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together by their margins, and forming a kind of balloon. So closely do the petals adhere, that I 
without very minute investigation, and separating them one from another, a person would 
imagine them to be all one. The upper petals are straw-coloured, and streaked with strong lines 
of a brownish purple hue. The labellum has a fringed margin, and is of an amber tint, tipped 
with yellow. The leaves differ considerably from those of the other two species, being much 
larger, and purple instead of green. To grow these plants successfully, they should be planted 
in a pot filled with light turfy peat, or they may be attached to a block of wood, with a little 
sphagnum, or fern root, to cover their fibrous roots. A warm moist atmosphere is indispensable 
during the growing season ; but when at rest they must be kept much cooler, and comparatively 
dry. This species was also received by Messrs. Loddiges from Manilla. 
Comarosta'phyllis Arbuto'ides. A beautiful half-hardy Ericaceous shrub allied to Arbutus, 
with branched spikes of cream-coloured blossoms, in which a very slight and delicate shade of 
pink is suffused. It has a woody stem clothed with leaves of an elliptical form, with entire mar- 
gins, quite smooth on the surface, and of a leathery texture. The colour is deep green on the 
upper side, and silvery white underneath. It is one of the many new plants that the Horticul- 
tural Society of London have lately introduced, and a specimen from the Gardens at Chiswick 
was exhibited a short time since in Regent-street. 
Conetero'stylos bractea'ta. Seeds of this plant were received in 1841, from the Swan 
River, by Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, from which two or three plants were raised the same 
season, and are now flowering abundantly. It is a soft-wooded shrub, with hairy cordate leaves, 
and a stem beset with numerous fasciculated tufts of small, slender, bristly hairs. As the inter- 
nodes are rather lengthy, and the leaves by no means large, it has a light, airy appearance, 
almost too scanty of foliage. The leaves alternate on each side of the stem, and towards the end 
of the branches, a long, slender, forked raceme issues opposite to each, bearing a number of small 
rather thinly disposed blossoms, divided into five narrow-pointed pink segments. The darkened 
centre of the flower ‘is chiefly occupied by five almost black stamens, arranged round the 
elongated pistillum, as in Thomasia, a nearly allied genus. It is a plant which ought not to be 
planted in a very large pot ; and it may be grown in any greenhouse, taking special care that the 
night temperature is kept low. If exposed to too much heat, the space between the leaves will 
be increased, which would be injurious to the appearance of the plant. 
Cyrtopo'dium puncta'tum. A noble specimen of this rarely flowered, yet magnificent species 
was exhibited at the Botanic Gardens, Regent’s Park, from the gardens of Sir George Staunton. 
It had several stems nearly six feet long, clothed with sword-shaped leaves arranged at short 
intervals on each side. Eight flower-scapes rose up amongst them, on which the , beautifully 
spotted yellow and crimson blossoms appeared in dense clusters. It was grown in a very warm 
and moist stove. 
Dendro'bium Devo'nianum. Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting, have a small plant of this most 
lovely species with twelve flowers on one stem. The handsomely fringed, yellow spotted, and 
purple-margined lip, so fragile and delicate in texture, render it exceedingly attractive. The 
blooms endure for a long period suspended in a drawing-room. 
Dendro'bium Heynea'num, var. A handsome variety with delicate pink flowers is blooming 
in the nursery of Messrs. Loddiges, of Hackney. The hairy palate of the labellum is of a deeper 
orange, and the markings of the upright portion are also more strongly streaked with purple. 
The spikes are slender and reclining, and each consists of 16 or 18 flowers. The stems are 
always destitute of foliage till after the flowering season has gone by. It appears most attractive 
when fixed to a piece of wood, and suspended from the roof. 
Gongo'ra trunca'ta. In the collection of Mr. Rucker, this new species, sent to him by Linden, 
is producing flowers, on drooping racemes eighteen inches or two feet long. These have a 
glistening yellow and white lip, and cream-coloured sepals and petals. It should be planted in a 
basket depending from the roof of the house, so as to be near the eye. The basket should be 
filled with rough pieces of fibrous peat, or the decayed root stocks of ferns, in preference to 
sphagnum moss. 
