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branches are loaded with deep golden-yellow blossoms, which appear before the leaves are fully 
unfolded. — Hort. Jour., vol. ii., p. 157. 
Ipom^ea muricata. A beautiful little species of Ipomcea, not very aptly named muricata by 
its first describer. Tubers were sent by Mr. Purdie from open grassy mountains of the Nivada de 
Santa Martha, New Grenada.— Bot. Mag., 4301. 
Jacquemontia canescens. A perennial twining plant, with the stems and leaves closely covered 
with a short down, which is brown and white. The flowers grow in close cymes of nine to eleven 
each, on stalks somewhat shorter than the leaves. They are of a clear bright blue, and very hand- 
some. It requires the shelter of a greenhouse, and strikes readily from cuttings. — Bot. Reg., 27. 
LiELiA cinnabarina. The Orchidaceous house of the Royal Gardens owes the possession of 
this plant to the Messrs. Loddiges, who received it from Brazil. It appears to have been first 
introduced, however, from that country by Mr. Young, of Epsom, in 1836. The flowers are pro- 
duced at the extremity of a raceme, usually five or six in number, of a yellow scarlet. — 
Bot. Mag., 4302. 
Macromeria exserta. This is a fine half-hardy perennial, growing from two to three feet 
high, if potted in a mixture of sandy loam and fibry peat in equal parts. It is increased by seeds, 
and bears abundance of yellow flowers, from August to October, if kept in the greenhouse. 
—Bot. Beg., 26. 
Marsdenia maculata. This has been long cultivated in the stove of the Royal Gardens of 
Kew as a new Asclepiadeous plant, which had been sent by the late Mr. Lockhart of Trinidad. 
It is a great climber, and flowers readily in June : the flowers are of a dark purple colour, and the 
foliage is large, and spotted with pale yellow, like those of Aucuba japonica ; but with spots more 
regular, more equidistant, and more confluent. — Bot. Mag., 4299. 
Ophrys fuciflora. Considerable confusion exists among the curious little plants which con- 
stitute the genus Ophrys. 0. fuciflora is identical with 0. Arachnites of Eng. Bot., supp., 2596. 
— Bot. Beg., 25. 
PhaLjENOpsis amabilis. This noble Orchidaceous plant, though introduced to our stoves ten 
years ago, by Mr. Cuming from Manilla, is still perhaps the choicest and most highly prized of 
the family. Indeed there is not a more chaste or lovely flower among all the Orchidew ; and it 
has the merit of continuing a long time in blossom. The species was first detected at Amboynia, 
by Rumphius. In Java, and probably in the Malayan islands generally, it seems abundant. It 
grows freely, attached to a piece of wood, together with a little moss, suspended from a rafter of 
the stove. — Bot. Mag., 4297. 
Renanthera matutina. A splendid Epiphyte sent from Java by Mr. Thomas Lobb,to Messrs. 
Veitch. It produces a large branching panicle, each of whose arms is from six to nine inches long, 
and carries from six to twelve flowers. — Bot. Reg., 26, descrip. 
Ruellia Purdieana. A desirable Acanthaceous plant for cultivation in the stove. It strikes 
freely from cuttings, blossoming at an early period, and at different seasons of the year, and the 
flowers are a full, deep crimson-lilac. — Bot. Mag., 4298. 
Saccolabium miniatum. A Java Orchid, imported by Messrs. Veitch, and flowered both by 
Mr. Rucker and Mr. C. B. Warner. It is not to be traced among Blume's species, and seems new. 
Its flowers, of a gay vermilion or rich apricot colour, although somewhat small, have an extremely 
lively effect ; they grow in upright racemes, about ten together. — Bot. Beg., 26. 
Spiraea pubescens. This is a small grey shrub, with little hemispherical umbels of white, small 
flowers, having a slight fragrance. In habit, it may be compared to a weak Spircea opulifolia. Its 
leaves, when full grown, are about an inch-and-a-half long. The plant appears to be nearly hardy ; 
grows about two feet high, and flowers freely in any good garden soil. We may expect 
this to prove an ornamental shrub for planting in sheltered situations and warm districts. — Hort. 
Jour., vol. ii., 157. 
Telipogon obovatus. A curious plant sent from Peru, by Mr. Lobb, to Messrs. Veitch, by 
whom it has been sold. It has not yet flowered, but will prove a very nice plant when it does 
blossom. Its flower-stem is six inches high ; the flowers are bright yellow, an inch-and-three- 
quarters in diameter. — Bot. Reg , 27, descrip. 
