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Pernambuco," from whence seeds were transmitted to the Glasgow Botanic Garden, 
where it flowered in the stove last May. It very greatly resembles A. salicar'mfolia^ 
and is an erect, snffruticose, branching plant, about three feet high, and clothed 
with glandular hairs. The leaves are opposite, lanceolate, and much serrated ; 
while the blossoms are deep purple, with a lighter-coloured throat, the base of 
which is much spotted. It is a highly ornamental plant, and, we have no doubt, 
would grow and flower vigorously in the greenhouse. Bot. Mag. 3754. 
CLASS II.— PLANTS WITH ONE COTYLEDON (MONOCOTYLEDONE^). 
THE NARCISSUS TRIBE {Amaryllidacece). 
Agave saponaria. The Soap Aloe. Dr. Lindley has no hesitation in pro- 
nouncing this singular plant an Agave, although, unlike the other species, it is a 
decided perennial, and does not perish after, or, indeed, sufl'er any injury from, 
flowering. It is of Mexican origin ; but Mr. Skinner is stated to have seen it used 
in Peru as a substitute for soap, and hence its name. " If," says Dr. Lindley, " this 
species should furnish a fibre capable of being used by the manufacturer, it will then, 
like the Magueg, its near ally, both produce a material from which linen may be 
woven, and assist in washing it afterwards." Its inflorescence is strong, and the 
blossoms are large, but dull yellow ; the foliage is like that of the common American 
Aloe, and it may be treated as the Hawort/iias, and other similar genera. Bot. 
Reg. 55. 
THE ORCHIS TRIBE {Orchidacece). 
L^LiA ALBiDA. Wliite-flowercd Lselia. Count Karwinski first discovered this 
charming plant in cool places near St. Pedro, Oaxaca, and, carrying it to Munich, 
it was from that city sent to Britain. The pseudo-bulbs are short, roundish, and 
with a ring round the centre ; the leaves in pairs and lanceolate ; while the flowers 
are produced in short, erect spikes from the summits of the pseudo-bulbs. Besides 
white, a pale flesh colour is discernible in the blossoms towards the points of the 
sepals, and the lip has a rich purple spot at its base, together with a yellow streak 
down the centre. The fragrance of its flowers is compared to " a bed of primroses, 
which in fact they much resemble in odour." Bot. Reg. 54. 
THE LILY TRIBE {Liliacece). 
Daubenya Fi^LVA. Tawny Daubenya. There is much to interest the curious 
botanist in this novel plant, but little which the mere cultivator would admire. It 
is a bulbous species, with large, handsome leaves, from the midst of which the 
flowers appear in dense clusters on a short flower-stalk. Although not wholly 
lacking in beauty, the blossoms are of a brownish-red colour, which is necessarily 
somewhat dull. It was received from the Cape of Good Hope by Hobert Barchard, 
Esq., of Wandsworth, Surrey, and is supposed to have been obtained from the 
East Coast of Africa, or from Madagascar. The treatment is precisely that of a 
Cape Bulb. Bot. Reg. 53. 
