242 NOTES ON NEW OR RARE PLANTS, 
CamLoGyNE Lowitt. 
Mr. Low, jun., sent this pretty species from Borneo to the Clapton 
Nursery, where it has bloomed, as also at Mr. Rucker’s and 
Mr. Halford’s. In Borneo, the pendant spikes of flowers are near two 
feet long, and very fragrant. ‘The sepals and petals are cream- 
coloured; the labellum is three-lobed, of the same colour, with a rich 
orange dash down the centre. ‘The flower is about four inches across. 
(Figured in Pax. Mag. Bot.) 
CYRTANTHERA AURANTIACA—ORANGE-FLOWERED. 
Acanthaceea. Diandria Monogynia. 
This beautiful Justicia-like plant was sent from Belgium to Messrs. 
Henderson, of Pine Apple Place, who presented it to the Royal 
Gardens of Kew, where it has bloomed. ‘The shrubby plant grows 
erect, very similar in all respects to the Justicia carnea, and the long 
thrysus heads of flowers are nearly as large, of a beautiful orange 
colour. It is an ornamental plant for the stove or greenhouse. 
(Figured in Bot. Mag. 4468.) 
GLOXINIA DECAISNE. 
The leaves are dark green, with white veins, having a pretty 
appearance. It is a profuse bloomer; the Howers are of a deep rose 
colour outside, and the lower part of the inside a creamy white, the 
upper portion a rosy crimson. We have had it in bloom nearly all the 
past season, 
Hoya CAMPANULATA. 
In the hot-house at Mr. Rucker’s, of Wandsworth, this interesting 
species has bloomed freely, having a dozen bunches of its waxy, bell- 
shaped, cream-coloured flowers. 
OxALIS ELEGANS. 
This beautiful flowering species, which has usually been grown in 
the greenhouse, flourishes and blooms profusely in the open border. 
It is found to be treated as a half-hardy plant usually is; it blooms 
much finer than in-doors. The flowers are of a deep rose colour, with 
a rich purple centre. It deserves a place in every greenhouse or 
flower-garden. 
PENTSTEMON CORDIFOLIUS. 
This new species we obtained a short time back, and it has recently 
flowered. The tube is about an inch and a half long, narrow, and of a 
dull brownish red. It has much of the shrubby habit, and apparently 
is quite hardy. Not of much worth. 
PENTSTEMON CYANANTHUS—AZURE-FLOWERED. 
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This handsome hardy species is a native of the upper valleys of the 
Plate River in the Rocky Mountains, where seeds were collected by 
Mr. Burke. It has bloomed in the open ground in the nursery of 
Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., of Exeter. It is a perennial her- 
