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the annexed description of which was, we understand, taken from an example that was 

 matured in the garden of Mitchell Henry, Esq., M.P., Kvlemore Castle, Co. Galway. 

 The plant itself is so well known as not to require describing- here, except to mention 

 that the leaves on the fruiting branches are of a different character to those it ordinarily 

 produces. 



Leaves of fruiting branches three to four inches long, elliptic-oblong, petioled, spreading all round, very coriaceous, 

 obtuse at both ends or rounded at the base, which is triple-nerved, smooth on both surfaces, closely and prominently 

 reticulate, beneath dark green ; petiole one-half to two-thirds of an inch long, hispidly hairy, reddish ; stipules 

 lanceolate, densely hirsute on the back. Receptacle peduncled, solitary, axillary, pear or top-shaped, two to 

 three inches long, narrowed at the base and tip, obscurely lobed, dark blue or red-purple, appressedly pubescent, 

 at length glabrous, fleshy ; bracts at the mouth ovate, acute, spreading, inner surface villous ; peduncle as long, 

 very hairy. Flowers, female only seen, pedicelled ; perianth-segments four, oblong, obtuse. Ovary obliquely 

 rounded or dimidiate ; style either capillary with an acute stigma, or shorter with a peltate stigma. —Botanical 

 Magazine, 6657. 



Hoya lasiantha. This is a Bornean plant imported some years ago by Messrs. 

 Low, of Clapton, but appears never to have been much known to cultivators. Why this 

 should be so it is difficult to understand, as the family to which it belongs are essentially 

 favourites amongst growers of decorative plants, and when well managed the subject of 

 our notice is very handsome, and quite distinct, flowering freely under the ordinary treat- 

 ment which the other species from warm latitudes succeed with. It is described as 

 follows by Mr. N. E. Brown, of Kew, from specimens furnished by Messrs. Veitch : — 



Stems long, climbing. Leaves opposite, quite glabrous ; petioles half an inch long, terete, channelled down 

 the face, with a tuft of hard points at the apex of the channel ; lamina five to seven inches long, three to four 

 inches broad, subcoriaceous (rather thin for a Hoya), elliptic, ovate-elliptic or elliptic-oblong, base rounded or 

 sub-cordate, apex cuspidate-acuminate, bright green with some pale greyish blotches and spots above, pale green 

 beneath. Peduncles two to three inches long, glabrous, eight to twelve flowered. Pedicels one and a half to 

 one and three-quarter inches long, half a line thick, glabrous. Calyx lobes oblong obtuse, not extending beyond 

 the sinuses of the corolla. Corolla five lobed almost to the base, the lobes abruptly refiexed upon the pedicel, 

 with very revolute margins, shining orange-yellow, the basal half densely covered with long soft white hairs. 

 Corona ochreous-yellow, shining, the lobes erect, compressed-ovoid, channelled down the back. - Gardener's Chronicle, 

 N.S., vol. xviii., p. 333. 1 



Utmculaiiia Enduesii. Those who are acquainted with the beaut-ful white-flowered 

 U. Montana will have a vivid idea of this fine plant when we say that for all cultural 

 purposes it is all but identical with the white-flowered species, except in the colour 

 of the flowers, which in the plant under notice is pale lilac, affording an agreeable 

 contrast to TJ. montana. Like U. moniana, it is epiphytal in habit, its creeping stems 

 clinging to the trunks of trees, similarly to Orchids. From Costa Rica. 



Leaves solitary, one to three inches long, petiole about the same length. Scape twice as long as the leaves, 

 slender, erect, wiry, about five-flowered, bearing three to five very slender erect linear or filiform leaves a 

 quarter to half an inch long ; bracts about as long, oblong and obtuse, or lanceolate. Flowers drooping ; pedicels 

 very slender. Sepals one-half to three-quarters of an inch long, ovate, obtuse, pale greenish or reddish. Corolla 

 one and three-quarter to two inches in diameter, beautifully ciliolate all round, pale lilac with a yellow palate ; 

 upper lip nearly rounded, rather cuneate at the base, very much and loosely undulate ; lower nearly three times 

 as large, much broader than long, obcordate, or very broadly wedge-shaped with rounded angles, raised along 

 the middle line by a mesial fold reaching to the palate, which is glabrous, almost horseshoe-shaped, with high 

 rounded borders. Spur incurved, shorter than the lower lip. — Botanical Magazine, 6656. 



