NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 81 



PART II. 



LIST OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



FROM PERIODICALS. ^ 



Barnardia scii.i.oides, Chinese Barnardia. (Bot. Mag. 3788.), Asphodelea?. 

 Hexandria Monogynia. The plant was imported from China to this country by 

 Mr. John Damper Parks. The flower scape rises erect, about a foot high, ter- 

 minating in a dense raceme of flowers, the lower ones being rather lax, of a 

 pretty rosy-lilac colour. Each flower is about half an inch across. Barnardia, 

 so named by Dr. Lindley, in compliment to Edward Barnard, Esq., vice-secie- 

 tary of the Loudon Horticultural Society. 



Cereus i.eucanthes, "White Torch,Thistle. (Bot. Reg. Fig. 13, 1840.) Cac- 

 tacea:. Icosandria Monogynia. Discovered by Dr. Gillies, in Chili. It has 

 bloomed in the collection of the London Horticultural Society. The specimen 

 there is nine inches high, and seven in diameter at the base, tapering to about 

 three. It has seventeen libs below, and twenty-two at the top. Each flower is 

 about six inches long, inside of a pure white, outside of a dull olive green, with 

 a tinge oi pink at the points of the petals. The flower is about four inches 

 across. 



Gesneria cochleari9, Spoon-leaved. (Bot. Mag. 13787.) Gesneriacea:. 

 Didynamia Angiospermia. A native of the Organ Mountains, and roots of it 

 were sent from thence to the Glasgow Botanic Garden, by Mr. Gardner, in 

 1S37, where it bloomed last summer. The leaves are large, concave. The 

 flower-stem rises to about half a yard high, terminating in a long raceme of 

 flowers. Each flower, on a longish footstalk, is about an inch and a half long, 

 of a pale but pretty red colour. To this admired tribe of plants this is a very 

 pretty addition. 



Gonoi.obi's Hi8Pii>us, Hispid. (Bot. Mag. 3786.) Asclepiadea?. Pentan- 

 dria Digynia. This very singular flowering plant is a native of dry situations, 

 in South Brazil, growing among withered grass at Eutre Rios. It was sent 

 from thence by Mr. Tweedie, to the Glasnevin (Dublin) Botanic Garden, in 

 1S37, where it bloomed last July. Mr. Moore, the curator, states, that "It is a 

 half-herbaceous plant, and would probably stand the winter in the climate of 

 Dublin, if placed at the bottom of a sheltered wall. It is scarcely a climber, 

 but is weak and terete. The flowers are produced in umbels of from five to ten 

 in each, of a dark shining biown-purple. Each blossom is about an inch across. 

 ljunolobits, from gotta, an angle, and lobns, a pod. . 



Oncidii'm stramineum, Straw-coloured. (Bot. Reg. Fig. 14, 1840.) Orchi- 

 dacea;. Gynandria Monamlria. Sent from Vera Cruz to the London Horticul- 

 tural Society's Garden. The flowers are pioduced in profusion, very closely, on 

 stiff panicles ; they are of a pretty straw colour, and have the fragrance of 

 primroses. Each flower is about three (juarters of an inch across. Dr. Lindley 

 observes that it does not flourish if the temperature be as high as is required by 

 the West Indian species; it must be kept cooler to bloom to perfection, and in 

 that state it is handsome. 



Phlogacaxthos cuh.vifi.0rb8, Curved-flowered. (Bot. Reg. 3783.) Acan- 

 thacete. Diandria Monogynia. (Synonym Justicia curviflora.) It inhabits 

 the mountains bordering on Sylhet, in the East Indies. Dr. Wallich sent it 

 to the pieviously noble collection at Wuburn Abbey, where it bloomed in the 

 stove last November. The plant is shrubby, growing to about six feet high. 

 Leaves are near a foot long, and proportionately broad. The flowers are pro- 

 duced densely, on tenninal racemes, each being six or eight inches Jong, of a 

 reddish-yellow colour. Each flower is about two and a half inches long, Th« 

 line racemes of flowers produce a showy appearance 



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