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Notes and Gleatiings. 



Begonia falcifolia, Sickle-leaved Begonia (Bot. Mag., t. 5707). — Begoniace*. 

 A lovely species, native of Peru. The leaves are folcate-lanceolate, unequally 

 lobed ; the flowers in panicles, of a rosy-pink color. 



Onciditun aicullatum, var. mibigemim, Alpine Oncidium (Bot. Mag., t. 5708). 

 — Orchideas. An extremely pretty orchid from Ecuador, where it grows at an 

 altitude of eleven thousand to thirteen thousand feet. The leaves are solitary, 

 the racemes simple and many-flowered ; the flowers purple, with large white lip. 



Nyctocalos Thomsoni^ Assamese Nyctocalos (Bot. Mag., t. 5678). — Bignoni- 

 aceas. A beautiful stove-climber, with compound leaves and beautiful tubular 

 flowers, which are seven inches long, pure white, expanding at night, and drop- 

 ping next morning. 



Vltis heterophylla, var. humulifolia, Hop-leaved variety of various-leaved 



NYCTOCALOS THOMSONI. 



VITIS HETEROPHYLLA {var. HUMUHFOLIA.) 



Vine (Bot. Mag., t. 56S2). — Ampelideas. An extremely pretty Japanese vine, 

 which is quite hardy in this country, and well adapted for clothing walls and 

 trellises. The stems are bright red ; the leaves resemble those of the hop ; the 

 berries are pale blue. 



Begojiia rosajlora, Rose-flowered Begonia (Bot. Mag., t. 56S0). — Begoniaceas. 

 Another charming begonia, with large rosy-pink flowers. It is stemless, with 

 concave orbicular leaves borne on red stems and three-flowered scapes, the 

 stems of which are red, and the flowers resemble those of the brier-rose. 



Coburgia trichroma, Tri-colored Coburgia (Bot. Mag., t. 5686). — Amarylli- 

 daceae. A magnificent plant from the Andes of Peru, long known, but lately 

 admirably flowered in the garden of Mr. Wilson Saunders. In general charac- 

 ters, it agrees nearly with others of the genus. The flowers, however, are pecu- 



