196 NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



dahlia sent out in 1840, and require the judges to class the un- 

 successful varieties. 



" Palmam qui meruit ferat." 

 " A clear stage and no favour," 



and we shall soon know how to place Argo, Defiance, and Henrietta. 

 Lincolnshire. 



PART II. 



LIST OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



PROM PERIODICALS. 



1. Sprekei.ia cybisteu var. BitKvis. (Bot. Reg. 33.) Amaryllidacea;. Hex- 

 andria Monogynia. The Tumbler Sprekelia. Imported from Bolivia by Mr. 

 Knight, Nurseryman, King's-road, Chelsea. It has bloomed in the garden of 

 the London Horticultural Society. The term Tumbler has been applied to the 

 flower from the very singular precipitation of the buds in their progress towards 

 expansion, and the final perpendicular posture of the lip of the flower. The 

 flower scape has from four to six flowers. Green with red streaks. They are 

 more singular than beautiful. 



2. Tradescantia iriuescens. — Iridescent. (Bot. Reg. 34.) Commeliuaceae. 

 Hexandria Monogynia. A native of Mexico, and a half-hardy perennial. The 

 plant is a stemless one; the flowers, too, rise just above the foliage; they are 

 produced in profusion, each being about an inch and a half across, of a violet 

 purple colour. 



3. Epidendrum vitellinum. — Yolk of egg Epidendrum. (Bot. Reg. 35.) 

 Orchidacea?. Gynandria Monandria. A native of Mexico. The flowers are 

 produced on terminal spikes. Each flower is about an inch and a half across, 

 of a fine orange colour. 



4. Morino lonoivoi.ia. — Long-leaved. (Bot. Reg. 36.) Dipsaceae. Diandria 

 Monogynia. This species was discovered by Dr. Wallich on the mountains of 

 the north of India. It is an hardy herbaceous perennial, the flower spikes rising 

 to the height of two or three feet. Each blossom is about three quarters of an 

 inch across, of a beautiful bright rose colour, edged with white. The plant soon 

 suffers from wet, but thrives freely in a dry situation. 



5. Aganasia pulchei.i.a.— The Pretty. (Bot. Reg. 32.) Orchidacea?. Gynan- 

 dria Monandria. A native of Demerara. Imported by Messrs. Loddiges, with 

 whom it has flowered. The flowers are produced in spikes, each blossom being 

 near two inches across. White with a large spot of yellow upon the lip. They 

 very much resemble those of a Maxillaria. 



6. Myanthus spinosus. — Spine-bearing. Fly Wort. (Bot. Mag. 3802.) 

 Orchidaceee. Gynandria Monandria. A native of Brazil, discovered by Mr. 

 Gardner. The flowers are produced very numerously on erect racemes. Each 

 flower is about two inches and a half across; green, very beautifully spotted 

 with a reddish brown. The edge of the lip is prettily fringed with white hairs. 



7. Stenomesson i.ativoi.ium. — Wide-leaved. (Bot. Mag. 3S03.) Amary - 

 lidaceas. Hexandria Blonogynia. Introduced from Lima to SpofTbrth in 1837, 

 and bloomed at the latter place last year. The flowers are produced in a scape 



