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cymes, and are of a creamy yellow colour. A specimen lately imported was exhibited at the great 
metropolitan floral meetings, by Messrs. Veitch and Son. 
Lype^ria pinnati'fida. We have repeatedly remarked the beauty of this elegant plant on 
our visits to the garden of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick, the only place where we 
have found it. It is said to have been in the country several years ; we cannot, however, find 
that it has been mentioned in the botanical catalogues of introduced plants. It flowers almost 
continually, and has been several times exhibited at the Regent-street meetings. The blossoms 
are never in very great profusion, but are sufficiently numerous to impart a pleasing appearance, 
and stand conspicuously near the end of the shoots, scattered like so many stars over the whole 
surface of the bush. In form they very nearly resemble those of the pretty little Erinus alpinus) 
but they are considerably larger ; the principal colour is purple, with a spot of crimson near the 
base of each segment, forming a deepened rim round the yellow orifice of the tube, insensibly 
graduating and blending with the purple. It is of a suffruticose habit, very much branched, 
forming a compact bush, furnished with pinnatifid or deeply-toothed and somewhat crisped leaves ; 
and it is said to vary considerably in appearance. It is a product of southern Africa, inhabiting 
the Karroo desert. In this country it needs the shelter of a greenhouse in winter. It was 
called Manulea pinnatifida by Linnaeus, and altered to the present by Bentham. 
Odontoglo'ssum citro'smum. Like most of the species included in this family, the present is 
a most lovely and magnificent flower, and as yet has seldom been brought to blossom. The scape 
proceeds from the growth of the current season, and begins to show itself almost as soon as the 
latter commences. By the time the flowers expand, it will have extended to nearly eighteen 
inches in length, taking a drooping direction. On a plant lately flowered at Messrs. Loddiges, 
we counted seventeen or eighteen blossoms collected together in a raceme at the end of the 
scape, and notwithstanding their large size, all contained on a rachis of from six to eight inches 
long. The sepals and petals are of a soft pale blush tint, the latter having a few scattered spots 
on the lower half. The claw of the lip is bright yellow, and the expanding kidney-shaped portion 
of a softened purplish lilac colour. Not the least interesting quality of the species is, that it is 
one of those— 
" That keep 
Their odour to themselves all day ; 
But when the sun-light dies away, 
Let the delicious secret out 
To every breeze that roams about." — Moore. 
Onci'dium iridifo'lium. This unique little species was first received at the Hackney Nursery 
from La Guayra, in 1834. From some cause, however, it did not succeed, and consequently it 
still continues to be scarce in British collections. In its own natural locality it is found growing 
plentifully on coffee-trees, firmly attached to the twigs and smaller branches. Messrs. Loddiges 
have lately received a fresh importation, some of which have flowered since their arrival. 
The leaves of this species are short, thick, and arranged distichously in a fan-like manner. 
Altogether the plant is barely larger and at first sight not unlike the Ornithocephalus ciliatus. 
None of the flower-scapes are more than two or three inches long, and only bear a single blossom, 
which is rather large for the plant, and of the ordinary yellow colour, spotted about the crest. It 
should be fastened to a strip of cork, with a little moss about it, and requires care in watering. 
PhloMviis Cashmeria v na. This fine herbaceous plant from the valley of Cashmere has been 
flowering for some time in the Chiswick Gardens. It grows one and a half or two feet high, and 
has very woolly leaves and stems. The flowers are flesh-coloured and large. We are not aware 
that it is quite hardy : probably, however, it might stand the winter under a south wall. 
Pime v lea affi v nis. Received from a continental nursery by Messrs. Knight and Perry, of 
Chelsea. It resembles P. Hendersonii very closely, if it is not indeed the same thing. The 
specimen was passing out of flower when we noticed it in the early part of the month. 
Physia'nthus aurico'mus. This plant is again flowering at Messrs. Knight and Perry's 
Nursery, and with much increased freedom. It is a fine stove twining shrub, bearing clusters of 
cream-coloured flowers, like those of the Stephanbtis floribunda. It requires a moist atmosphere 
and encouraging treatment. 
Salpichro'a glandulo'sa. A new shrubby plant, with small hairy leaves between heart-shaped 
