و ی چ 
Arni, 2, 1887.] 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 447 
drawing attention to the use to which the outer 
fleshy part of the Nutmeg fruit is put in the East. 
Cut into various fantastic shapes, as representations 
of birds, flowers, &c., sometimes with the Nutmeg 
still enclosed, they are preserved in syru 
a very attractive preserve. It has a distinct Nutmeg 
flavour, and, ie к ed Ginger, would be a useful 
adjunct at des 
EvrPnonnIACEX. 
oc siii emblica, L.—Known as the Emblic 
Myrobalum. tree of the dry forests of India and 
Burma. The fruit is about the з io a "ner 
Damson. The natives eat it raw, 
ade into a sweetmeat, while it is used by Euro opeans 
for tarts and jellies. It is stated that a “ half-ripe 
LE if chewed, has the effect of making water taste 
eet.” The Otaheite casi d (Phyllanthus 
dist tichus, Muell., Arg, b r known rhaps as 
Cicca disticha, Ly is сыч Y aluable fruit, Е їп 
Java for pickling. Antidesma Bur Spr., a native 
of Java and the neighbouring renis Жейк e small 
fleshy, berry-like fruits, ofa ‘brig ht i 
used vil for pasty ses Two or 
most valid a 
when kn and containing a sweet delicate 
ga Sumatra it is called Choopah, and in Siam, 
Mafai ; B. racemosa, Muell., Arg., is also a Ch erry- 
like acid ү of "m as is also B. sapida, known in 
India as the Lut 
The БИЕЛЕР, enumeration of Mri is not by any 
means an exhaustive one have brought those 
forward which are тар least generally known, but of 
which the Museum contains good specimens. John R. 
Jackson, Curator, Museums, Royal Gardens, Kew. 
PLANTS NEW OR нота 
MARGINATA (Lindl.)‏ و 
IMMARGINATA‏ 
Puer; кы kindly favoured me with a good‏ 
Cinta of this elegant beauty, whose fine brown‏ 
wavy se pals and petals give a fine contrast to ae‏ 
white lip and column. j^ ave no doubt, after a‏ 
riim may, that this must be regarded : as a variety 
0 
margin. idi: its chief chaines being dependent upon 
the e of the yellow margins of the sepals and 
t stands nearest the gorgeous Schomburgkia 
undulata, Lindl „ а grand inflorescence of which, 
оп t 
ifficult art of making those glorious emnes 
vende plants flower. H. G. Rehb, f. 
Sacoog. ond Pzcnrr, 2. sp.* 
ingular novelty. It has broad lignlate 
hei 1 bhai, bilobed at the apex, nearly 2 inches 
broad, inches long. There is a few-flowered raceme, 
with flowers like those of the members of the calceo 
group, but with the anterior por, ай blade 
quite entire, as large as the flow f Saccola- 
bium bellinum, Mr. $. Low’s көрейн The 
i found it at Kew in August last, It is dedicated 
of the authorities of that grand emporium, 
Saccolabin um Pechei, n. sp,—Foliis paucis loratis 
кера] Tacemo paucifloro; bracteis minutis; phe 
isque cuneato-cblongis se acutis; labelli laciniis 
medians tra argute сни supra basin lacinie 
| Moaq olenci maculis та 
Labelli lacinia antica alba. 
Peché. (Ex, in Hort, Pon H, G. Rchb. f. 
to the sender, Mr. C. Peché, of Moulmein. May 
this gentleman not only help science and horticul- 
hus futu 
would be rendered possible, and future gain 
Г. 
Н. G. Rchb. 
CYPRIPEDÍUM X LINEOLARE (col, exc, Norman 
ШЕ Cookson), 
This was raised by Mr. Norman Cookson, and sent 
me by Mr. F. Sander. It comes rather near Cypri- 
pedium Willlamsianum x. The leav 
А Sepals white, with 
green nerves, Petals light ochre, with light mauve 
nerves on the side ofthe upper sepal, with green nerves 
other side, with a few dark dots at base. Lip 
Mofes ochre with lightest brown. Staminodes light 
ochre, with afew dark green nerves. Bract much 
qui 
for lovers of the pallid undecided colours; but 
boon for a botanist. Certificats d'origine are ior 
given, Н, С. Rchb. f. 
