of New Plants. 65 



healthy and compact, with a profusion of bright green 

 shining foliage, — and the species may be considered as a 

 very beautiful and desirable plant. It should be grown in 

 a light open compost, full of fibre, and placed in a moder- 

 ately large pot. It begins to bloom in August and contin- 

 ues till December. Propagated by cuttings. {Pax. Mag. 

 Bot., Dec. 



Amanjllidkcese. 



ALSTRCE.MER/.4 



lineatiflora Fl. Periiv. Lined Alstraemeria. A greenhouse plant ; growing eighteen 

 inclifis high ; with pinlt stri|)p(l flowers ; appearing in summer ; a n;itive of Peru ; increased 

 by division of the roots ; grown in loam, peat and sand. Bot. Reg. t. 68, 1843. 



Very similar to the old A. Pelcgrhia, and like that species, 

 " one of the finest of the genus." The flowers are of a del- 

 icate pink shade, each sepal distinctly lined with pale 

 green, and the two upper ones spotted with crimson. Its 

 habit and mode of growth are like the other species. The 

 roots are tuberous, and spread horizontally, and in conse- 

 quence the plants require large pots, which should be half 

 filled with potsherds. The soil in which it thrives best con- 

 sists of half loam, and the other half peat and sand. Keep 

 rather dry till January, when the roots should be repotted. 

 Increased from seeds, and by offsetts from the roots. All 

 the Alstraemerias are pretty plants and deserving of culti- 

 vation, but we rarely see them in our collections ; the A. 

 psittacina is the most common. {Bot. Mag., Nov.) 



IriddcecB. 



ELEUTHERILNE, TT. Herb. MS. 



anomala Herb. Anomalous Eleutherine. A greenhouse bulb ; growing eight inches high ; 

 with white flowers ; appearing in spring ; a native of the West Indies ; increased by off- 

 setts ; grown in light soil. Bot. Reg. t. 57, 1843. 



A " singular little plant," with stems of white flowers, 

 somewhat resembling a Morge'a, or a Marica; but though 

 allied to both belonging to neither. The learned Dean of 

 Manchester, who has studied this family carefully, has 

 placed it in the genus Eleutherine, established by him some 

 time ago, when attempting an arrangement of the Sisyrin- 

 chiums ; the type is the Marica plicata of the Bot. Mag. 

 It flowered in the garden of the London Horticultural So- 

 ciety, and its origin is unknown. Cultivated the same as 

 other /ridaceae. {Bot. Reg., Nov.) 

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