BOTANICAL NOTICES OP NEW PLANTS. 



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THYMILEiE. 



Pimelea Hendersonii. Hook. Mr. Henderson's Pimelia. Bot. Mag. t. 3721. 

 This is a pretty and delicate species, bearing pinkish blossoms, and is intermediate 

 between P. decussata and P. rosea. It is a native of King George's Sound, and 

 was raised by Messrs. Eagle and Henderson from seeds sent to them by Captain 

 Cheyne, in May, 1837. The plant was about eighteen inches high, and covered 

 with flowers. It is one of the most ornamental of the genus. Bot. Mag. 



BEGONIACEiE. 



. Begonia parvifolia. Schott. Small-leaved Begonia. Bot. Mag. t. 3720. 

 This is a delicate species, bearing white flowers, which are produced in abundance. 

 Its country is not mentioned, nor is its height ; but a plant in the collection of 

 the Birmingham Horticultural Society is from eighteen inches to two feet high. 

 This plant was received at the Edinburgh Garden from the Berlin Garden, in 

 the year 1836. It flowered profusely in the collection of Dr. Neill, at Cannon 

 Mills, and at the Botanic Garden, throughout the summer. 



AS CLEPI AD ACEiE. 



Hoya coriacea. Blume. Thick-leaved Hoya. Bot. Reg. 2 S. t. 18. This 

 species was sent to Messrs. Loddiges from Manilla, and flowered, for the first 

 time, in August, 1838. Its flowers are yellowish- white. This genus is Indian, 

 and but imperfectly known to botanists. Dr. Wight mentions twenty, and Dr. 

 Blume adds nine more. 



MONOCOTYLEDONES. 



ORCHIDEjE. § EPIDENDREiE. 



Brassabola cuspidata. Hook. Spear-lipped Brassavola. Bot. Mag. t. 3722. 

 This species is allied to B. cucullata and B. angustata. • It is a native of Trinidad, 

 and is in the collection of John Moss, Esq. of Otterspool, Liverpool, who received 

 it from the above place, with about fifty other species. This species has also 

 flowered in the collection of George Barker, Esq., Springfield, near Birmingham. 



§ MALAXIDEiE. 



Dendrobium crumenatum. Lindl. Sweet club-stemmed Dendrobium. Bot. 

 Reg. 2 S. t. 22. This is a handsome species, bearing yellow- whitish flowers. It 

 is a native of the islands of the Indian archipelago, where it is found upon the 

 branches of trees. Dr. Blume procured it in Java, near Batavia, and on the 

 coast of the little island of Nusa Kambanga ; and it was found by the late Sir 

 Stamford Raffles in Sumatra. The specimen figured by Dr. Lindley is a native 



