222 NOTES ON NEAV OR RARE PLANTS. 



trees. It requires to be treated as tropical Orcliideous plants. The 

 stems grow about two feet long. The flowers are in terminal heads, 

 of from ten to twenty in each. A single flower is nearly four inches 

 long, the tube a rich orange, with the extremity (mouth), four-lobed, 

 scarlet ; a black line separates tiie two colours. It is a very desirable 

 species, highly ornamental. (Figured in Bot. Mag., 4320.) 



Gastrolobium villosum — Shaggy Gastrolobe. 



Fabacece. Decandria Monogynia. 



From the Swan River colonj--, where it was discovered by Mr. 

 Drummond. It is a decumbent shrub, growing in muddy pebbly 

 places, in woods on Darling's range of mountains. Tlie flowers are 

 borne profusely in terminal racemous spikes, orange, witii a purplish- 

 lilac keel. It flourishes in sandy loam, peat, and a liberal portion of 

 silver sand. In winter to be kept in a greenhouse or cool j)it fiame, 

 just protected from frost ; if in tlie greenhouse in an airy place. In 

 summer it should be out of doors in a situation that is cool and shel- 

 tered. Such a treatment, too, is suited to the Chorozcma. It has 

 bloomed at Mr. Low's, and is a very pretty plant for the greenhouse. 

 (Figured in Bot. Reg., 45.) 



LlEBEGIA SPECIOSA ThE SuOWY. 



Ci/rtanilracece. Didi/iiamia Angiospcnnia . 



Sent to Messrs. Veitcli, from Java, by Mr. Lobb. The stem rises 

 two feet high. Tiie flowers are produced from the axils of a few of 

 the teru)inal pairs of leaves ; tiiey are in peduncles of six or eight in 

 each, and the end of tiie shoot finishes in a panicle of them. Each 

 flower is tube-siiaped, with a five-parted moutli, about two inches long, 

 of a pale yellowish white, tinged with a rich violet at the upper side of 

 the tube. Tlie mouth of the flower is an inch across. In appearance 

 much like a long flower of Ciiirita sinensis. It is a showy species, 

 higlily ornamental. (Figured in Bot. Mag., 4315.) 



LONICERA DISCOLOR — StAINED FlY HONEYSUCKLE. 



This new species has recently been introduced into this country from 

 India through the East India Company, by whom seeds were presented 

 to the Horticidtural Society, and is growing in the Chiswick Garden. 

 It is a fine deciduous shrub, Iiardy, blooming in June ; tiie flowers are 

 very small, a greenish yellow. In September and October it has a 

 profusion of deep black berries, about the size of a large black cur- 

 rant, which produce an interesting appearance. (Figured in Bot. 

 Reg., 44.) 



Passiflora Kermesina — Var. Lemicheziana. 



A very handsome variety, raised by M. Lemichez, a nurseryman at 

 Paris. It differs from the species in being a deep crimson, and the 

 segments of tlie crown purple, mottled witii m hite. It is a very desirable 

 plant for the conservatory. It has bloomed at Messrs. Eollisson's, of 

 Tooting Nursery. (Figured in Pax. Mag. Bot.) 



