22 Notices of iieiv and interesting Plants. 



proilui-etl bi-luw«Jii' |ioint of insertion, but incrcly articulatwl on the filament Mr. Bentham finds the 

 (jenii* he hail in liot. Itcg. t I'iSJiJ. tltMiominated AuilibiTt/a untenable, »o transfers the name to the 

 Vrcsi'iit plant 



SlIlCLASS II. 



riaiit> with Endogenous Growth and Monocotyledonous Seed. 



CCXXXVIIl. AmarylHiXcx. 

 ■73 H.Xini.VNTHUS. 



Ii:illi>lii» K ('. \>A\c.j{owfrcd tf lAJ or 1 jn Pk Valparaiso 1830. O r.m Bot cab. 1760 



.\munB the bulbs were some with Howcrs ranging between white and red, from which we may infer 

 that II. p&llulus is a cultivated plant But. cab. 



ii70. PHYCE'LLA. 

 SUUtki glaOca 0. C. glaucousJfd tf lAJ or 1 jn 11 Valparaiso 1824. O l.p Bot. cab. 17+S 



V. ignca var. glauca But. mag. 2t)87. 



8006 ignca 



2 pi'ilchra D. Don pretty tfLAJor 1} o R Valparaiso... O r.m Sw.fl.gar.2.s.l21 



Ornamental in the umbel of pendulous, red, tubular blo.«soms. Figured from the Chelsea Botanic 

 Garden, and some varieties near the above are at Knight's Exotic Nursery. 



9GJ. CYRTA'NTHUS. 

 78()8a carneus Liiidl. flesh-coloured tf lAJ <"" 1 au F C. G. H. ... O r.m Bot. reg. 1462 

 The crown of long, pendulous, flesh-coloured, tubular corols is very crnamental. 



938. CALOSTE'MMA. 



CunninghamijAit Cunningh.iurstf lAJ or 1 sp W N. HoU. 1826. O s.l 



■ 979. ALSTUCEME*R/.^. 

 £81C2a Neill/i Gill. .Neill's A I I el 2 jn Pa.Ro Mendoza 182". O Ip Bot mag. 3105 



A very pretty species, near'A.'pallida, named after the celebrated Patrick Xcill, Esq , of Canoimiills, 

 near Edinburgh, where and with whom it bloomed in the green-house, in June, 1831. Native of both 

 sides of the Cordillera of the Andes, between Chile and .Mendoza. Stem upright, bearing highly glau- 

 cous leavef, and iin umbel of from six to eight Howers of a pale rose colour. l)r. Graham furnishes 

 the description of this species, and remarks : — " Mr. Neill's very interesting garden has recently sus. 

 taineda great loss in the removal of the gardener, Alexander Scott, whose professional talent and patient 

 industry li.ivc been tr.msfiTred to a situation of more extensive usefulness. He has been appointed 

 foreman to Sir. Knight's Exotic Nursery, Chelsea ; a situation for which he is especially fitted by his 

 quiet unas.-uming iiianiicrs and uniformly steady conduct." 



Upwards of a hundred beautiful, and some of them splendid, and many of thefti newly originated, 

 hybrid kinds of .\inarylli.?, are now (Jan. 17.) blooming at Colvill's Of A. ai'ilica platypiHala two most 

 vigorous spi'ciineiis have blossomed : one is still flowering ; the other is p.ist, and exhibits finely swollen 

 germeiis, which have been artificially impregnated with pollen of A. rctii-urita : from the unionof these 

 two line kinds, hybrids of high interest are anticipated. Cr'iiiuin amabile here exhibits the last flowers 

 of an extremely fine umbel; ami C. au.strale is in blossom. Katlier many siedlings of alstra'inerias, 

 from seeds puichased of Mr.Cummiiig, are already above grouiul. Torced specimens of a double- Howered 

 polyanth. narcissus are finely in blossom: this is possibly the Hermloiw I >"pri v. pifena of Haworth's 

 excellent Sarcitsineurum Monogr&pliia. 



CCXXXIX. IrW.'ur. 

 3281. STREPTANTHEMIA. 



28007 cuprea SwI. eopper-eld tf lAI or i jn.jl Cop C. G. H. 182.5. O p.l Sw.fl.gar.2.s.]22 



" Stigma ihree-clelt, the segments broailly dilated at the ends, deeply channeled on the upper side, 



having the appearance of two lobes; the edges beautifully fringed, so as to give it, with its hollow sur. 



face, the exact resemblance of a leaf of Dionue'^a musctpula : has it not the same uses V Drawn from 



Mr. Colvill's. 



I'M. t.LADroi.U.S. 



IVflb'! n^UiKtwii Hfintunidt Natal tJ lAI »pl 4 jlau &v Natal I8!0. O p.l Bot cab. 175G ' 



'I'liK bore the winter perfectly well out of doors, in front of our stove, in sandy pe.it soil, and apiiears 



to increase itself freely by olf^ets. ij.uililigcs's But. Cab.) This new and very .spkiidid .spicies has been 



also reeeiUly published in the liiildiiiciilKinistcr, 144'.'., but under the abrog.ited name of (;. psiltadnus • 



the editor having pi'rh.i|)jiiiverliMiked the iiute at t .,'()84. of But. Mug., in which Ur. Hooker shows that 



natalZ-iisi" i* the legitimate iiaiiieor ilie species. .Stem .'J to 4 It high, well furnished with leaves, and ter. 



iiniiHled liy a spike, a fool in length, ol large blossoms, yellow. spotted, stri|>ed, and marginated with 



BCarlet " The colours are indeed Kiileiidid beyond any thing that can be expressed, except by the most 



elaborate miniature painting." I'ublishc-d in Iht. /leg. from the nurseries ot Mr. Lee of Hammersmith 



where it blo.'<...oined in.luly last ; and from that of Mr. Miller of Bristol, with whom it blossomed strongly 



nt nearly the same time. , 



Potted crocuses in frnmes arc showing blossom at Colvill's ; and in the open air, in Mr. Haworth's 



interesting little garden. Crocus pdsillus is (Jan. 24.) in blossom. 



CCXL. OrcMdca: ^ Ophri)dc\e. 

 ISl. O'RCHIS. 



fusct'scens B. C. drying brown Jt J^ cii } jn Ysh Pcnnsylv. 1831. O (i.lt Bot cab. 1748 



Interesting to the botanist only. It is a native of grassy hills in Pennsylvania and of Siberia; bloomed 

 here this year in June, " kept in a cold frame, and potted in peat and vegetable earth." {Bot. Cab.) 



Orclildftv \ VindetE 



•2i>30fl. PERISTEMlI A Itook. Uo\ e Flowkh. (I'cristira, a dove, which its column resembles.) 20. 1. Orc/Udeet. 

 tlMa i/uu/ I'pily £ (23 "r 4 su Y'sh.W Papvna 182(). D p.r Bot. mag. 3116 



