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Including the leaves, it stands about twenty-three feet high at Kew. It flowers during the whole 
of the summer and autumn months. The general structure of the flowers is similar to that of S. 
Begince, but they are larger and quite white. Bot. Mag., 4187-8. 
NEW OR INTERESTING PLANTS RECENTLY FLOWERED IN THE METROPOLITAN GARDENS 
AND NURSERIES. 
Ae\rides ? Two new species of this singular and showy family of Orchids, possess- 
ing considerable merit, were exhibited by Mr. Eyles, gardener to Sir George Larpent, Roehampton, 
at the June fete in the Horticultural Society's Garden at Cniswick. One of them, a beautiful 
species with a long drooping raceme of purple flowers in the way of A. affinc, is the same as the 
A. roseum of Messrs. Loddiges' collection. The other is a plant of similar growth to A. crispum, 
which it also much resembles in its flowers. It is, however, sufficiently distinct from that species, 
both in the leaves and in the proportion of the different parts of the blossom. 
Barke v ria specta'bilis, var. — Messrs. Loddiges of Hackney have flowered a very handsome 
variety of this splendid Orchid, which differs from the original in having a flat, nearly oval lip, 
without the contraction or undulation in the middle. With the exception of the dark spots scat- 
tered over the surface, and the purple tint near the extremity, it is of a very pale colour— almost 
white. 
Bolbophy'llum umbellatum ? A novel species, and decidedly one of the handsomest of its 
class has just flowered for the second time at Messrs. Loddiges, It is one of the discoveries of 
Mr. Gibson, the botanical collector sent out from Chatsworth to the East Indies some years ago. 
It has spheroid yellowish green pseudo-bulbs, leaves similar to those of B. Careyanum, but not 
notched at the end. The scape issues from the bottom of the pseudo-bulb and rises about six 
inches, bearing on its summit a number of flowers of a tolerably compact form and considerable 
size. The sepals and petals are yellowish, speckled with dull crimson ; the lip small, whitish, and 
marked with a rich violet purple. It is a very desirable species. 
Calandri'nia umbella v ta. Another of Messrs. Veitch's recent importations from Chili. It is 
a neat alpine plant, with prostrate determinate stems, the new growths covered with narrow 
hairy leaves. It appears to be a very free flowering plant, but unfortunately the blossoms only 
open in sunny weather ; they come in clusters elevated upon a long peduncle, and are of a rich 
purple colour. It is expected to be hardy, A plant was brought to the meeting at the Horti- 
cultural rooms in the beginning of the month, and was again shown in the Gardens on the 12th ult. 
Cleiso'stoma ro'seum. A curious plant, of considerable beauty, with long pendent stems, 
furnished with handsome ovate lance-shaped leaves, of a thick leathery texture, and producing 
clusters of rather small but pretty flowers on every joint throughout its length. It has a rosy 
lip and whitish sepals, and petals marked with light brown. Some good plants are now blooming 
at the Hackney Nursery. 
Crotal.v'ria ? A pretty species, with roundish ovate leaves, and somewhat herbaceous 
branches, discovered by Mr. Whitfield at Sierra Leone, where it is said to form a most beautiful 
bush, is now producing its spikes of greyish blue, pea-shaped blossoms, in a stove at Messrs. 
Knight and Perry's Exotic Nursery, Chelsea. It seems likely to prove a useful, free-flowering 
plant. 
Fe'dia graciliflo v ra. This is a new annual, imported from Algiers, through the French 
seedsmen to the garden of the London Horticultural Society, where it has been flowering for the 
last six or seven weeks in the open air. It makes a good plant for a moderate-sized bed, and is 
valuable for its long lasting succession of flowers. It will form an admirable plant for a very 
sandy situation, or for covering rock work : indeed, when the branches are not kept off the soil by 
rocks or stones, it may be advisable to place oyster-shells beneath them. The stems are very 
succulent, and of quick growth, soon forming an entangled mass. It has large heads, of rather 
small but prettily-marked pink flowers. 
Ho v ya trine'rvis. This plant is inferior in beauty to the H. carnosa ? it has been several 
years in the country, but does not appear to be much known. The leaves are more pointed than 
those of the old species, and are traversed by three prominent veins. The flowers appear in 
