GLEANINGS AND ORIGINAL MEMORANDA. 



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Clematis graveolens. Linclley. A hardy climber from the north of India. Leaves pale 

 green, deciduous. Flowers greenish yellow, heavy-scented. Flowers in the middle of summer. 

 (Fig. 158.) 



This pretty little plant was raised in the garden of the Horticultural Society, from seeds collected by Captain William 

 Munro, in Chinese Tartary, and the Snowy Passes, at an elevation of 12,000 feet. In cultivation it proves to be a small 



slender climbing species, perfectly destitute of 

 hairiness, except on the calyx and fruit. The 

 leaves have very small ovate, three-lobed, leaflets, 

 and long straggling footstalks. The flowers are 

 solitary, at or near the extremity of the branches, 

 pale yellow, rather pretty, but emitting a heavy 

 smell, which, in a greenhouse, is more disagree- 

 able than pleasant, but is not observed in the 

 open air. It proves to be perfectly hardy in the 

 severest winters ; grows freely in any good 

 ' loamy soil, and is easily increased by cuttings. 

 The seed was sown in the garden of the Horti- 

 cultural Society on the 17th of May, 1845 ; and 

 the plant was in flower by the end of July, 1 846. 

 See Journ. of Hort. Soc, vol. i., p. 307. 



Bierenaria Hadwenii. {alias 

 Scuticaria Hadwenii Hort.) An Orchi- 

 daceous epiphyte, with pale buff flowers, 

 mottled with brown on the sepals, and 

 rose colour on the lip. Native of Brazil. 

 Flowers in May. Introduced by Thomas 

 Brocldehurst, Esq. 



B. Hadwenii; fioribus solitariis, sepalis pe- 

 talisque undulatis acuminatis, labello cucullato 

 emarginato subrepando intus pubescente crista 

 3-dentata. 



This plant bears in some gardens in the north of England the name of Scuticaria Hadwenii. According 

 to Mr. Wm. Pass, of Macclesfield, from whom the specimen came, " Mr. Hadwen was the first to receive 

 the plant from Mr. de Becca, of Kio de Janeiro, who has since sent it to Mr. Brocklehurst. The habit of 

 the plant is very distinct from Scuticaria Steelii, having leaves or stems not more than twelve to fourteen inches 

 long, which gives it the appearance of a Brassavola. From what I learn, the flowers are solitary and on long stems like 



