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Catasettjm itmbriattjm {alias Myanthus fimbriatus, 

 Morren in Ann. de Gand, t. 231). A terrestrial Orchid of 

 unknown origin, with dirty white and pink flowers. In- 

 troduced by the Belgians. (Fig. 81.) 



C.,fimbriatwm ; racemo cernuo multifloro, sepalis petalisque linearibus 

 acuminatis lateralibus longioribus, labello piano cordato membranaceo 

 dentato vel fimbriato basi saccato conico, dente prominente in discum. 



All that is known to us regarding this plant is what we find in Professor 

 Morren's account, published in the work above quoted. It appears to be a 

 species of no great beauty, with the habit of O. ccrrmum, but with pink 

 sepals and petals speckled with red, and a broad heart-shaped dirty white 

 lip strongly cut at the edge. It is said to have obtained an extra gold 

 medal at the National Horticultural and Agricultural Exhibition at Brus- 

 sels in 1848, when we are told "Pendant trois jours plus de cent mille 

 yeux se fixerent sur cette etrange et admirable gynandre dont le parfum 

 embaumait la salle." In this country people would have hardly remarked 

 it. Two varieties are mentioned ; one green and white, the other rose 

 and yellow. It is not improbable that they are identical, their supposed 

 differences being due merely to the mode of cultivation. 



Medinilla Sieboldiana. Planchon [alias M. exiinia^ 

 Siebold.) A handsome stove-plant from Java, belonging to the 

 order of Melastomads. Introduced by M. Yan Houtte. 

 Mowers white and rose-colour. 



The habit of this plant, and the manner in which it is to be cultivated 

 are the same as those of our Medinilla magnified (Plate 18 of the present 

 volume). The branches are perfectly taper, or very slightly four-cornered 

 when quite young. The leaves are deep green, triple-nerved, brownish 

 underneath, oblong, tapering into a short footstalk. The flowers are 

 white, of the texture of wax, in short naked divaricating panicles, with a yellowish brown calyx and deep rose-coloured 

 stamens. It appears to be a handsome species even although it wants the brilliant bracts of the Magnificent Medinill. 

 M. eximia of Blume is a different species. Flore des Serves, t. 482. 



Selaginella bellula. Another handsome club-moss, distinct in appearance, and 

 well deserving of cultivation. It belongs to the erect-growing section of these plants, 

 and comes from Ceylon, from whence it has been introduced by Mr. Bull. To have it 

 in good condition, it will require warm treatment, with plenty of moisture to the roots, 

 and a moderate amount of shade to ward off the direct rays of the sun. 



Stem continuous, erect, twelve inches high, of a reddish hue, roundish, with two shallow furrows, branched 

 to the base ; hranches alternate, the lower ones more distant, smaller, and less divided, the upper ones rather 

 crowded, spreading, ovate in outline, with a stalk-like portion at the base, closely bipinnate, the secondary branches 

 mostly forked near the end ; leaves entire and glossy beneath, those of the main . stem distant, of the branches 

 more approximate, oblong, subfalcate, acute, broader on the anterior side of the prominent nerve, but more pro- 

 duced at the base and rounded on the posterior side, erectly spreading and deflected from the plane, the smaller 

 leaves ovate, shortly acuminate, obliquely affixed, subparallel ; leaves of the branchlets close set, oblong, with a 

 straight upper and curved lower margin, the nerve falcately curving to the acute point; leaves of the forks 

 obovate mucronate ; spikes slender, quadrangular, three-quarters to one inch long. — Gardener's Chronicle, N.S., 

 vol. xi,, p. 173. 



Hakea ctjcullata. B, Brown. A Swan River Protead with great coriaceous leaves 

 and pink axillary flowers, produced in April. Requires a greenhouse. (Fig. 82.) 



Discovered by the late Mr. Baxter at King George's Sound. Mr. Drummond has also found flowering individuals at 



