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anthers, of a very dark purple, produce a pretty appearance. (Figured 

 in Magazine of Botany.') 



Passiflora pendueiflora. Drooping-blossomed. — From Ja- 

 maica. A plant has bloomed in the Royal Gardens at Kew. The 

 flowers are drooping, of a yellow-green ; each blossom about two inches 

 across. It is a stove plant, and blooms freely. (Figured in Bot. Mag., 

 4565.) 



Pleione lagenaria. The Bottle. — A terrestrial Alpine herba- 

 ceous plant, a native of northern India. Some of this genus have been 

 incorporated with the Epidendrums. The flower just rises (singly) out 

 of the pseudo-bulb. Eacli blossom is four inches across. Sepals and 

 petals narrow, two inches long, of a rosy-lilac colour. Lip same colour 

 outside, an inch and a half long and an inch across. The margin of 

 the mouth white, with crimson stripes. 



Pleione maculata. The Spotted. — A terrestrial Alpine herba- 

 ceous plant, also a native of northern India. Sepals and petals broad, 

 two long, white. Lip an inch long, and nearly as much across; white 

 i> round, with bright crimson-crested stripes at the margin of the mouth. 

 The interior of the tube of both this and the former species is yellow. 

 Very beautiful and interesting. Mr. Lobb found them on the Khasija 

 Mountains, and sent them to Messrs. Veitch. (Figured in Pax-ton's 

 Flower Garden.) 



Polygonum brunonis. — A hardy herbaceous plant from Nepal, of 

 the order of Buckwheats. 



Polygonum vaccinifolium. The Bilberry-leaved. — Both 

 this and the former belong to the same tribe as our wild Persicaria. 

 The flowers are in spikes, of a rosy-red and brown colour. Adapted 

 for rock-work, being dwarf, and somewhat trailing. In the Chiswick 

 Gardens. (Figured in Paxton's Floiver Garden.) 



Sobralia sessilis. — This is a terrestrial orchid, from British 

 Guiana. Flower stems half a yard high, reed-like, terminating with a 

 solitary flower. Sepals and petals nearly white ; lip, the tube portion 

 a rosy-purple outside, the inside yellow, terminating in white, with a 

 rosy-fringed margin. (Figured in Bot. Mag., 4570.) 



Thibaudia macrantha. Large-flowered. — A very beautiful 

 flowering evergreen stove plant, which Messrs. Veitch's collector sent 

 from Kola Mountain, Moulmein, East Indies. It is a rather straggling 

 shrub, with brown bark and pretty lance-shaped leaves. The flowers 

 are produced from the woody portion of the stem, two or three arising 

 from the same point ; they are drooping. Each flower is nearly two 

 inches long, tube-shaped, and the tube widest at the middle, which at 

 that part is nearly an inch through. The blossom is of a pure china- 

 white, yellow at the lower part and at the top rim. The tube is five- 

 angled, and each angular space is beautifully marked with red lines, 

 generally taking the form of the letter V, and the lines more or less 

 united. The flowers are exceedingly pretty; the texture and marking 

 resemble a handsome piece of china or porcelain. It is a most lovely 

 plant when in bloom, and although Messrs. Veitch have it in the stove, 



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