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twelve to fifteen feet high, at the natural bridge called Puente de Dios, 45 miles N. E. of Real del 
Monte, above 6500 feet above the level of the sea. " It also occurs sparingly near the Hacienda 
de Santa Ana, in the State of Oaxaco, always preferring a dry chalky soil." It may be grafted 
readily on the Common Thorn^ and the larger kinds of Cotoneaster. — Bot. Reg. 27. 
Maclea^jsia Longiflo^ra. " This is one of the numerous fleshy-rooted vaccinaceous shrubs 
fi-equently met with in dry and exposed situations on the Andes ; the present species has been 
collected on the main Cordillera, near Loxa, (4° S.), at an elevation of about 8000 feet above the 
sea, where it forms a neat compact evergreen shrub, 5 feet high, and is called by the inhabitants 
Salapa.^^ " It is very near M. angulata, figured in the Bot. Mag. 1. 3979, and said to be from 
Peru. But that species has shorter and broader leaves, with manifest stalks, and the flowers are 
also shorter, contracted at the orifice, and yellow there. Their colour, too, is represented as much 
more vivid than in our species." It requires a warm greenhouse. Bot. Reg. 25. 
NEW OR INTERESTING PLANTS FLOWERING IN THE PRINCIPAL SUBURBAN NURSERIES 
AND GARDENS. 
Angulo^a ? A plant is blooming in the collection of S. Rucker, Esq., who received it 
from Mr. Linden a few years since. It has very large pseudo-bulbs, and the leaves are broad 
and slightly plaited. A scaly scape, about ten inches long, issues from the base of the pseudo- 
bulbs of the preceding season, bearing a single flower, with sepals and petals of a greenish yellow, 
copiously spotted on the inner surface with small specks of brownish crimson. The lip is 
curiously formed, and is divided into three lobes, the middle one being very small, covered over 
with hair, and having a deflexed point ; whilst the edges of the other portions stand up, forming 
a sort of boat-shaped dish. A singular prominent transverse plate rises upon the surface near 
the end, and has beneath it an opening that extends some distance towards the base of the lip. 
A strong perfume is exhaled, bearing some resemblance to that yielded by Maxillaria aromdtica. 
Owing to the large dimensions of its leaves and pseudo-bulbs, it will require to be planted in a 
large pot, and may be subjected to the same treatment as other genera allied to Maxillaria. 
AzA^LEA iNDiCA, vuT. Several handsome hybrid varieties are flowering in the collection of 
Mr. Knight, of Chelsea, among which the following are especially deserving of notice. Exquisita^ 
a large flower, with numerous carmine spots on a rich pink ground, with an irregular edging of 
white. It is much in the way of variegata, but has the colours better defined, and the flowers 
are usually produced in large heads. Optima is a fine-shaped flower, having the petals well 
rounded, and of a strong texture ; the colour is a reddish orange, and the spots are very rich and 
distinct. Refulgens, a fine free-blooming kind, with rich dark scarlet flowers of great size : it is 
scarcely so distinctly spotted as the preceding, Splendida has a purple flower, with firm round 
petals, and dark-coloured spots. Prcestantissima bears blossoms rather smaller and paler than 
optima, very distinctly dotted. 
Cirrhope'talum chine'nse. All the Cirrhopetalums are very interesting and curious plants 
when closely examined, and many are also very showy. The articulation of the lip with the 
lengthened base of the column, is so slight and delicate, that the least breath of air gives them an 
oscillating movement, which is, howevei", more remarkable in some species, though peculiar to 
all. In the present, which Messrs. Loddiges had the pleasure of introducing from China some 
years ago, it is very strikingly displayed. The flowers are neat, and all radiate from a centre ; 
the outer or lower petals being greenish yellow, and more than three times the length of the inner 
or upper ones, which have a dull yellow ground colour, minutely spotted, and tipped with a rich 
purplish crimson. The lip is very small, of a pale livid hue, and only remarkable for the dancing 
movement just alluded to. 
Cirrhope'talum aura'tum. Another species, with flowers spread out in the form of a fan, and 
having the two outer petals of a dull blood colour, gradually becoming paler towards their extre- 
mities. The other petals are very minute, and clothed with a few long scattered hairs. The 
foliage is small and green, and the flowers are arranged at the end of a long nodding scape. 
This was also obtained by Messrs. Loddiges, about the same time as the last, from Manilla. 
Cirrhope'talum candela'bra. Singular as the two species above noticed are, this is yet more 
so. Instead of having the flowers disposed in a fan-like form, they are arranged in a circle round 
the head of the scape, and the pink-coloured outer petals assume a downward direction, adhering 
