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large size of their flowers and their fine colour. From the other purple species allied to it, it is 
readily known by the leaves as well as by the flowers. C. versicolor has leaves smooth on both 
sides. C. purpurea downy on both sides, especially beneath ; while this has down only on the 
under side. C. versicolor has white sepals and petals | C. purpurea and this, purple ones. While, 
however, C. purpurea agrees in the colour of its flowers, its lip is altogether different, being very 
narrow, with the lateral lobes quite round," Bot. Reg. 37, 
Erioste'mon buxifo^lium. An extremely handsome moderately-sized shrub, with leafy green 
branches. The leaves are dark-green, of an oval or obovate form, about the same size and a good 
deal resembling those of the common Box-tree, a similarity which has originated its specific title. 
It bears " its large showy flowers early in the spring, when so many other Australian plants are 
in perfection ; it deserves a place in every greenhouse." Few plants are more beautiful or 
desirable than a handsome, well-cultivated specimen of this, when producing its starry flowers— 
of white and pink exquisitely blended — with its accustomed freedom. Bot. Mag. 4101. 
L^^LiA PEDUNCULA^Ris. This is oue of the smaller species of Lcelia, and is nearly related to 
L. rubescens and L. acuminata. It is " among the rich collection from Woburn, presented by 
her Majesty to the Royal Botanic Gardens, and had been sent to Woburn from Guatemala by Mr. 
Skinner. It flowered during the autumn of 1843." It has flattened, egg-shaped pseudo-bulbs, 
obscurely furrowed near the border, and partially covered with brown scales at the base, bearing 
a single, thick, leathery leaf at the top. The^flower-stalks are slender, and vary in length from 
eight inches to a foot, carrying five or six flowers near the upper extremity of a delicate lilac 
rose colour, with a deep purple eye in the centre of the lip. Bot. Mag. 4099. 
Nephe'lium lo'ngan. " One of the many fruits of China which one often reads of, but which 
is seldom indeed seen in Europe ; yet said to be eaten to a great extent, and ranking with the N. 
Litchi, among the best fruits of the Celestial Empire. A fine cluster of this, represented in the 
Transactions of the Horticultural Society, ripened at Lee Castle, Kidderminster, in 1816. This 
plant also flowered abundantly in the Edinburgh Botanic Garden in May and June 1841 ; but, 
though many fruits formed, they all soon dropped off." It is a tree growing fifteen or twenty feet 
high, requiring a stove ; the flowers are fragrant, but not showy. It bears globular fruit, which 
has a smooth yellowish skin, and white, tart, and juicy pulp. The Chinese call it Long-yen, or 
Laong-whan. Bot. Mag. 4096. 
Odontoglo'ssum l^'ve. " Both Mr, Skinner and Mr. Hartweg found this plant abundantly 
in Guatemala, and sent it home to their friends, so that it is by no means rare in collections. It 
is not, however, much esteemed, because of the flatness of colour in its flowers. Nevertheless, they 
have cinnamon-brown blotches on the yellow ground of the petals and sepals ; and the lip, which is 
white, is banded with violet across the middle ; besides which they are fragrant. The name 
Odontoglossum or Tooth-tongue, has been given to these plants because they are usually furnished 
with strong teeth on the lower part of the lip, and these teeth are not unfrequently very con- 
spicuous. Here, however, they are reduced to a couple of trifling notches, and might be easil^,^ 
overlooked. This species should be potted in turfy peat, and placed in a moist stove, A liberal 
supply of water should be given during the growing season, and the house be slightly shaded in 
sunny weather, in order to keep the temperature as near 80*^ by day as possible. In winter, like 
many other bulbous orchidaceous plants, it requires very little water for a few weeks, but would 
be much benefited (especially in clear weather) if the house in which it is grown could be filled with 
steam once a day. The temperature should at that time never be raised above 60° by fire-heat." 
Bot. Reg. 39. 
TuoPiE'oLUM lobbia'num. "A very desirable new species of Indian cress, which justly bears 
the name here given to it by one of our most distinguished and liberal cultivators, Mr. Veitch, of 
the Nursery, Exeter. It was detected by his collector, Mr. Lobb, in Columbia, and sent home in 
the early part of 1843, and bore its handsome and bright-coloured flowers in November of the 
same year. Framed upon those v/ire trelUses, which are now so commonly fixed to garden pots, 
it makes a charming appearance with its delicate leaves, and bright flame-coloured flowers." It 
is a greenhouse herbaceous plant, with twining stems covered with hair. In fact, every part of 
the plant partakes of the same hirsute character, except the inner side of the petals and the upper 
surface of the leaves. The leaves are peltate and obscurely lobed, on very long foot-stalks. Bot. 
Mag. 4097. 
