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NOTICES OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 
tinue flowering" in great abundance during the whole of the summer. Epacris 
impressa. Several remarkably fine specimens of this much-admired species are 
now most beautifully covered with their delicate crimson-coloured flowers; and 
these, with various other species of this truly interesting- genus which are now in 
flower, have a very imposing appearance, and are cultivated by Messrs. Henderson 
with the most complete success. It is almost needless to add, that the various 
species of this beautiful genus {Epacris) contribute more (both by the elegance 
and simplicity of their flowers and foliage) towards ornamenting our greenhouses 
and conservatories, at this season of the year, than any others with which we are 
acquainted, if we except the genus Camellia. Oj;alis versicolor. This charming 
little plant is now beautifully in flower at the above nursery, and forms a peculiarly 
interesting feature among our early-flowering greenhouse plants. Messrs. Hen- 
derson have also a most splendid collection of Hyacinths, Narcissuses, &c., now 
in flower. 
Mr. Knight's, Chelsea. Charlwoodia australis, a very pretty stove-plant,, is 
now beautifully in flower. Scottia Icevis, a new species of this small, but 
interesting genus, which Mr. Knight has imported from New Holland, is also in 
flower, as well as several new species of Amaryllis, which are strikingly beautiful. 
Azalea Indica variegata, a most splendid variety of this much-admired species, 
with striped flowers, may now be obtained of Mr. Knight, at three guineas a plant ; 
and no collection, however small, should be without it. 
Messrs. Loddiges', Hackney. Bifrenaria fragellifera. This beautiful plant, 
which forms a conspicuous feature in the natural order OrcJiidece, is now exhibiting 
its splendid flowers in the rich collection of orchideous plants at the above named 
nursery. Though most collections contain plants of it, yet, we believe, it ha^ 
never flowered in this country above twice or thrice before, and, therefore, a short 
description of it may not be unacceptable to our readers : the flowers arise from the 
base of the stem, on a short footstalk about three inches in length; they are 
sometimes solitary, sometimes in pairs ; and the number is probably increased 
according to the size and strength of the plant ; they approximate in shape to many 
of the species of Maxillaria, but are considerably larger ; they are of a cream- 
coloured ground, with spots of a dark chocolate colour. The habit of the plant 
being to attach itself to pieces of wood, it is consequently suspended from the roof 
of the house, and its long slender stems, contrasted with the extraordinary size and 
peculiar beauty of its flowers, have a very interesting and imposing appearance. 
Some botanists (and perhaps with propriety) assign this plant to the genus 
Maxillaria, but we have adopted the generic name Bifrenaria, because that was 
the one given to it by Dr. Lindley when it first flowered in the collection of 
Messrs. Loddiges. Among their splendid collection of Camellias, they have many 
beautiful species now in flower, and some remarkably fine specimens are producing 
their splendid blossoms in great abundance ; we noticed particularly a handsome 
plant of C. reticulata coming into flower, which is generally considered to have the 
precedence, in point of beauty, over all other known species of this genus. 
Mr. Low's, Clapton. Oncidium ceholleti. A very fine specimen of this 
