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it would have been better for us if lie had found it unkeepable. As it is we do not," Dr. Lindley 
says, anticipate its hardiness in severe winters. In the gardens of the Horticultural Society it 
has survived several winters, trained against a south wall." Grafts or buds unite freely with 
the common Thorn, and this will most likely prove a better mode of increasing it than by sowing 
the seeds, and growing it upon its own roots. The seeds from which the plants in the Horticul- 
tural Society's Garden have sprung, were presented by Dr. Royle, from the North of India. 
The specimens in many collections, under this name, are not different from the common Pyra- 
cantlia. Bot. Reg. 52. 
Crypta'ndra. sua^vis. The name of these little heath-like New Holland shrubs is given incon- 
sequence of the concealment of the anthers beneath the hooded petals, and is formed from the 
Greek words, cryptos hidden, and aner a male. They are " found on barren hills and rocky 
places, or in light sandy land. In a wild state they often become spiny; but in cultivation, when 
they are kept in a moist atmosphere, they much lose this tendency. In general their leaves are 
very small, like those of the plant now before us ; but in C. bua;ifolia, Avhich Allan Cunningham 
considered a Pomaderris^ they acquire a tolerable size. Their flowers are always small." C. suavis 
was imported from the Swan River, and is a pretty little greenhouse shrub, producing all over 
the branches a profusion of diminutive white blossoms, which have a sweet scent, like those of 
the Hawthorn. It was raised from seeds by Mrs. Wray, of Cheltenham, with whom it flowered 
in January. It may be planted in a loamy peat, taking especial care that the pots are well 
drained. Bot. Reg. 56. 
Dendro'bium compre'ssum. " This singular species was discovered in the Island of Ceylon 
fey Mr. Nightingale, and by that gentleman sent to his Grace the Duke of Northumberland," in 
whose collection, at Syon, it flowered in August, 1842. " The year of its importation was 1840. 
The curious flattened stems are not more than three or four inches long, and resemble those of 
no species hitherto discovered. They appear, however, to bring the plant into a section of the 
genus to which the name Dendrocaryne (corfne, a club) may be apphed, and which will also 
contain B. de^isiflorum, tetragonum, Griffithianaf and Macrm. The singular form of the 
labellum, which is that of a wedge drawn out at the point, and furrowed along the middle, 
distinguishes this plant, independently of its habit." The racemes spring from the nodular 
rings of the leafless stems, and are somewhat drooping, and commonly bear four or five yellow 
flowers. It may be grown in a pot, or attached to a block of wood, and, in common with most 
other Orchidacea, requires a warm, moist, shaded atmosphere whilst growing, and in the winter 
no more water than just sufficient to preserve the plant in a plump, unshrivelled condition. 
Bot. Reg. 53. 
Echinoca'ctus conci'nnus. This, so far as I can find," writes Sir W. J. Hooker, " has only 
a name in gardens and in catalogues. It does not appear in Pfeiffer's useful * Enumeration unless 
it be the E. orthocanthuSf with the short description of which it seems to accord, except in not 
having the longer spine so stout and so straight as appears to be the case with that species. 
Nothing short of good figures can illustrate the various forms of this intricate family." The 
present species has been in the Kew Botanic Gardens for some years, and flowers in March and 
April. It is a globose plant, remarkably depressed at the top, and even displaying a slight 
convexity. On the border of this depression the flowers, two or three in number, are produced. 
These are large and handsome, composed of numerous spreading yellow petals, with, a red streak 
down the centre, arranged in several rows, the interior space filled up with the numberless 
yellow stamens, amongst which the purple pointal is very prominent. Bot. Mag. 4115. 
Epide'ndrum verruco'sum. « This beautiful and fragrant plant has been obtained from 
Mexico by Messrs. Loddiges, with whom it flowered in July last. Among all the Encycliums 
(that section of the genus characterised by a three-lobed labellum), not more than two or three 
are superior to it in attractiveness. It is not nearly related to any kinds hitherto discorered, 
belonging to the same set as E. tesscUatum of Candolle, from all which its stems and flower 
stalks, closely covered with minute asperities, and its rich crimson pink or purple flowers, which 
ai'e as much as three inches in diameter, readily distinguish it. Its closest affinity is, perhaps, 
with E. phcenicenm, a native of Cuba, and E. Hanhurn ; but both those plants have the middle 
division of the lip two-lobed ; and they are not, that we are aware of, fragrant." (This species 
was noticed at page 1B9 of the present volume.) Bot, Reg. 51. 
