io8 Notes and Gleanings. ^ 



deserving of culture, as E. niacrnnthinn. E. j/tusschianum, E. pinnaium, E. 

 violaceum, and E. diphyllum. All are hardy, all are suited for decoration, and 

 a collection of half a dozen of the spring-flowering species brought forward into 

 flower at the same time by a skilful gardener would deservedly command a high 

 award at any horticultural exhibition." Yes, but when shall we see makers of 

 schedules display so much sense and good taste as to offer a prize of any kind 

 for such charming but unfashionable things as epimediums ? 



Iberidella rottiJidifolia, Kound-Xfa.vtd Iberidella (Bot. Mag., t. 5749). — A 

 lovely cruciferous plant, adapted for the rockery, native of the Alps. It grows 

 in humble tufts, and throws up crowded racemes of pale lilac flowers. 



Tacsonia ^r/^«//i^. Woolly-flowered Tacsonia (Bot. Mag., t. 5750). — A noble 

 passion-flower, resembling in habit and color of flower the well-known T. mol- 

 lissima. The leaves are of a pale green, the flowers pale, cheerful pink. As 

 a greenhouse or conservatory climber, it will be valuable, as it is comparatively 

 hardy, and flowers freely. 



Stapelia hystrix. Bristly-flowered Stapelia (Bot. Mag., t. 5751). — An ascle- 

 piadaceous plant, closely allied to S. glaiidulijlora. The flowers occur two or 

 : three together, the corolla one inch in diameter, pale sulphur-colored, marked 

 •with innumerable purple lines. 



Thibaiidia acuminata, Sharp-leaved Thibaudia (Bot. Mag., t. 5772). — A fine 

 ■ericaceous plant, native of the Andes, from eight to ten thousand feet. A branch- 

 ing leafy evergreen shrub. The flowers in terminal racemes, tubular, of a bright 

 red color, with green tips. 



Ccelogyne [Pleione) ReichenbacJiiaita, Dr. Reichenbach's Pleione (Bot. Mag., 

 t. 5753). — The finest species of the Pleione group of Coelogyne known. The 

 pseudo-bulbs are pitcher-shaped and mottled ; the flowers comparatively large ; 

 the colors white and palest rose. 



Oncidhun xanihodum, Golden-toothed Oncidium (Bet. Mag., t. 5766). — 

 A remarkably fine orchid ; the flowers in a slender twining scape, six to eight 

 feet long, of a rich chocolate-brown color, with golden crisped and crenate 

 edges. 



Delostoma deiitahim, Toothed-leaved Delostoma (Bot. Mag., t. 5754). — A 

 beautiful bignoniaceous plant, with the habit of a Gesnera. Native of Quito. 

 It is a small shrub. The leaves are broadly oblong, four to five inches long; the 

 flowers two inches in diameter, white suffused with pale rose. 



KcEinpferia Parishii, Mr. Parish's Kasmpferia (Bot. Mag., t. 5763). — A pretty 

 representative of the Scitamineas, native of the forests of Moulmein. The flow- 

 ers are purple and white ; they appear before the leaves. 



Dendrobuuii Williamsonii, Williamson's Dendrobe(Gard. Chron., 1869, p. 78). 

 — Orchidacece. A beautiful orchid, introduced by Mr. W. J. Williamson from 

 Assam. The flowers are in the way of D. ebiirnea, with brownish sepals and 

 petals, lip white with red spot ; strong, upright habit. 



Trichopilia grata (Gard. Chron., i868, p. 1338). — Orchidaceas. A pretty 

 trichopilia, introduced from Peru by Messrs. Veitch & Sons, bearing yellow- 

 ish-green and white flowers. 



Oncidium (cytrochilum) Xanthodon (Gard. Chron., 1868, p. 1338). — Orchida- 



