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Indigo'fera stachyoi'des. " Among the crowd of species now found in the genus Indigofera, 
it is not easy to say whether this is new or not ; we believe, however, that it may be so considered, 
although we are in ignorance of its fruit. Its seeds were collected in Bhotan, one of the indepen- 
dent states in the north-east of India, by W. Griffith, Esq., at the height of 4000 feet above the 
sea, and sent to Richard Horsman Solly, Esq., by whom they were presented to the Horticultural 
Society. It flowered in the gardens at Chiswick in September, 1840. It is a handsome, hardy 
greenhouse shrub, growing readily in a rich open soil, chiefly composed of sandy loam, with a 
little leaf-mould. It is easily increased by cuttings of the young wood, partially matured at the 
base, placed in sand, with a little bottom heat. The plant, when in good health, flowers during a 
greater part of the summer." It has long, pinnate leaves, and tall, erect spikes of pink blossoms. 
Bot. Reg. 14. 
La'thyrus pube'scens. " A hardy greenhouse plant, perhaps even able to bear cultivation 
entirely in the open border. It is grown, we believe, in several collections, and was introduced 
by Mr. Tweedie from Buenos Ayres ; but whether it is found wild near that place, or only in the 
interior of the Argentine province, does not appear. Mr. Baird gathered it on islands in the 
Parana. If, as I suspect, it be the same with the L. acutifolius of Vogel, it is also found in South 
Brazil. Dr. Gillies detected the plant about Mendoza ; and it extends, we know, as far westward 
as Concepcion and Valparaiso, on the shores of the Pacific. In general habit it is nearly allied to 
L. nervosus, the flowers being very similar, though the leaves are widely different. Trained in a 
pot, and placed in a cool greenhouse, it bears its large purplish-blue flowers in May." Bot. 
Mag. 3996. 
Li'lium testa'ceum. Figured from the nursery of Messrs. Rollisson, Tooting, in June last. 
" It is said to be a Japanese species, and although very inferior in point of beauty to L. speciosum, 
Thunbergianum,, and their varieties, it is a plant that well deserves to be cultivated. It is a 
handsome frame or half-hardy bulb, growing best when planted out in a cold pit, where the bulbs 
can be kept dry during winter. It should be planted in the pit in autumn, or very early in spring, 
and when once established should not be afterwards disturbed, for all these plants suffer injury 
by removal, in consequence of the loss of their tender perennial fibres, and by the bulbs becoming 
dry. The plant grows from one to four feet high, according to the strength or size of the bulbs, 
and flowers from July to September, according to the manner in which it is treated." The 
blossoms are represented of a dull, pale- orange colour, with a few reddish streaks towards the 
bottom of the petals. Bot. Reg. 11. 
Onci'dium bicallo'sum. " Among the numerous fine things found in Guatemala by Mr. 
Skinner, there are not many which are more deserving of cultivation than this plant, which has 
so much the habit of O. Cavendishianum as to seem a mere variety of it, although in reality quite 
a distinct species. It was also met with by Mr. Hartweg. The flowers are fully two inches in 
diameter, which is four times the size of O. Cavendishianum ; they appear in a dwarf, erect 
raceme, not panicle ; they are of a rich yellow, with the sepals and petals bordered with cinnamon- 
colour ; the labellum has two very small lateral lobes, and for its crest it has a pair of distinct 
tubercles, the posterior double, the anterior three-lobed, and the two separated by a considerable 
space. The flowers are, moreover, slightly exserted, which is not the case with O. Cavendishi- 
anum." It is cultivated like the rest of the Oncidia. Bot. Reg. 12. 
Oxylo v bium capita'tum. *' A greenhouse shrub of some beauty, imported from Swan River 
by Messrs. Low & Co., of Clapton, with whom it flowered, in October last. It differs in nothing 
from the wild specimens in our possession, except that the flowers are less numerous in the axils, 
and therefore do not present an appearance to justify the name of capitate so much as they do." 
The stems are slightly procumbent at the base, the branches downy towards the summit, the 
leaves obovately oblong, with a recurved point, and the flowers yellow, with a brownish keel, and 
somewhat brown behind. Bot. Reg. 1 6. 
Vrie'sia pstttaci'na. Previously described under the name of Tillandsia psitlacina. 
Although referred to Tillandsia, this has neither a superior ovary, nor the scaleless petals that 
are essential to that genus. On the contrary, it evidently belongs to Endlicher's section of the 
order, at present consisting of Pitcairnia and Brocchinia only. From the former it differs in its 
i'evolute, scaled petals, and distinct filaments ; from the latter in its distinct sepals, and regular^ 
revolute petals. From both, its large, channelled, coloured bracts distinguish it at first sight. 
This is an extremely pretty stove plant, for which we are indebted to C. B. Warner, Esq. It is 
