148 notes on nkw ob bare plants. 



Gloxinia Handleyana— Mr. Handley's Gloxinia. 

 Amongst tlie numerous hybrids in this most interesting tribe of 

 plants, which the introduction of G. rosea gave rise to, this variety is 

 one of the most beautiful. We received blooms of it from tlie 

 correspondent after whom it is named, and distinguished it by a figure 

 in tlie Floricultural Cabinet for November, 1843. It is greatly 

 admired in the London collections, where it has only recently become 

 known. 



Henfreya scandens. Climbing Henfbeya. 



Acanthacece. Didi/namiu Aiigiuspermia. 

 Mr. George Donn discovered this plant in Sierra Leone, where it is 

 stated to be common. A new genus lias been formed with it, and it is 

 named in compliment to A. Ilenfrey, Esq., F.L.S. It is a robust grow- 

 ing plant, but does not appear to possess much of a climbing habit, at 

 least the plant we saw of it in the collection of Mr. Glendinning, did 

 not, at that time. May 20th, 1847. It is a vigorous shrubby plant, 

 having a large dark green foliage. The flowers are produced in closeish 

 racemes at the angles of the leaves. The flower is funnel-shaped, with 

 a spreading five-parted limb (mouth), white, with a tinge of yellow. 

 Each blossom is about two inches long and an inch and a-half across 

 the mouth. It is a hothouse plant, requiring a moist temperature of 

 75^ to 80''. It blooms in spring and the early part of summer. Figured 

 in Bot. liey., 31. 



Ipom/ea pulchella — The Handsome. 



Cojwolviilacea. Pentandria Monojifnia. 



Seeds of this handsome Bindweed were sent from Ceylon to Mrs. Sher- 

 borne, near Prescott, in Lancashire. It is a climbing plant, with her- 

 baceous angular stems. It blooms very freely, and the flowers a good 

 deal resemble those of Ipomjea Horsfallii, but are larger. Each blos- 

 som is about two inches and a-half across, of a daik purple-crimson, 

 with five pink-coloured plaits. It is a very pretty flowering species, 

 well deserving to be grown in every warm greenhouse, conservatory, 

 or stove. Figured in Bot. Mag., 4303. 



Oncidium Barkekii — Mr. Barker's. 



Orchidecc, Gijiuiiidria Monandria. 



Imported from Mexico ; and lias now bloomed in the Chatsvvorth 

 collection of stove Orchideae, besides two or three others. The flowers 

 are produced in curved racemes, each flower being about three inches 

 across. Sepals and petals, yellow and green, with very dark cross-bars, 

 producing a beautiful effect; the lip, a handsome pale yellow. It 

 Avell deserves to be giown in every collection. Figured in Pax. May. 

 Bot. , 



Rhododendron arboreum var. Paxtoni. 



His Grace the Duke of Devonshire's botanical collector, ]\Ir. Gibson, 

 discovered this very magnificent Riiodorlendron growing in elevated 

 situations on the Khoseea Hills, in the East Indies, Avhere it formed a 



