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NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 
flowers it is exactly intermediate between that species and erubescens. The flowers 
are dull purple, and are produced in June. Brit. Fl. Gard, 401. 
ASCLEPIADE.^. 
Philibertia gracilis. Slender Philibertia. This is a new and striking- 
species, copiously clothed with soft spreading hairs ; the stem is slender and twining-, 
about six feet long-, the leaves are opposite, stalked, green on both sides, an inch 
and a half long ; the flowers are of a yellowish white, thickly studded with purple 
lines and spots, and are produced from the peduncle, which is from an inch to an 
inch and a half long-. It was discovered by Mr. Tweedie, in the country between 
Buenos Ayres and Tucuman, who forwarded seeds of it to his correspondents. The 
plant was raised in the garden of Dr. Neill, Edinburgh, in the spring- of 1836, — it 
flowers in June. Brit. Fl. Gard. 403. 
CLASS II.- PLANTS WITH ONE COTYLEDON (MONOCOTYLEDONS). 
THE LILY TRIBE (LILIACEiE). 
Anthericum glaucum. Glaucous-leaved Anthericum. An interesting 
South American fibrous-rooted plant. The top of the root is covered with rigid 
fibres, the weathered remains of old leaves, from which the recent ones spring, these 
are one and two feet long- ; the scape is from one to three feet high, bearing a long 
raceme of rather large pure white flowers, mostly three together from each bractese, 
but of these one only opens at a time and that only for a day. The species inhabit 
the vicinity of Lima, and the tubers were received at the Glasgow Botanic Garden 
from J. Maclean, Esq., of that city. Flowers from August to September. Bot. 
3Iag. 3610. 
THE ORCHIS TRIBE (ORCHIDEiE). 
Eria stellata. Star-flowered Eria. The stem of this handsome species is 
creeping, and bearing what may be considered pseudo-bulbs^ clothed with larger 
scales, and each of these having two broadly lanceolate leaves marked with five 
longitudinal ribs. The scape rises from the base of the leaves, long, curved, 
clothed with ferruginous down, and bearing copious pale yellowish green flowers 
nearly the whole length. " It is considered to be a native of Java, but when and 
by whom introduced is not known. It was first described in this country from 
plants which flowered in Mrs. Cattley's collection. The long, curved spike of 
copious, fragrant, stellated flowers, and the creeping habit, with ample and graceful 
foliage, combine to render this a most desirable plant for our stoves." Bot. 
Mag. 3605. 
MiLTONiA sPECTABiLis. Showy Miltouia. This is a truly beautiful Brazilian 
Orchideous plant, named in compliment to Earl Fitzwilliam, for the zeal which that 
nobleman has displayed in the cultivation of that beautiful tribe of plants. The 
genus is nearly related to Brassia, Cyrtochilum, and Oncidium : diff'ering from the 
latter in its lip being slightly connected with the column, much dilated and 
