notes on new or rare plants. 197. 



Hypocvrta leucostoma — White-mouthed. 



Gesneriacece. Didj/namia Aiigiospermia. 



Mr. Purdie sent this plant from New Grenada to the Royal Gar- 

 dens of Kew. It is a stove-plant, growing about a foot high. Tlie 

 flowers are tube-formed, about three quarters of an inch Jong, pro- 

 duced numerously around the stem at the axils of tiie large leaves. 

 They are of a butf-yellow, with a few red streaks. It blooms early in 

 spring. (Figured in Uot. Mag., 4310.) 



Leucothoe pulchka — The ELEGA^T. 



EricecE. JJecandria Monogijnia. (Syn. Andromeda piilc/ira.) 



It originally came from Brazil, and has bloomed in the cool green- 

 house at tlie lloval Gardens of Kew. It is a siirubby plant, gruwino- 

 two feet high, the branches erect. The flowers are produced very 

 abundantly in lateral racemes of four or five inclies long : tliese racemes 

 proceed from the main stem ; one from tlie axil of every leaf for the 

 length of several inclies of the terminal portion of each principal 

 branch. Tlie flowers point downwards, a greenish-white, a separate 

 blossom being about half an inch long. It is equally handsome in 

 foliage and in flower. (Figured mBot. May. 4314.) 



Onobrtchis radiata — Eay-fruited saintfoin. 



Fabaccce. Diadelphia Decandria. 



It is a hardy herbaceous perennial plant, grows about a foot high, 

 blooming profusely. Its pea-siiaped flowers aie produced in long 

 conical-formed spikes; they are wiiite, with a central yellow spot. It 

 is very showy and neat, and a pretty thing for the flower garden, 

 blooming from May to August. It is in the garden of the Horti- 

 cultural .Society. (Figured in I3ot. Jiej., 11.) 



Pui'A Altensteixii, var. Gigantea. 

 Bromeliacece. Hexandria Monogijnia. (Syn. Pitcairnia undulatifolia.) 



This magnificent stove- plant was sent by Messrs. Lucombe and 

 Pince to the Royal Gardens of Kew, where it has recently bloomed. 

 The flower stem rises to two or three feet high, and the spike of white 

 flowers is about half that length. The stem and the bracts are of a 

 rich bright red, and the white blossoms issuing forth from among the 

 rich coloured bracts produce a fine ett'ect. It is a very noble variety. 

 (Figured in Bot. Mag. 4309.) 



RiGIDELIA ORTHANTHA TJPRIGHT- FLOWERED. 



Iridacece. Monadelphia Triandria. 



It is a native of Mexico, and has bloomed in the nursery of Messrs. 

 Knight ami Perry, of King's-road, Chelsea, and requires a warm 

 greenliouse or temperate stove. It is a bulbous perennial plant, grow- 

 ing about lialf ayard high. The flowers are terminal, each consisting 

 of three large petals of a rich deep scarlet colour. A separate blossom 

 is about four inches across. It requires the usual treatment given to. 



