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feet from the trunk, and rising to an additional elevation of forty feet, so that this 
stupendous tree was quite a hundred feet high in all. I saw others still larger^ 
but the state of the weather drove us from our position. The leaves, when in a 
fresh state, are of a deep dark and polished green, nearly resembling those of the 
laurel tribe, from ten to sixteen inches long, and two or three inches wide." 
THE AMARANTH TRIBE {AmarantacecB). 
Trictiinium alopecuroideum. Foxtail Trichiniuni. This is a half-hardy 
annual species of a curious, though not very ornamental genus. Seeds of it were 
collected in the Swan Elver colony by Captain James Mangles, R.N., and it 
flowered in this country for the first time in the garden of R. Mangles, Esq., of 
Sunning Hill. The flowers, which are greenish yellow, and deeply tinged towards 
their summits with pale purple, are produced in long, dense, terminal spikes. 
They are thickly covered with long hairs, and, when faded, they incline towards 
the axis of the stem, presenting the appearance of a fox's tail. It is said to 
blossom very abundantly in the open border during the summer, and the flowers 
are interesting on account of their glossy hue. Bot. Reg. 28. 
THE MINT TRIBE (Labiatce). 
Salvia confertifl5ra. A really showy species of Salvia^ with lengthened 
terminal spikes of ricli orange-red- coloured flowers, which appear in dense whorls of 
less than an inch apart. It was first discovered by Mr. Macrae, near Rio Janeiro, 
that individual being then in the employment of the Horticultural Society. A 
plant was subsequently presented to that society by John Dillwyn Llewellyn, 
Esq., and this has flowered profusely. A house of a temperature intermediate 
between the stove and the greenhouse is recommended as the best situation for 
this plant, but it appears to thrive also in the greenhouse, or even if planted 
out in a rich border in the summer, and removed to some protective structure on 
the approach of autumn. The flowers are short and woolly, but the leaves are 
large, deep green, rugose, and serrated ; the stem being also pleasingly marked 
with bright brown. Bot. Beg. 21). 
PLANTS WITH ONE COTYLEDON (MONOCOTYLEDONE^). 
THE ORCHIS TRIBE {Orchidacece). 
LoELiA FURFUR A CECE. Scurfy-stalked Loelia. Very nearly allied to L. au- 
tumnalis^ which is also figured in the Botanical Register., p. 27, but of which a 
drawing is prepared for the ensuing number of this Magazine. The colours of tlie 
flowers of the present plant appear to be less brilliant and abundant, the habit 
being much more slender, and the pseudo-bulbs essentially different. These latter 
are shorter, more compressed, and rounded, and have deeper furrows. They 
appear also to produce only one short leaf, which is quite erect, " the petals are so 
much more undulated as to appear lobed ; and the ovary is closely covered with 
black mealy glands. It would seem, moreover," adds Dr. Lindley, " that the 
