310 NEW PLANT?, ETC., 



23. COBURGIA STYLOS A.* 



Received from Mr. Hartweg, who found it " in the ravines 

 near Quito." 



This fiue bulb bears a strong resemblance in general appear- 

 ance to the species already known, but it is sufficiently distin- 

 guished by its peculiar flowers, which are about five inches long 

 and two inches across when fully expanded ; they are sessile and 

 uncovered at the base in consequence of the spathes falling off. 

 Their tube is of a dark glaucous green colour, which also 

 extends up the midrib of the lobes, especially on the outside. 

 The lobes are otherwise rich orange red, firm and leathery in 

 texture. 



The species differs from C. incarnata in its long style, from 

 the Mexican C. trickroma in its much larger flowers and longer 

 coronet, from C. variegata in the total absence of all spathe and 

 bracts at the time of flowering. The colour of the flowers is 

 quite peculiar. 



It is a pretty greenhouse bulb, which grows freely in a mix- 

 ture of sandy loam and well decomposed dung or leaf-mould. It 

 is increased in the ordinary way by the bulbs, grows about two 

 feet in height, and flowers in March. Although not remarkable 

 for gaudy colours, its singularity makes it worth cultivating 

 where such plants are grown. 



March 24, 1847. 



24. [POM -E A MEL.ENA.j* 



The label of this plant having been lost, its history is un- 

 known. 



This has the manner of flowering of L Horsfallise, and the 

 appearance of a Batatas ; but it has a 2-celled ovary. The leaves 

 are sometimes entire, sometimes deeply 3-lobed ; in all cases 

 perfectly smooth and acuminate. The flowers appear in short 

 clusters, are white, changing to pink, with a black eye. 



It is a stove-climber, growing freely in any good rich soil, and 

 easily increased either by cuttings or by seeds. It is of rapid 

 growth, and flowers abundantly during April and May. 



It is a fine plant of the second order, well suited either for 

 training on a trellis or upon the rafters of a stove. 



May ] 1 . 1847. 



* C. stylosa ; foliis rigidis acutis glaucis, umbella 3-5-flora spatha decidua, 

 floribus sessilibus, tubo clavato arcuato decurvo, laciniis oblorgo-ovatis 

 coriaceis apiculatis, corona? dentibus geminatis acutis patulis, stylo deflexo 

 stamirribus rectis laciniisqne longiore. — J. L. 



t /. melcena : (Diversifoliae) glaberrima, foliis cordatis acuminatis integris 

 trilobisque, pedunculis 4-floris rigidis petiolis aequalibus, sepalis rotundatis 

 convexis, corolla campamilata erecta (candida subrubente basi nigra). — J. L. 



