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which are often situated at the base of its petioles, has priority of date» Beyond 
being a very graceful plant, with lively foliage, and large spikes of pretty white 
flowers, it has the merit of enduring the open air in Britain with complete impunity. 
Cultivated in pots, it constitutes an elegant ornament of the frame or greenhouse, 
but specimens transferred to the open border flourish in great luxuriance, and 
blossom most abundantly. Its average height is about one foot, and its blooming 
season May and June. Bot. Mag. 3821. 
MoNACHANTHUs longif5lius. Morc properly belonging to the genus Catasetumy 
and only styled Monachanthus by Sir W. J. Hooker, for the sake of preserving 
uniformity in his work. The species of the Catasetum class are rarely of much 
interest, their flowers being generally of a dull colour. The plant under notice is 
exempted from this position, and is evidently of great beauty. Its pseudo-bulbs 
are long, oblong, and have a great quantity of dry, brown, sheath-like envelopeSj 
while the leaves are peculiarly narrow and elongated. iThe flower-scape is from 
the base of the bulb, pendent, and bearing many rich golden blossoms, the sepals 
and petals of which are pale purple, and the lip is large, deep orange, slightly 
mottled, with a delicate pink fringe on each side, and a much darker red one at the 
extremity. It is readily recognised by its lengthy narrow foliage, and the peculiar 
showiness of its flowers. " Mr. Schomburgk found this plant in British Guianay 
growing on the Ela Palm, Mauritia flexuosa." It has been blossomed in the 
garden of Mr. Brocklehurst, of the Fence, Manchester, and succeeds well under the 
common treatment. Bot. Mag. 3819. 
Passipl5ra verrucIfera. The native country of this desirable new species 
is not correctly ascertained. It was purchased by T. Harris, Esq., of Kingsbury, 
from the late Colville's nursery, and is supposed to be an inhabitant of Brazil. 
Its affinity is evidently with P. incarnata and edulis, from both of which it is 
clearly distinguished by the singular production of green warts upon the margin, 
not only of the bracts, but of the sepals. Like all its genus, its flowers are very 
curious and pretty ; but its want of rich colours renders it inferior to many species 
now cultivated." Its habit is vigorous, its leaves three-lobed, deep green, with a 
tendril at their base, and the flowers are axillary, with whitish petals and a purple 
crown. The temperature of the greenhouse is proved to be most congenial, and if 
transplanted into the border of a conservatory, it grows with marked exuberance. 
Cuttings strike readily. Bot. Reg. 52. 
HoDRiGUEZiA crIspa. Not far removed from B. suaveolens, but larger in all 
its parts, and having its sepals and petals more curled. Dr. Lindley says, it is 
" one of the sweetest plants I know ; its fragrance resembling Primroses. It is an 
orchidaceous plant, from the Organ mountains of Brazil, and flowered with Messrs. 
Loddiges, in October 1839. Its singularly crisped flowers, of a dull sea-green, 
bordered with yellow, have an uncommon appearance." Whether placed in a pot 
or affixed to a block of wood, it may be cultivated in an equally satisfactory 
manner, and is increased by division. Bot. Reg. 54. 
