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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
some Tephronia." The Horticultural Society received it in 1837, from the Botanic Garden, 
Saharanpore, from Dr. Falconer. Bot. Reg., 28. 
Oncid'ium la^cerum. Among the species of Oncidium, to which the general term of Chive- 
leaved may be given, and the type of which is 0. cebolleti, this, and 0. longifolium, are the hand- 
somest. It agrees with that species in the length of its leaves, which are as much as two feet ; 
but it differs in having a smaller panicle, sharp column- wings, very narrow falcate side-lobes on 
the lip, and a single-ridged tubercle at the base of that organ, placed at right angles to a flat, some- 
what concave swelling, which almost connects the side-lobes." The Messrs. Loddiges received 
this plant from Panama, where it is a native. It flowered in their celebrated collection in 1844. 
Bot. Reg,, 27. 
Pinguecula orchi'dioides. " Among the many interesting objects to be seen at the Royal 
Gardens of Kew during the latter part of the present winter (1845-6), was a number of pots of 
this most lovely species of Pinguicula in full blossom, plunged in Sphagnum and other mosses, in 
cool stoves, where they flourished as well as if they had been in their native mountains of Mexico. 
Living roots were sent to us by Mr. Repper, from the Real-del-Monte, which, as soon as planted, 
began to exhibit the two forms of leaves here represented, the upper or inner ones almost 
resembling those of an Echeveria." The lower leaves are " small, numerous, closely imbricated, 
ovate, acute ; the apex a little reflexed." From the centre of the tuft, formed by the two kinds of 
leaves, the flower-scapes rise in considerable numbers, bearing bright-purple, Violet-like flowers, 
which have a long curved spur. Bot. Mag., 4231. 
Si'da vitifo'lia. " One of the handsomest of the genus," states Sir W. Hooker, "but too 
much of the £ Mallow ' kind to be a general favourite with cultivators. Seeds were sent from 
Chili to Mr. Veitch, by his collector, Mr. W. Lobb, in 1844 ; and plants blossomed in the green- 
house in May, 1845. The plant was first, however, brought to Europe by Capt. Cottingham, in 
1836, and was cultivated in the open border, in Dublin, for three years, without any shelter. In 
England generally, however, it requires the protection of a greenhouse." This is Abutilon viti- 
folium of Dr. Lindley and other botanists. It is a tall-growing shrub, with alternate, cordate, 
many-lobed leaves ; and bearing terminal, corymbose racemes of large, showy, bluish-lilac flowers. 
Bot. Mag., 4227. 
Sola'num lycio'ides. " This charming shrub was found by Mr. Hartweg in the Valley of San 
Antonio, in Peru, and flowered in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, in November, 1 845. It 
has a neat habit ; the flowers are of the richest sapphire-purple, enlivened by a bright-yellow eye, 
and in the wild state appear in clusters, so as to load the little spiny branches. The name is a 
happy one; for, in its natural state (as in No. 1302 of Mr. Hartweg's ' Herbarium '), it is very 
much like a dwarf Lycium, larlatum." It is not new to Europe, having been known more than 
half a century ago. Under cultivation, " it is found to be a greenhouse plant, which appears to 
succeed in almost any sort of soil, but to prefer sandy loam, mixed with a little rough peat. To 
flower it well, it seems necessary to place it out of doors during summer, in some exposed situation, 
where it can remain till the end of September. By that time the flower-buds will be formed, and 
they expand in a short time after the plant is taken in-doors. It is easily propagated from cuttings, 
and must be regarded as a good addition to our autumn-flowering greenhouse shrubs." Bot. 
Reg., 25. 
Tore n nia eden'tula. " This very pretty annual made its appearance in some earth in flower- 
pots in the stove at Kew, and had, no doubt, come from some part of the East Indies. I at first 
supposed it was the Torenia asiatica, L., but a slight comparison of the calyx and flowers con- 
vinced me of my error ; and I find it to correspond exactly with a species from Assam, in my 
Herbarium, marked by Mr. Bentham ' T. edentulaJ It is, probably, found also in other parts of 
our Eastern possessions, and will, doubtless, appear under that name in the forthcoming volume of 
De Candolle's ' Prodromus.' The broad calyx, as long, or nearly so, as the tube of the corolla, is 
very characteristic of this species, and the two deep purple blotches which render the blossoms so 
bright and lively, are conspicuous, even in my dried specimens." The plant is erect-growing, 
" but weak," branching much, the branches opposite, and square, with opposite ovate, acuminate, 
serrated leaves. The flowers are borne singly on peduncles which are axillary or terminal, and 
often clustered, and always shorter than the leaves ; and are composed of a corolla, whose tube 
is partially inflated, of a greenish-purple colour, with a fine rounded-lobed limb, whitish, varie- 
gated with purple ; the two lateral lobes each with a deep purple blotch. Bot. Mag., 4229. 
