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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
Lce'lia fla'va. An elegant and interesting species, figured from the collection of S. Rucker', 
Esq. , Wandsworth. It first appeared in the garden of Sir Charles Lemon, Carclew, but having 
flowered imperfectly, the blossoms were supposed to be purple, and it was said to be a native o^" 
Mexico. The name of caulescens has been applied to it, but abandoned. It is now found to have 
bright and pale orange flowers, to be a native of Brazil, and related to L. cinnabarina. " From 
that plant it is distinguished by the shortness of the pseudo-bulbs, and of the sepals and petals ; 
and also by the bluntness of the middle lobe of the lip, whose veins are more elevated and diverge 
considerably at the point, instead of being nearly straight as in L. cinnabarina^ It requires to 
be grown in a cool part of the stove or Orchidaceous-house, and fastened to a log of wood. 
Bot. Reg. 62. 
Maclea'nia angula'ta. AUied to the splendid Thibaudias of Eastern India, and forming, iii 
itself, a very ornamental plant. It is a stove evergreen shrub, of dwarf habits, and bearing its 
showy blossoms in May and June. The flowers are in threes, from the axils of the foliage, and 
are nearly an inch long, of a bright red hue, with a small yellow limb. The leaves on the 
younger shoots are of a delicate texture, and have a deep tinge of red. " It was blossomed by 
Mr. Forbes, in the stove of his Grace the Duke of Bedford, at Woburn, in June, 1 842 ; and had 
been raised from seeds sent by Mr. M'Lean himself from the Peruvian Andes." Bot. Mag, 
3979. 
O'xALis rubroci'ncta. " Among the earth of Mr. Hartweg's Guatemala plants this sprang 
upland flowered in the garden of the Horticultural Society, in September 1841. It is a very 
neat-looking species, remarkable for the appearance of its leaves, which are very succulent, 
brittle, having almost a crystalline fracture, and bordered with a rich purple edge, within which 
is a distinct row of deep purple dots, many of a similar kind being scattered over the under side 
of the leaf. When dried, all this marking disappears." The flowers are of a lively yellow tint. 
" It is a greenhouse plant of easy cultivation, requiring to be potted in light rich soil, placed near 
the glass, and when growing freely it should be liberally supplied with water. After it has per- 
fected its flowers and leaves in the autumn, they die off*, and the soil must then be kept perfectly 
dry until growth commences again in spring. It is easily multiplied by dividing the crown of 
the roots." Bot. Reg. 64. 
Tilla'ndsia ru'bida. This is a small "dry stove epiphyte, imported from Brazil by Messrs. 
Loddiges, with whom it flowered in February last. It is a very pretty plant, gay with madder- 
coloured flowers for many weeks. It will grow well in a basket, and hung from the rafters of the 
stove. The back or end wall of a pine-stove would suit it very well, and the general treatment 
should be the same as is applied to those plants." Bot. Reg. 63. 
NEW OR INTERESTING PLANTS RECENTLY IN FLOWER AT THE PRINCIPAL 
SUBURBAN NURSERIES AND GARDENS. 
Achime'nes peduncula'ta. a very valuable addition to our stove plants, on account of its 
blooming so prodigally during the months of September and October. It grows from eighteen 
inches to two feet high, has somewhat ovate and hairy leaves, and produces its flowers on long 
peduncles from the axils of the foliage. The blossoms are either single or in pairs, of a bright 
orange red tint, profusely spotted inside with a darker hue. It has bloomed most abundantly in 
the Gardens of the Horticultural Society, and at Messrs. Loddiges', Hackney. 
Bego^nia — ? Flowers of a new South American Begonia were unfolded at Messrs. Young's, 
Epsom, about three months ago, and remained perfect for many weeks. The species is furnished 
with singular descending pointed appendages to its leaf-stalks, somewhat like, but much smaller 
and less numerous than, those of B. manicata. They are also spread over the entire stalks, and 
not arranged in frills. Its leaves are large, and of a brilliant blood colour behind. The flowers 
appear in spreading panicles, eight or nine inches high, and are of a deep pink tint, having four 
large petals. It is a handsome acquisition. 
Ca'ttleya ca'ndtda. Messrs. Loddiges apply this name to a plant which" is 'allied to 
C. Harrisonii, and has flowered in their collection. It has the habit of the species just mentioned, 
