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in the foliage of A. fflauca" Seeds were imported by the East India Company, 
and probably vegetated in the Horticultural Society's garden. Flourishing in any 
ordinary soil, it simply requires the treatment of the common columbine, and 
is increased by seeds or by dividing the plants in early spring. Bot. Reg. 46. 
BiGNONiA TwEEDiANA. For this charming climber, British cultivators are 
indebted to the Hon. W. F. Strangways, who introduced it from Buenos Ayres in 
1838, doubtless through the medium of Mr. Tweedie. Its nearest affinity is 
B. wquinoctialis, " from which it differs in having much narrower leaflets, a 
distinctly lobed two-lipped calyx, and a more slender flower whose lobes are deeply 
divided, and narrower at the base than at the apex." The habit is exceedingly 
graceful, the leaves in pairs, and the blossoms, besides being freely produced, 
depend in a very attractive manner. They are likewise large, axillary, and 
solitary, opening considerably at the mouth, and of a pale orange colour. The 
species only needs the temperature of a greenhouse, thriving in a mixture of loam, 
heath-soil, and sand, and delighting most to be planted out in a conservatory 
border, and trained over a great extent of surface. Cuttings or layers root readily, 
and seeds germinate successfully when they can be procured. Bot. Reg. 45. 
Brasav5la gla^tca. Extremely like a Cattleya in the general structure of 
the pseudo-bulbs and flowers, but evidently belonging to Brasawla, on account of 
the peculiar form of the anther bed and pollen-masses. It has a creeping rhizoma, 
short thick pseudo-bulbs, not greatly different from those of Cattleya crispa, oblong, 
stiff, and isolated leaves, with the solitary flower rising from their base, enclosed in 
a capacious brownish spathe. The sepals and petals of the blossoms are pale 
green, the lip being particularly large and white. The fragrance of the flowers is 
aromatic and agreeable. Mr. Henchman is stated to have first discovered this 
plant near Kalapa in Mexico. M. Deschamps also brought a quantity of it to 
England in 1838 ; and Mr. Hartweg has since sent it to the Horticultural Society, 
having collected it near Vera Cruz. Being decidedly the finest species of the 
genus, it is highly worthy of attention. In its cultivation, the routine followed 
with most other Mexican orchidaceas is adopted, and it is either kept in a pot or 
attached to a block of wood. There appears to be some difiiculty in inducing it to 
flower, on account of a bud which is said to grow at the base of each leaf ; 
but when these are artificially extracted, or the plant is maintained in a dry state 
while the flower-stem is developing, there is always a profusion of bloom. Bot. 
Reg. 44. 
Cattleya aclandi^. One of the prettiest species of this splendid genus, and 
perfectly new to our collections. Sir Thomas Acland received it at his seat at 
Killerton, in 1839, it having been discovered and transmitted thither from Brazil, 
by Lieut. James, of H. M. ship Spey. A specimen flowered in the stove in the 
month of July of the present year, and it is named in compliment to Lady Acland, 
by whom a blossom was forwarded to Dr. Lindley. It has short, slender, stem- 
like pseudo-bulbs, each surmounted by two oblong leaves, from between which the 
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