98 NOTES ON NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 



in the greenhouse from January to March. The leaves are broad, 

 sharp-pointed, two inches long. The flowers are produced at the axils 

 of the leaves, from three to five at each, of a pale yellow colour. The 

 Acacias flourish and bloom best when grown in equal parts of light 

 loam and peat. (Figured in Bot. Mag., 4573.) 



Bouvardia leiantha. — Introduced from Guatemala. It is a 

 robust-growing plant, which rises three feet high, brandling. Each 

 leaf is nearly four inches long by two broad. The flowers are borne in 

 terminouscymous heads, of twenty to thirty blossoms in each. Flowers 

 tube-formed, an inch long, of a rich deep vermilion colour. It is a 

 valuable acquisition to this charming tribe of plants. 



Campanula Vidalii.' — A native of the Azores, which was dis- 

 covered growing upon an insulated rock on the east coast of Flores by 

 Captain Vidal. It is a half-shrubby plant, growing two feet high, and 

 very bushy. The flowers are produced in terminal racemes ; the 

 blossoms are nodding, bell-shaped ; eadi blossom is an inch long, and 

 nearly as much across the mouth, of yellowish white or cream colour. 

 It is a very ornamental species, blooming freely throughout the summer. 

 It is a half-hardy plant, flourishing in the open border during summer, 

 or cultivated in pots in the greenhouse. 



Chysis auRea, var. Maculata. — The Golden-flowered spotted 

 variety. This beautiful Columbian orchideae has recently bloomed in 

 the establishment of Messrs. Lucombe and Pince, of the Exotic Nur- 

 sery, Exeter. The sepals and petals are white and yellow at the lower 

 half, and the upper of a rich brown-red. The middle lobe of the 

 yellow lip is prettily spotted with purple. Each flower is about two 

 inches across. (Figured in Bot. Mag., 4576.) 



Franciscea confertiflora. — A vigorous-growing shrub, leaves 

 five inches long and two broad. The flowers are borne in terminal 

 cymous heads, several blossoms in each. A flower is two inches across, 

 lilac coloured. It is an ornamental species, figured in Gardeners' 

 Magazine of Botany. The Francisceas thrive best in equal parts of 

 turfy-peat, loam, and leaf-mould, with a liberal mixture of sand and 

 bits of charcoal. When in a growing state, occasionally give manure- 

 water. To keep them bushy they require to be cut in every year. 

 (Figured in Bot. Mag.) 



Hebeclinium ianthinum. — .A soft-wooded half-shrubby plant, 

 from Mexico. It is of the Eupatoria order. The plant blooms freely 

 when grown in a pot, and rises about a foot high. At Kew it has been 

 kept in the stove ; but Mr. Smith supposes it will flourish in the open 

 ground during the summer season. The flowers are produced in large 

 corymbous heads, purple, and the long styles aje also purple. Each 

 blossom is about an inch across. (Figured in Bot. Mag., 4574.) 



Hemiandra pungens. — A dwarfish shrubby plant, from the Swan 

 River colony. It forms a pretty shrub in the greenhouse. The flowers 

 are produced in long spikes. Each blo ? som three-quarters of an inch 

 across the mouth, and the tube about the same. Of a pinky-lilac, 



