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PAXTON'S FLOWER GARDEN". 



and pendulous flowers with broad rich crimson veins, almost covering a white ground. A Mallowwort 

 from New Granada. Introduced by Mr. Linden. (Fig. 62-.) 



A very fine species, with the habit of the other kinds now so common in gardens, but with large bell-shaped flowers 

 remarkable for the very deep rich crimson of the veins, which scarcely leave any white perceptible between them or on 

 the edges. It is said to be a native of the cold regions of the Andes of N. Granada, and to succeed perfectly in the open 

 air in summer. — Flore des Sevres, t. 551. 



Acropera Armeniaca. An epiphyte from Nicaragua, with rich apricot-coloured flowers in 



pendent racemes. Belongs to the Orchids. Mowers 

 in July. Introduced by M. Warczewitz. (Kg. 63.) 



A. Armeniaca; racemo laxo multifloro, sepalis apiculatis 

 lateralibus obliquis apice rotundatis, petalis liberis columna 

 duplo brevioribus, labello calceato carnoso apice libero ovato 

 piano acuminato intus pone basin crista tuberculata, aucto. 



For this curious and really pretty species we are indebted 

 to Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart. It differs from 

 the A. Batemanni in its petals being much shorter than the 

 column, and perfectly distinct from it, and in the point of the 

 lip being undivided, free and. flat. There is nothing peculiar 

 in its habit ; but its large flowers, coloured like the sunny side 

 of a ripe apricot, are very remarkable. 



Campylobotrys discolor. JOemaire. A 

 handsome dwarf half-slirubby plant, belonging to 

 Cinchonads. Flowers rich red in axillary clusters. 

 Introduced by M. Yan Houtte of Ghent. (Pig. 64.) 



This appears to be a dwarf soft- 

 wooded plant, flowering freely when 

 only a few inches high, and not ex- 

 ceeding a foot in stature. The stems 

 are crimson-purple ; the leaves have 

 deep rose-coloured stalks, a satiny 

 shining surface raised between the 

 lateral veins, and a rich tint of 

 purple on the under side. The 

 flowers are said to form a short 



nodding spike, placed on an axillary crimson 

 stalk 2 or 3 inches long. The corolla is a deep 

 rich red. — Flore des Serves, t. 427. 



