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side corresponding elevations, whence the specific name is derived." The flowers appear in half- 
drooping racemes, and are minute, green, and scentless. Bot. Mag. 3931. 
Oxa'lis lasiope'tala. From the neighbourhood of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, seeds of 
this species were sent to the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, Dublin, by Mr. Tweedie ; and these 
having been germinated by Mr. Moore, the plants have since flowered. It blossoms readily in 
the greenhouse, and its copious bright red-purple flowers render it a very desirable plant." It 
has tuberous roots, numerous radical leaves, the leaflets of which are obcordate and two-lobed, 
smooth above, and pubescent beneath. The flowers are not large nor very conspicuous, but 
particularly abundant. Bot. Mag. 3932. 
Saussu'rea pulche'lla. " To those who cultivate hardy herbaceous plants, this is one of some 
interest, resembling a Liatrifi in colour and general appearance." Mountainous pastures beyond 
Lake Baikal, and moist meadows in Davuria, near the town of Nertschinsk, are the stations in 
which it has been found." It has pinnate scabrous leaves, grows from one to two feet in height, 
and bears its fine purplish heads of flowers on the summits of the branches, after the manner of 
a Liatris. " In cultivation it is a hardy pretty perennial, requiring the same treatment as the 
more delicate species of Cenfaurea or Rudbeckia, and flowering freely in the open border during 
the months of August and September. When planted in the open border, it is generally short- 
lived, owing to its blooming excessively, and therefore it is better to raise it from seeds frequently 
in order to keep up a succession of plants." It was raised in the Horticultural Society's Garden, 
from seeds sent there by Dr. Fischer of St. Petersburgh. BoL Reg. 18. 
Styli'dium Brunonia^num. " One of the prettiest of the singular Styleworts of Swan River, 
remarkable for the fine bloom that overspreads all its parts, and for the whorls of leaves which 
surround its flower-stem/' This last appears very vigorous, tall, and exceedingly productive of 
fine deep pink blossoms. In its wild state it is quite peculiar. After the first year the flower- 
stem perishes, and leaves only the radical foliage. These leaves themselves die in the second 
season, when a new stem rises, and, at the height of about an inch, bears another tuft of leaves, 
proceeding thus every year till the plant exhibits a long upright stem, with the foliage at its 
summit. This growth has not yet been made in England. Bot. Reg. 15. 
Thu'ja filifo'rmis. It seems to be the common belief that this scarce species is the same as 
T. pendula ; but " the fruit of T. pendula is four times as large as this, and has six scales instead 
of four, with scarcely any mucro ; while in this there are constantly four scales only, and they 
have a mucro almost as long as themselves." Hence Dr. Lindley regards it as a distinct species. 
" It is a beautiful and quite hardy tree, with long slender weeping branches." Bot. Reg. 20. 
Tricho'sma suaVis. At first considered a species of Ccelogyne., and called C. coronaria. It 
differs, however, from Coelogyne " in the projecting foot of the wingless column, in the singularly 
fleshy anther, and in the eight pollen-masses." Mr. Gibson, collector to his Grace the Duke of 
Devonshire, who brought it to Chatsworth from the East Indies, observes concerning it, that " it 
inhabits the Chirra district of the Khoseea, and grows upon trees in densely-shaded woods near 
the summit of the hills. It has a strong perfume, somewhat resembling Melic-grass, on which 
account it is highly esteemed by the wood-cutting natives, who are fond of adorning their hair 
with its blossoms. It is growing at Chatsworth luxuriantly upon a block of wood, the inteinor of 
which from decay has become hollow, and is now filled with dead and living vegetable matter, the 
latter consisting of the roots and stems of live native Ferns, which are luxuriating with this and 
other Orchidaceae on the same block of wood." The flowers are white, with a white lip, which 
has a yellow blotch in the centre, and a few streaks of reddish purple. Bot. Reg. 21. 
NEW OR INTERESTING PLANTS LATELY IN FLOWER AT THE PRINCIPAL 
SUBURBAN NURSERIES AND GARDENS. 
Aca'cia urophy'lla. a singularly upright-growing species, with irregularly-formed, entire 
leaves, which are very abundantly reticulated with prominent veins. The flower-buds appear a 
considerable time before expansion, and are in erect racemes, the blossoms being arranged in a 
