NEW AND RARE PLANTS, 
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CLASS n.~PLANTS WITH ONE COTYLEDON (MONOCOTYLEDONE^). 
ORCHIS TRIBE (ORCHIDEiE). 
VANDE^. 
Vanda teres. Taper-leaved Vanda. This superb epiphyte was oiig-inally 
discovered upon trees in Sylhet by Dr. Wallich, and it has more recently been met 
with by Mr. William GrilJithj abundantly, near Medown in the Burmese Empire, 
also growing" on trees in the woods. Nothing- can exceed the flowers of this plant 
in delicacy of texture, or softness of colour, the deep purple of the petals softens 
away to the marg-in, and seems to melt, as it were, into the purer white of the 
sepals, while the rich crimson and the yellow of the lip render the brilliancy of 
the other parts still more conspicuous. Lind. in Bot. JReg., 1809. 
Maxillaria cristata. Crested Maxillaria. This remarkably beautiful 
epiphyte flowered in the stove of Mr. Knig-ht of the King-'s Road Nursery, with 
M'hom it flowered in the stove in July last. It is a native of Trinidad, growing on 
old decayed branches of trees near The Mud Lake. The striping, banding, and 
painting of the delicate white flowers with rich crimson produces a very rich and 
striking eff"ect. Lind. in Bot. Reg., 1811. 
PINE APPLE tribe (BROMELI ACE^e). 
Dyckia rariflora. Few-flowered Dyckia, This plant is a native of Brazil, 
and was sent to the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, from Berlin. It is very handsome, 
and flowered for the first time in the stove at Edinburgh in June, 1835. The 
flowers are bright orange. Hooker in Bot. Mag., 3449. 
lily tribe (liliace^). 
TuLiPA Gesneriana, var. Mavcellus. Marcellus Tulip. This variety is 
one of the choicest bizarres, and it is now in pretty general request among amateurs. 
The breeder was raised from seed by the late Mr. Clark, of Croydon, and was broken 
by him about the same time that Mr. Lawrence of Hampton broke the celebrated 
Polyphemus. The flower is large and well formed. The ground colour, a clear 
and bright yellow ; the feathering, of a rich and glossy brown ; and the flame, of 
the same brown, but very much deeper in the tone. SmitJis Flor. Mag.., 33. 
ASPHODEL tribe (ASPHODELE^)! 
Daubenya aurea. Golden Daubenya. A green-house bulb, native of the 
Cape of Good Hope, whence it was obtained by Messrs. Young of Epsom, under 
the name of Massonia lutea. It flowers in June, and is very pretty, as well as sin- 
gular, so long as its blossoms remain expanded, which is about three weeks. After- 
wards its placid green leaves have little to attract attention. Lind. in Bot. Reg., 1813. 