CYPRIPEDIUM X DOLIARE, n. hyd, 
This was raised by Mr. Norman Cookson, and sent 
me by Mr. F. Sander. It is very near Cypripedium 
It is distinct by the leaves having very 
narrow dark bars, by th се гов по — black 
spots at all on the border, but s at the base, 
brownish-purple in front, eet with vim numerous 
point-like little dots at the base, well ciliate on tlie 
borders by the staminodium being dark brown with a 
lighter border. The cinnamon-brown lip is shining, 
very large, and suggested to me the idea of a cask 
rentage is obscure, and I should not Wonder if it 
came even out of the same seed-pod of planerum. If 
we continue to obtain hybrids of uncertain parentage 
we may, botanically speaking, sink down to a very 
deep level. H. G. Rchb. f. 
STROPHANTHUS LEDIENII, Stein. 
This is a new species, described by Mr. Stein, of 
Breslau, in the March number of the Gartenflora, 
1887, t. 124, where a coloured plate of this interest- 
ing plant is given. The species was found in 
rocky places near es on the Congo, by Herr 
F. Ledien. The flow re borne in үтен ter- 
minating the woody Tien each flower has a 
star-shaped five-lobed corolla of a bef yellow ота, 
like tail. The corona 
occupies the. centre of the flower i is violet, with five 
white rays. 
attention ° punt not only on account of their singular 
and elegant appearance, but also for their medicina 
preston эзы 
ТвттомА CAULESCENS, Revue Horticole, March 16, 
^ 1877; see also "d Mag., t. 5946, 
This is a splendid ot only for 
its arborescent habit, but also for its Wy glaucous 
leaves and its summer-flowering habit. M. Max 
it as very sensitive to cold and 
damp. The massive flower-spikes its e on long 
erect stalks, the upper unexpanded flowers crimson- 
scarlet, the lower ones pri ree аы 
NUDIUSCULA, 4. Gra. 
P ray. 
This isa m Californian Labiate, with a dwarf 
compact habit like a Thyme, with tufts of linear 
leaves, and иа small purplish bilabiate flowers. 
ion n n the last number of the Gartenflora, 
ba 
А DECADE OF NEW ADIAN- 
TUN 
(Continued JW p. 110.) 
Aliantuin sede т. hyb.—Fronds evergreen, 
glabróus, broadly ovate acuminate, tri- or quadri- 
pinnate ; pinnæ ovate, the lower ones with a long 
es engi gradually becomes shorter upwards, so 
that the upper рїпп are almost sessile, the upper 
basal "йыз as well as the upper basal pinnulets, 
more or less overlying the mt atem stipitate 
below, the basal one 2—24 in ong, narrowly 
ovate, the eee pinnulets dir compound, the 
ad ones still narrow er because less divided at the 
ones ie ae cst lobed more or less freely 
and deeply the anterior side, the terminal one 
lei ms dom and lobed at the end ; sori numerous, 
roundish-reniform 
the apex of the 
smooth indusia of the same form ; veins ; di choto- 
mously forked, the venules free ; stipes smooth and 
е 
slen 
A ds plant, of which нне "чал, were sent б us 
last year by Mr. 
— iaa Cromer. It has er the сад of 
so-called hybrids now becoming rather 
plentiful, piy is distinct from any we have seen, pos- 
sessing this peculiarity, that some of the fronds (less 
fertile than the а һате а тоге peri character, 
rather an o р! ce, Тһе overlying basal 
unnm and pin ыал towards the еси of the 
LM ttle suggestive of A. con- 
cinnum being one of the parents, aam the deeply 
lobed pinnulets of the more leafy fronds are rather 
indicative of A. amabile (Moorei) being also con- 
cerned in its origin, but we have no information on 
"gr matter, оу it may jid apes т the origin 
not kno The roundish or obovate 
iuo or уле Кун аге abo 1 3 "чый in length, 
basal 
ones are about 3 ас the rhomboid intermediate 
ones 5 lines, and the terminal cuneateones 7 lines 
long. 
arem ntissimum ie E. G. Henderson).— 
ee гена quadripinnate, glabrous, evergreen ; 
te spreading, the basal ones long-stalked ; 
prens or pinnulets large, on long slender‏ ا 
pedicels, cuneate, the terminal ones equally lobate at‏ 
the apex, the lateral ones more or less obliquely‏ 
edge-shaped, also lobate, the lobes developed to- 
wards the apex on the anterior — veins dicho- 
tomously forked, the venules free; roundish- 
reniform, placed in a sinus at the apex rw ie lobes, 
and covered by indusia of similar form; stipes and 
rachides glossy ir m , the secondary rachides and 
pedicels very slen 
This is a very rai ita Fern, and quite distinct 
from anything prior known in cultivation. 
the examples before us the fronds are from 1 
15 ser long, ar of "€ stipes, which must 
add another 5 or 6 inches to their height, and about 
fi 
terminal ones are the largest, and measure 8 links i in 
нон, the secondary rachides and pedicels very 
