs. Loddiges received this orchideous plant from 

 Cayenne. It has the habit of G. Devoniana, but the flowers are smaller and 

 paler. 



Camarotis obtusa. — An Indian orchideae. Flowers a dull rose-colour, with 

 a yellow^lip. It is in Mr. Bateman's collection. 



Arai.ia macropiiylla. — A native of the north of India, though it resembles 

 A. racemosa, in structure it is much larger. The flowers are of a greenish- 

 yellow. It is in the collection of the London Horticultural Society, and is found 

 to be an herbaceous plant. 



Bolbophyllum pileatum. — All orchidese from Sincapore. It [has bloomed 

 with Messrs. Loddiges. It has a large ochre-coloured flower, with the labellum 

 stained with purple, and bright yellow. It is singularly pretty. 



Pii.umna laxa. — All orchideae from Guatemala, and has bloomed in the col- 

 lection of George Barker, Esq.. of Springfield, near Birmingham. The flowers 

 are produced in loose erect racemes. Sepals and petals of a pale green, faintly 

 tinged with purple. Lip cream-coloured. 



Pilumna fragrans. — Discovered by Mr. Hartweg, near the city of Papayan. 

 The flowers white, sweet-scented, with an orange-coloured spot on the lip. 



