NEW AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS. 
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NEW AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS FIGURED IN THE BOTANICAL 
PERIODICALS. 
Bejaria coarctata. Close-flowered Bejaria. This 
species is from the collection of Messrs. Lucombe, 
Pince and Co., in whose Exeter Nursery it floAvered in 
a cool greenhouse in January last with no more care 
than is devoted to Indian Azaleas. Indeed, seeing 
that it is a native of very cold situations in Peru, 
according to Humholdt, at an elevation of from 9,000 
to 10,000 feet, it seems more than probable it will bear 
the open border with us. It thrives and flowers well, 
placed close to the glass in a cool airy greenhouse potted 
in a mixture of sandy peat soil, and a small portion of 
half-decayed leaf-mould. It is increased by cuttings 
and seeds. — Bot. Mag., 4433. 
Dendrobium Devonianum. The Duke of Devon- 
shire's Dendrobe. Assuredly one of the most delicate 
and lovely of all Orchids. It is a native of the Khoseea 
hill s in the East Indies, where it was discovered by 
Mr. Gibson, and was sent, with many other excellent 
things, to Chatsworth in 1837. It was figured in our 
Magazine of Botany , v. vii. 1. 169. The charm of this 
plant is wholly confined to its flowers, — the stems and 
foliage possess no attractions. Except in the colour and 
markings and frutescence, the flowers have a consider- 
able resemblance to those of D. fimbriatum. It 
requires to be kept in a warm house, and should he 
suspended from the roof either attached to a block of 
wood, or in an open basket containing loose turfy peat, 
mixed with chopped sphagnum. The flowers are pro- 
duced on the leafless stems during the dry season. It 
increases by lateral shoots which emit roots, and con- 
tinue to grow while attached to the old stems. — Bot. 
Mag., 4429. 
Curcuma cordata. Heart-leaved Curcuma. One 
of the most beautiful of a singularly handsome group 
of plants, too much neglected in our stoves ; where, 
whether in flower or only in leaf, they add greatly to 
the ornament of the house. It was discovered by Dr. 
Wallich in thick bamboo forests, on the hills opposite 
Prome, who sent plants of it to Kew and Sion House. 
It flowered at Sion House in July 1847. A herba- 
ceous plant, requiring to he grown in a tropical house, 
with a fair supply of moisture during the period of 
growth, hut to be kept perfectly dry during the season 
of rest. — Bot. Mag., 4435. 
Eriopsis rutidobulbon. Rough-stalked Eriopsis. 
A species from New Grenada, whence it was introduced 
through Mr. Purdie to the Royal Gardens of Kew, 
where it flowered in August, 1848. The flowers are 
of a dull orange-yellow, coloured Avith red around the 
margin of each. It was discovered growing on the 
smooth stem of a Palm-tree, fully exposed to the sun, 
in the temperate region of Antigua, at an elevation of 
betAveen 4,000 and 5,000 feet, the thermometer falling 
in the morning to 65°, and rising during the day to 75°, 
which, on account of the less weight and consequent 
variety of the atmosphere at that elevation, may be con- 
sidered as equivalent to a temperature of 55° and 65 ° 
with us. It requires a cool part of the Orchid-house. 
— Bot. Mag., 4437. This is in no respect different from 
E. biloba , except in having been better cultivated than 
the specimen from which the plant was first described. 
Eriostemon intermedium. Intermediate Erios- 
temon. This handsome shrub is worthy of cultivating 
in every greenhouse, loaded as the shrub is with its 
lively blossoms (white, tinged with pink in bud), during 
the latter winter and early spring months, when such 
plants are peculiarly welcome. It grows in a turfy peat 
soil, and requires the temperature of the greenhouse. — 
Bot. Mag., 4439. 
Gesnera picta. Painted Gesneria. This is a 
native of Columbia, and was sent to the Royal Gardens 
by Mr. Seemann. It is exceedingly beautiful, not only 
in the rich colour of the flowers, which are of a bright 
scarlet and yellow, hut also in the fine velvety texture 
of the upper side of the leaves, and the rich colour of 
the underside. It requires the heat of the stove ; is of 
a robust habit, and continues a long time in flower. — 
Bot. Mag., 4431. 
Gloxinia Fimbriata. Fringed Gloxinia. A very 
pretty and delicate-looking stove plant, which was 
received at the Kew Gardens from M. Ketelew, of 
Paris. It appears very different from any other 
Gloxinia Avith which we are acquainted, and is a valu- 
able addition to the stove. It is an herbaceous plant, 
the stem dying to the ground after having flowered and 
perfected its singular roots. Its treatment is the same 
as for other Gloxinias. — Bot. Mag., 4430. 
Maxillaria leptosepala. Narrow -sepaled Maxil- 
laria. From New Grenada, whence it was sent by 
Mr. Purdie in 1846. It bore its large and really hand- 
some white flowers in the stove of the Royal Gardens 
in January 1849. It should he kept in a cool part of 
the stove, and thrives attached to a block of wood. — 
Bot. Mag., 4434. 
Pachystigma pteleoides. Ptelea-leaved Pachy- 
stigma. A native of the mountains of Santa Cruz, 
Jamaica, where it was discovered by Mr. Purdie in 
1844. It produced its cream-coloured fragrant flowers 
in the stove of the Royal Gardens in February 1849. 
It forms a small tree, and will grow in any kind of 
good garden-soil. — Bot. Mag., 4436. 
Stifftia chrysantha. Golden-flowered Stifftia. 
This beautiful shrub has been long an inhabitant of our 
stoves, hut until the present year it has never flowered. 
The flowers are of a rich orange and very showy. The 
plant is a native of Brazil, and was originally introduced 
to Kew. — Bot. Mag., 4438. 
Vanda tricolor. Three-coloured Vanda. One of 
the many very fine plants recently introduced by Messrs. 
Veitch and Son, from Java, through Mr. Thomas Lobb. 
It is one of the most beautiful of this eminently beau- 
tiful genus, and requires a warm temperature, and to be 
fixed to a block of wood.' — Bot. Mag., 4432. 
