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Grenada, in the collection of M. Linden, of Luxembourg. The flower 

 stem hangs down a jai'd long, and one iiad ninety-six flowers upon it. 

 Sepals a dull yellow ; petals and lip a bright yellow. Each flower 

 about two inches across. 



CupiiEA ciNNABARiNA. The Cinnamon-coloubed. — Very similar 

 in habit to C. strigulosa. The flowers are borne in profusion, in 

 racemose panicles ; each blossom nearly an inch long, of a pale 

 cinnamon-red, with green ribs and tips. Introduced from Guatemala 

 to Belgium by Mr. Van Houtte. Very pretty. 



DiANTHUS CRUENTUS. — A Very handsome Pink, which Mr. Vau 

 Houtte obtained from tlie Botanic Garden at St. Petersburgh. It is 

 quite hardy, bearing numerous flowers in a large globular head, similar 

 to a Sweet AVilliam. Tlie calyx is of a violet colour, and the petals of 

 a vivid rosy-carmine. It is a charming plant for the flower-garden. 



EcHEANDRA TEBNIFI.ORA. — A Very pretty Lilywort plant from 

 Mexico, and requires similar treatment to the Conmiellina caslestis, 

 taking up the tuberous roots at the close of tlie blooming season, and 

 preserving them from frost in winter, &c. The flowers are borne on a 

 long spike, and come out in succesb^ion for a long time. Each blossom 

 is an inch across ; a pretty yellow flower. It is as ornamental as an 

 Ixia, and well worth a i^lace in the flower-garden. It blooms in August 

 and September. 



Eriocnema marmoratum. — Marbled-eeaved. — A melastomeae 

 plant from Brazil. The leaves on the upper side are of a bright green, 

 marked with brown stains and streaks of white ; the underside is a rich 

 purple. The flowers are produced in spikes, of a rich rose colour. It 

 is a handsome plant, as is also Eriocnema ^neum, the leaves of which 

 are of a dark greenish-brown or bronze colour, very shining. Both 

 are grown by Mr. Henderson, of Wellington Nursery, St. John's Wood. 



Erythrina erythrostachya. — A very beautiful dwarf species of 

 this ornamental tribe of flowers. The flower spikes are six inches long, 

 and the blossoms produced in tiirees, each one being about two inches 

 long, and of a brilliant scarlet colour. In Belgium it is turned into 

 the open border in spring, blooms freely, and forms one of the most 

 charminu: ornaments of the flower-garden. 



Gordonia Javanica. — A native of Java, now in the collection of 

 Messrs. Rollisson, at Tooting. It has the habit of a Thea (Tea Plant), 

 or a Camellia. A plant two feet high has bloomed in the stove in the 

 Iloyal Gardens of Kew. The flowers are produced singly at the axil 

 of a leaf. Each blossom is about an inch and a lialf across, white, witii 

 a yellow centre of stamens. (Figured in JBot. Mag., 4539.) 



Hakea CUCUX.LATA. — A proteaceous plant from the Swan River 

 colony. The leaves are large and leathery ; the flowers of a pink 

 colour. It requires to be in a greenhouse or conservatory. Grows 

 about four feet high. 



IIoYA OVALIFOLIA. OvAL-LEAVED. — Mr. Gibsou, who was sent 

 out to India by His Gi'ace the Duke of Devonshire to collect plants, 



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