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NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 
THE LOBELIA TRIBE {Loheliacecs) 
Lobelia fenestralis. A rather pretty species, bearing a great number of 
neat purple flowers in a terminal spike, the latter being interspersed with leaves, 
which are nearly amplexicaul, and much jagged. It was originally found by 
Humboldt and Bonpland in the temperate parts of Mexico, but seeds obtained from 
the same country have recently been communicated to the Horticultural Society, 
by G. F. Dickson, Esq. The seeds are recommended to be sown about the end of 
June in a decayed hotbed, with a very slight covering of sand, and kept through 
the winter in pots in the greenhouse, either placing them in larger pots, or planting 
them out in the open border in the spring, when they will flower in July and 
September. Bot. Reg. 47- 
CLASS IL— PLANTS WITH ONE COTYLEDON (MONOCOTYLEDONE^). 
THE NARCISSUS TRIBE {AmarylMece). 
IsMENE MACLEANA. Mr. M'Leau's Amancaes. This is a new and delightfully 
fragrant species, the bulbs of which were sent to the Glasgow Botanic Garden, 
from Lima, by John M'Lean, Esq., after whom it has been named. It is a strong 
growing species, and produces a large cluster of showy whitish-yellow flowers ; 
requiring the temperature of the stove, or probably only of the greenhouse, and 
the usual treatment of Cape bulbs. Bot. Mag. 3675. 
THE CORN-FLAG TRIBE {IHdacece). 
Gladiolus mortonius. Mr. Morton's Gladiolus. This new species has been 
figured from a specimen in the collection of the Hon. and Rev. William Herbert 
of Spoffort'h, who, we hear with pleasure, is now devoting his enlightened attention 
to the Iridece. It was originally received by Messrs. Rollison from the eastern 
coast of South Africa, and is named after the gentleman who transmitted it. Tlie 
flowers are of a pale delicate rose colour, but beautifully blended with white, which 
renders them very ornamental. Bot. Mag. 3680. 
THE ORCHIS TRIBE {Orchidacece). 
Oncidium raniferum. Frog Oncidium. One of the smallest flowering of all 
Oncidiums, but certainly an interesting little plant, and most prolific in its pro- 
duction of flowers. They are displayed in pendent racemes, and not erect ones, as 
is the usual habit. They are principally of a yellow colour, the upper part of the 
lip being dark brown, and of so curious a construction as to suggest the name, 
which is given from its supposed resemblance to a frog. This species is a native of 
Brazil, but occurs among other places in the damp forests of Bananal, and M. 
Descourlitz observes that it attaches itself to those branches only which are within 
twelve feet of the ground. It requires a hot and damp stove during the growing 
season. Bot. Reg. 48. 
