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Ruiz and Pavon, and collected in the same countries by Mr. Mathews, but only recently introduced 
in a living state by Mr. Veitch, of Exeter, through Mr. William Lobb. It flowered in Mr. Veitch's 
Nursery in August, 18 45, and from a fine specimen, kindly communicated by him, the accompany- 
ing figure is taken. It only requires a good greenhouse, and may easily be increased by cuttings, 
and probably by seed. The generic name is derived by Mr. Miers from ^ySrj down, and /cActSos 
a slender stem, in allusion to the character of some of the species. The genus includes a very 
natural group of Solanece, mostly natives of Peru and New Grenada, and all from South America." 
— Bot. Mag. 4192. This is an interesting plant ; its pretty flowers, which seem to be produced in 
great profusion, have a charming effect. 
Ixo^ra odora^ta. Sir W. J. Hooker writes : " We have been much gratified by the sight of 
a noble specimen of this splendid and highly odoriferous shrub. The leaves vie in size and 
almost in firmness of texture with those of the Indian Caoutchouc Tree (Ficus Elastica), while 
the numerous flowers, of the most delicious odour, form a spreading panicle, a foot or more in 
diameter, with deep-red-purple branches, each blossom four to five inches in length, the tube red 
below, white above, the white buds tipped with rose colour, the spreading segments of the limb 
white, soon twisted, and then changing to buff. The plant is in the possession of Messrs. Lucombe, 
Pince, and Co., of the Exeter Nursery, who received it from the Continent, under the incorrect 
name of Ixora Brunonis, and without any indication of its locality. Fortunately I have a fine 
native specimen from Madagascar, showing that to be its native country. Few persons who 
visited the last floral exhibition of the year 1845, at the Chiswick Gardens, will fail to remember 
the extreme beauty and fragrance of this truly desirable plant." Bot. Mag. 4191. 
Lyca'ste fulve'scens. Sir W. J. Hooker received this species from the Rev. John Clowes, 
of Broughton Hall, Manchester, who sent it as a species distinct from L. gigantea, of Dr. Lindley. 
Bot. Reg. 1845, tab. 34. The Rev. J. C. observes respecting it : — "I received it, along with 
L. gigantea and other Orchidese, from the province of Coro, in Columbia, of Linden's collecting." 
' l And now, continues Sir W. J. Hooker, " that Dr. Lindley has figured the L. gigantea, we are 
the better able to point out the distinguishing characters, which may be found in the much smaller 
size'of the flowers, and especially of thebractea, and the beautifully-fringed margin of the middle 
lobe of the labellum, to say nothing of the different colour, — here a rather pale tawny, with an 
orange-coloured lip, in L. gigantea a greenish-brown, with a red-purple lip." 
" Lycaste is a name recently given by Dr. Lindley to a group of Maxillaridece, of which 
Maxillaria aromatica, Hook. Ex. Fl. t. 219, and M. macrophylla, Pcepp. Nov. Gen. pi. 1 to 64, 
may be considered the types, and of which he has now described ten species, all natives of Peru, 
Columbia, Mexico, and Guatemala." Bot. Mag. 4193. 
Onci'dium incu'rvum. This is a remarkably pretty and interesting species, nearly always in 
flower ; no sooner have the blossoms of one panicle faded than those of another are ready to supply 
their places. Dr. Lindley states that " Mr. Barker gave it the name of incurvum, in consequence 
of the petals having a great tendency to turn inwards when the flowers first open ; that tendency 
is, however, eventually lost, and the parts assume the position customary in the genus. 
" In some respects it resembles the Bird's-bill Oncid, but it bears its flowers in a long, erect, 
and even- branched panicle, and it lias neither the long rostel, nor the great column- wings of that 
species. Its colours are, moreover, very different, for its petals and sepals are regularly and 
neatly banded with red on a white ground, instead of being of one uniform rosy tint. Bot. Beg. 64." 
Potential a bi'color. A pretty herbaceous plant from Nepal. " In general appearance it 
looks like a hybrid between P. atrosanguinea y or nepalensis, and insignis. In some respects it 
approaches Potentilla insignis itself ; it may also be compared to P. villosa, which is found in 
Nepal, but it is five-leaved and long-haired. The appearance of the petals is most delicate and 
beautiful — far more so than our colourers can represent. Their ground colour is a clear yellow, 
over which, at the base, is drawn a series of long hexagonal red meshes, which form towards the 
circumference of the flower other meshes of a finer and closer fabric, till at last they melt as it 
were into each other, and form a clear red border to each petal." Bot. Reg. 62. 
Sta'tice Fortu'ni. " A yellow sea-lavender is a rarity. This, which is a very interesting 
species, is a perennial, and will probably prove quite hardy. Its seeds were sent from China by 
Mr. Fortune in 1844, and were said to have been gathered at a place called Chin Chin, growing 
in sandy soil near the sea." The last circumstance, it is presumed, will be a useful guide in its 
cultivation. Bot. Reg. 63. 
