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FLORICULT URAL NOTICES. 
Forrest, of the Kensington Nursery, exhibited a fine specimen at Chiswick, in April last. The 
flowers are large for the genus, and handsome, with white petals, and a wide spreading calyx of 
a rich purple blue colour ; with fine yellow radiating lines. The leaves are larger than those of 
S. arboreal Bot. Mag., 4125. 
Syri'kga E'modi. According to Dr. Royle, "the Himalayan Lilac is found in Kemaon 
and in Sirmore, on the Suen range, and on the banks of the Giree and Jumna rivers."-— 
** One thing which is peculiar to this plant, and readily distinguishes it, is the property of pro- 
ducing pale, pustule-like callosities on the branches, which give them a singular appearance. 
Otherwise it is known from all the Lilacs, except Josikea, by its leaves being very pale on the 
under side ; and from that by the acuminate hooked lobes of its corolla, to say nothing of the 
more lucid, flat and wide foliage. It is a hardy dwarf shrub, flowering in April. The blossoms 
resemble those of the Privet, and are unpleasantly scented." — " It has been raised at the Horti- 
cultural Society's Gardens, from seeds received from Dr. Royle, at different times, under the 
names of S. Emodi and S. Indiea." Bot. Reg., 6. 
Tu'rnera ulmifo v lia. A variety of this plant has been cultivated in gardens, since 1733, as 
T. ulmifolia angustifolia. The present, which is considered the type of the species, is a much 
finer thing. Plants raised from seeds sent by Mr. Purdie, from Jamaica, flowered last summer 
in the stoves at the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew, and at the Syon Gardens. It is well deserv- 
ing of cultivation, but, being only of short duration, requires to be renewed from seeds. It is a 
vigorous plant, with spreading, herbaceous stems, and broad, lanceolately-oblong leaves, deeply 
wrinkled on the surface, and coarsely serrated at the edges. The flowers are solitary, about the 
size, colour, and with much of the general appearance of Linum trigynum. It is common to 
most parts of South America, and is especially frequent in Brazil. Bot. Mag., 4137. 
NEW OR INTERESTING PLANTS RECENTLY FLOWERED IN THE PRINCIPAL SUBURBAN 
NURSERIES AND GARDENS. 
Acanthophi'ppium jave'nse. In one of the orchidaceous houses at the Hackney Nursery, 
a specimen of this species, received by Messrs. Loddiges, from Batavia, in 1842, was flowering 
beautifully a few months ago. It is a terrestrial species, like the rest of the genus, and 
approaches A. bicolor in the character of its pseudo-bulbs and foliage. The latter are very 
large and many-nerved. The inflorescence is clustered together, near the summit of a scape six 
or seven inches long, issuing from the pseudo-bulbs of the current year, and is not much unlike 
that of A. striatum, with the exception of being altogether considerably larger. The sepals and 
petals are a very pale buff colour, streaked and tinged with purple, and cohere together, forming 
with the lip a kind of distended pouch, having a very small aperture, after which they separate, 
and are somewhat reflexed at the apex. The lip is small, of a singular form, and furnished 
with several hooked teeth. The ground colour is pale yellow, and is enlivened with numerous 
unequal-sized blotches of purple along the margins of the lobes. These plants should always be 
grown in pots filled with a loose soil, full of fibrous matter, and in the operation of potting, the 
plants should be elevated in the centre, above the rim of the pot ; and during the growing season 
they should be placed in a warm house, always remembering that warmth is as necessary to the 
roots as it is to stem and foliage. 
Artj'ndina de'nsa. This is a most magnificent caulescent orchidaceous plant, with slightly 
flexuose stems, sometimes growing seven or eight feet high, and forming a complete bush, 
branching at the bottom, and clothed with long tapering pointed leaves down to the very base. 
Each shoot is terminated by an upright raceme of flowers, which are considerably larger than 
those of the species described at page 237 of our last year's Volume, but similar in form and 
colour, with the exception of the lateral lobes of the lip, which are larger in proportion to the 
intermediate division. Besides the beauty of the blossoms, they are also interesting in their 
delicious fragrance ; and the dissimilarity to the generality of orchidaceous plants displayed in 
the habits of the genus, render the different species highly desirable in a collection. 
Barke'ria Lindleya x na. This is a most lovely species, equally as showy as the B. spectabilis, 
but more diminutive, and perfectly distinct both in outline and colour. It was introduced from 
Guatemala in 1842, and is yet comparatively scarce. From a weak plant which displayed a small 
