244 Notes and Gleanings. 



CratcEgus Oxyacantha coccittea Jlore-pleno. — Rosacese. A fine sport from 

 the double pink thorn, with crimson flowers. 



Codieum {Crotojt) VeifcAianum {Rev. Hovt., 1S67, 189). — Euphorbiaceae. A 

 beautiful stove evergreen shrub, with slightly undulated leaves, which have red 

 footstalk's, and when young are green, traversed by a broad band of yellow, 

 which passes with age into rose and carmine-purple ; the intensity of these 

 colors increasing as the leaves become older. Introduced by Messrs. Veitch & 

 Sons from the South-Sea Islands. 



Dichorisandra imisaica (Flore des Serres, t. 1711-12). — , Commelynaceae. 

 This most remarkable stove perennial was exhibited at the International E.xhibi- 

 tion of 1866. The leaves are ovate-acute, deep reddish-purple beneath, dark 

 green above, beautifully marked with close broken transverse irregular white 

 lines. The flowers are white and blue. 



Hcs/nadlctyon nutans jnaxi.-na (Flore des Serres, t. 1728). — Apocynaccce. 

 Distributed under the name of Ediitcs rnbro-vcnosa. The dark olive-green 

 surface of the leaf is traversed by red veins. The bright red midrib has a 

 narrow bar of pale bright green on each side, which adds very greatly to its 

 beauty. 



Polyninia py}'a7nidalis {Rev. Hort., 1867, 211). — Composites. A tall-grow- 

 ing, shrubby perennial, recommended for summer flower-gardening, having been 

 used for this purpose in Paris : it grows ten feet in a season, forms a pyramidal 

 head, bears large cordate leaves, and is decorated with yellow flower-heads hav- 

 ing a dark-brown disk. Native of New Grenada. 



Allamanda nobilis (Gard. Chron., i863, p. 180). — Apocynaceas. A magnifi- 

 cent species, introduced from Rio Branco, Brazil, by Mr. Bull. The flowers are 

 an immense size, and of a clear bright yellow, without markings of any kind. 

 It has a trailing habit, and will eventually become one of the leading kinds for 

 exhibition. 



Lcslia albida. vdiV. Tuckeri {Gzrd. Chron., 1868, p. 208). — Orchidaceae. A 

 grand variety of this well-known and beautiful species. The flowers are large, 

 and of a lovely amethyst color, with purple lip. 



Lalia dlbida, var. bninnea (Gard. Chron., 1868, p. 208). — Orchidaceae. The 

 sepals and petals are chestnut-brown, with lip of same color. 



Lcelia albida, var. ochracea (Gard. Chron., i863, p. 208). — Orchidaceae. 

 Rather a poor variety, with pale-brown sepals and petals, and rather darker- 

 colored lip. 



Begonia nigro^ienia (Gartenflora, t. 545). — Begoniaceas. A stove perennial, 

 with a creeping rhizome. Bright-green leaves, with the principal ribs dark red. 

 The flowers are small and numerous. 



Clematis Lady Bovill (Floral Mag., t. 370). — Ranunculaceae. One of the 

 fine hybrids raised at the Woking Nursery. It is distinct in habit from the rest 

 of the novelties which have rendered that place so famous ; having more of the 

 character of lanuginosa manifest in the plant. The buds and exterior of the 

 sepals are quite woolly. The flowers are large, with short, broad, concave sepals; 

 and the color is a pale grayish blue. 



Miconia Teysmanniana (Gartenflora, t. 537). — Melastomaceae. A stove 



