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^the Caucasus, whence it is supposed to have spread eastward ; but the latter point is conjec- 
I ,-al, unless this plant should establish its truth.” The following is an extract from Dr. Royle’s 
I ii ustrations of the Himalayahs : — “ J. officinale has become so naturalized in the gardens of 
- ; (gland, that we cannot believe it, as generally supposed to be, a native of India ; as we know 
a other instance where a shrub from the plains or southern parts of that country has become 
J ) climated so far north ; but the common name of the Jasmine in the languages of Europe 
I jlicates its origin from the Arabic name Yasmeen. J. grandiflora is the most nearly allied 
Iccies, and this flourishes in the hottest parts of India. Dr. Wallich has, however, obtained 
I Jeciraens from the mountains of Kemaon, which he has referred to this species, and which are 
■ry similar to some I have gathered in such mountains as Dhunoultee, Suen, Acharanda, Kedar- 
, inta, and Urrukta. These I have been in the habit of considering as J. officinale, as it is not 
;ual to find the same shrub common in the plains and at 7000 and 8000 feet of elevation in 30° 
i N. latitude.” Bot. Reg., 26. 
‘ Lupi'nus ramosi'ssimus. This name has been accorded by Mr. Bentham, in a yet unpublished 
Anuscript of the Plantes Hartwegianm, to a species “raised in the garden of the Horticultural 
iiciety, from seeds collected by Mr. Hartweg on Chimborazo, at an elevation of 13,000 feet 
love the level of the sea. The flowers smell like those of the Sweet Pea.” It “ is a pretty half- 
irdy shrubby species, growing three or four feet high in any good garden soil, and well suited 
c cultivation in the open border, if treated as a summer annual. The seeds should be sown 
rly in February, and afterwards potted singly ; and when the danger of late spring frost is 
er,they should be planted out, where they will bloom freely from June to October.” [Doubtless 
l is species, as well as Z. arhoreus and L. mutahilis, would strike root from cuttings taken 
:f in autumn, and make dwarf specimens to flower in the greenhouse till after ^Christmas.]— • 
\ ot. Reg., 25. 
Periste'ria Humbo'ldti, var. fu'lva. This variety flowered in the collection of Mr. Barker, 
i'iar Birmingham, in June 1843. The colour is considerably different from that given by 
;r. Bindley in the Botanical Register, on which account it is here indicated as a variety, 
s native country is Venezuela, where it was first detected by Humboldt ; for Dr. Bindley has 
( early determined that the Anguloa superba of that author is in reality this plant, represented 
, an imperfect state. It is one of the most striking among Orchidaceous plants, and few are 
ore worthy of cultivation. The true Anguloa of Ruiz and Pavon is ascertained by Dr. 
i'indley to be a very different genus. The present kind bears pendent racemes from eighteen 
iches to two feet long, numerously furnished with large fleshy flowers of a tawny yellow colour, 
Wished almost all over with spots of purplish brown. — Bot. Mag., 4156. 
Polysta'chya bracteo'sa. Communicated from Sierra Beone by Mr. Whitfield. The 
li5eudo-bulbs are about an inch in diameter, almost orbicular, and singularly compressed ; from 
leir summit arises a stout petiole, bearing a solitary oblong-obovate leaf. The peduncle issues 
■om a cleft at the top of the petiole, and bears a large leafy bract at its origin, and several 
I nailer ones above it. The flowers are dull orange-yellow, and arranged in a many-flowered, 
rooping raceme. Dr. Bindley observes, “ it is well distinguished by its downy flowers and taper- 
1 , ig squarrose bracts, which extend down the peduncle, the lowermost one being very large and 
^)af-like.”— Mag., 4161. 
Salpixa'ntha cocci'nea. “ This curious plant, which has at first sight, indeed, little apparent 
jflQnity with the Acanthacese (sect. Ruellise), was discovered by Mr. Purdie, botanical collector 
j)r the Royal Gardens, in the island of Jamaica, whence it was sent to the Royal Gardens. It 
lossomed freely in the stove during the autumn of the same year, and in the early winter of 
844-5, and made a very pretty appearance with its gracefully pendent, scarlet blossoms, and 
! s well-formed dark green foliage.” It is a low, branching shrub, perfectly smooth all over, with 
pposite, ovate, somewhat waved, dark green leaves. It bears its blossoms decussately arranged 
; 1 a spike on the upper part of a peduncle, either terminal or proceeding from the axil of the 
;^!aves. The flowers have a tube about an inch long, and an almost equal, spreading, five-cleft 
mb — Bot. Mag., 4158. 
' Stanuo'pea Buce'phalus. This species has received the names of Epidendrum grandlflorum 
md Anguloa grandiflora in the works of Humboldt and Bonpland. It “ is one of the rarest and 
lUest of the Stanhopeas, in some measure resembling S. oculata, especially in the long, narrow 
