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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
Smeathma'nnia LiEViGA v TA. " A rare and remarkable genus, consisting of upright (not 
climbing) shrubs, with white scentless flowers, nearly allied to Passiflora ; first made known by 
Mr. Brown, who described three species: S. pubescens, (Sol.), distinguished by its downy branches 
and its broad leaves, which are very obtuse at the base, and scarcely acute at the summit ; our 
present species ; and S. media, which our learned friend remarks may perhaps be a variety of the 
present. Our specimens, both cultivated and native, gathered by the Miss Turners, daughters of 
the late Governor-General Turner, and by Mr. Whitfield, do not entirely agree with the character 
of S. laevigata, for the branchlets, as well as the flower-buds, are evidently silky, and the urceolus 
of the flower is both fringed at the margin, and beset with hairs on the inside. The name was 
given by Dr. Solander, in compliment to Mr. Smeathman, an African naturalist and traveller, who 
detected the three species defined by Mr. Brown. 
" This shrub constitutes a very desirable stove-plant, with glossy evergreen, almost distichous 
leaves and white flowers, growing downwards, and best seen on the underside of the branches. 
It requires the constant heat of the stove, and flowers freely, especially in July." Bot. Mag. 4194. 
S(levo x la attenua^ta. " A shrubby plant, a native of South-west Australia, first detected and 
described by Mr. Brown, possessing little beauty in its mode of growth or foliage, but in June and 
July bearing rather copious spikes of bright, but light-blue flowers, which then give it a very pretty 
appearance. Our plant was reared from seeds sent by Mr. Drummond from Swan River, and probably 
gathered to the southward of that colony, towards King George's Sound. It is cultivated in good 
loam, and treated as a greenhouse plant, fully exposed to the open air and the rains in the summer, 
and housed in a cool greenhouse during winter. It maybe increased by cuttings." Bot. Mag. 4198. 
NEW OR INTERESTING PLANTS RECENTLY FLOWERED IN THE PRINCIPAL METROPOLITAN 
NURSERIES AND GARDENS. 
A'ster bi'color. — This hardy little plant has long been introduced to the country ; it is very 
interesting from its miniature proportions. In the Messrs. Henderson's Nursery, plants, a few 
inches high only, are profusely flowering ; and, undoubtedly, will continue to do so, till prevented 
by severe weather. It is well adapted for rock- work, especially if on a small scale ; also the fore- 
ground of a flower-border ; and at this season it would form a charming object as an edging. We 
believe it is somewhat scarce. 
Ca'ttleya granuloma, vars. — In the nursery of Messrs. Knight and Perry, several plants of 
this genus have been flowering, all varieties of the above species ; their general habit is that of 
C. Forbesii, with the sepals and petals of some also resembling that species, in point of size and 
colour. In others, the flowers are large, with sepals and petals of a dark green ; some have these 
parts of the flower pale-yellow, and covered with brown spots and blotches, as in C. Aclandics. 
But in the several varieties, the lip is the most remarkable feature ; it is large, and for Cattleyas 
peculiarly marked, resembling Zi/gopetalum crinitum, Mackayii, &c. ; it is of various forms, 
and the marking, for the most part, is a pale and dark red upon a whitish ground. 
Ccelogy'ne ? — In the Orchidaceous House, at the Messrs. Henderson's, one of this 
genus has been flowering for the first time. In general character, it resembles the lovely C. 
Wallichiana ; its pseudo-bulbs are similar, as also are the size of its flowers, the petals of which 
are delicate lilac ; its lip is beautifully fringed, and spotted with several spots of a yellowish-brown 
colour. We consider it C. prcecox, or, possibly, a variety of that species. 
Cyanosis axillaris. — A pretty little Tradescantia-Mke plant, producing innumerable bright 
blue flowers, at the axils of its dark-green linear leaves. With a little care it can be rendered 
an interesting object ; it can easily be made to form a dense bush of any shape. The Messrs. 
Henderson, at whose establishment we have seen it, find young plants the most serviceable for 
flowering ; old plants are very subject to damp off, and they do not flower so well from being less 
vigorous. 
Catase'tum sacca'tum. — This genus is remarkable for the curious, but for the most part 
uninteresting, nature of its numerous species. The present is, however, a noble exception. Its 
pseudo-bulbs are about nine inches long, the old ones becoming shrivelled after they have once 
flowered ; the matured annual growth produces the flower-spike, which is about a foot in length ; 
