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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
though referred by Lindley, in the « Genera et Species Orchid," to JEceoclades, that excellent 
botanist has since acknowledged it to be a true species of Angrcecum. A.funale and A.filiforme 
are the only species yet detected in the new world, and both are aphyllous, the rest being all 
natives of tropical Eastern Africa and adjacent isles. A.fumale grows on the trunks of trees in 
the mountains of Jamaica. Attached to a block of wood, and freely supplied with moisture, it 
produced its green and white, highly fragrant blossoms, in the winter of 1846. — Bot. Mag,, 4295. 
Aquilegia jucunda. This plant Dr. Fischer says stands intermediate between A. glandulosa 
and A. alpina. The sepals are ovate, tapering to the point, and deep blue ; the petals are roundish 
ovate, whitish, and touching each other by their whole length. It is found in the mountains of 
Siberia. In gardens it is a fine hardy perennial, growing about a foot high, when planted in a 
compost of sandy loam and leaf mould. It is well suited for Rock- work, where it can be kept free 
from damp when in a state of repose, but freely supplied with moisture during the growing season, 
otherwise the plants dwindle away and never flower. It is increased by seeds and division. 
— Bot. Reg., 19. 
Brunsfelsta nitida Jamaicensis. This is the variety Jamaicensis of B. nitida, of Mr. 
Bentham, being what corresponds with the specimens sent by Mr. Purdie from Jamaica. It is a 
handsome plant, with large yellow flowers, and blossoming during the summer months copiously 
in a cool stove, and easily increased by cuttings. — Bot. Mag., 4287. 
Columnea aureo-nitens. In the Royal Gardens at Kew this plant flourishes in a moist 
stove, producing its blossoms in autumn and early spring. The flowers and nearly the whole plant, 
but especially the younger portions, are densely covered with a rich gold-coloured clothing of silky 
hairs.— Bot. Mag., 4294. 
Ccelogyne speciosa. This species was sent from Java to Messrs. Veitch of Exeter. The 
pale tawny sepals and petals, and pitch-brown lip of this plant detract from its beauty, notwith- 
standing that they are relieved by a broad white column, and a pure white termination to the lip, 
and that its flowers are nearly four inches diameter when fully expanded. They have, however, 
a very singular appearance, and if they are produced in greater numbers, will be attractive so 
long as the white remains unchanged. — Bot. Beg., 23. 
Echinocactus Williamsii. A neatly-formed species, which has a pretty appearance when 
its starry blossoms are expanded. The flowers are pale rose-coloured, and are produced in the 
summer months. Bot. Mag., 4296. 
Gongora bufonia leucochila. A pale variety of G. bufonia, with sepals pale purple, and 
lip white. — Bot. Reg., 17. 
Henfreya scandens. Under the name of Dipteracanthus scandens this plant was exhibited 
by Mr. Glendinning of Turnham Green, at a meeting of the Horticultural Society, a short time 
ago, when it was awarded a Knightian medal. It is an Acanthaceous plant. Bot. Reg., descrip. fol. 23. 
Pancratium humile. A diminutive yellow flowering species, the humblest of Pancratiform 
plants. — Bot, Reg., 22. 
Odontoglossum Warneri PURPURA.TUM. The original of this dwarf species is no doubt a 
native of some part of the tropical regions of America. The present variety was obtained from 
Mexico by Messrs. Loddiges, A healthy mass of it is very handsome, the yellow of the lip and 
the purple stripes of the sepals and petals being deep and clear. Bot Reg., 20. 
Pharbitis cathartica. A beautiful Convolvulaceous plant, the flowers of which are particularly 
vivid, varying from deep reddish-purple to rich violet-blue. The < Flore Medicale des Antilles 9 
states that M. Bauduit, a rich proprietor of St. Domingo, discovered in this milky plant a resinous 
juice, which coagulates and proves to be profusely purgative. He formed of it a much approved 
syrup, which, in the French colonies, bears his name. Bot. Mag., 4289. 
Siphocampylos microstoma. Among many fine species of Siphocampylos detected by Mr. 
Purdie in New Grenada, few, if any, can vie with this in the size of the flowers and richness of 
their colour. It seems also to produce its blossoms early and freely, and is a great acquisition to 
the stove during autumn and winter, and in summer in the greenhouse. The flowers are a very 
brilliant scarlet. Bot. Mag., 4286. 
