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ids flowered in March, 1843. Mr. Llewelyn says, It is valuable from the great facility 
which it submits to cultivation, and the profusion with which it bears its flowers. It blos- 
3 d in ray stove last year ; and this season it is a beautiful object, with seven or eight bulbs, 
bearing two spikes of flowers.” It has oblong pseudo-bulbs, with about four leaves, six to 
t inches long on the top. The flowers are white, or cream-coloured, arranged moderately 
) upon an erect raceme, of about the same length as the leaves. Bot. Mag., 4163. [The 
3 species is now flowering at S. Rucker, Esq.’s, Wandsworth.] 
jTCa'ste gigante'a. “ Although the colours of this species are not gay, yet its large size, and 
til great height to which its flowering stem rises (full two feet), are remarkable features ; 
b^ les which, its flowers are among the largest in the race of Orchids. Mr. Hartweg found it 
uayaquil, flowering in the month of August, at a place called the Quebrada de las Juntas ; 
from his dried specimens it was described in 1843.” The species has also been introduced 
i La Guayra to Belgium, and named Maxillaria Heynderycxii by Professor Morren, (after 
Siiitor Heynderycx, V. P. of the Royal Agric. and Bot. Soc. of Ghent,) who was apparently 
uljquainted with the earlier name. Bot. Reg., 34. 
Jasdeva'llia fenestra'ta. a curious orchid, received from Brazil several years ago by 
Msrs. Loddiges, and lately at Kew from Jamaica. The species grows in clusters, each plant 
C(|isting of a stem or petiole, terminated by a solitary (rarely two) oblong-elliptical leaf. The 
fliers proceed from the base of the leaf, and are not only singular in colour, being externally 
o| deep blackish blood-colour, but still more singular in form, with the sepals united below and 
alie apex, which is open and window-like ; the whole representing the head of a bird, with a 
pijoration where the eyes should be.” Bot. Mag., 4164. 
I Bchombur'gkia tibi'cinis var. grandiflo'ra. A noble specimen of this variety flowered in 
1844, in the collection of R. Hanbury, Esq., “ the pseudo-bulbs being fifteen inches long, 
althe flowering stem five feet high.” “ It is certainly the same species as that named by Mr. 
Ejeman ‘ tibicinis,’ because the hollow pseudo-bulbs are used as trumpets by the Indian children 
londuras.” The present variety has, however, larger flowers, which ai’e “far paler on the 
.ide, and have a broader lip, whose middle lobe is not rich violet, but yellow, with a white or 
p pie border. In this instance the plant realises the expectations that had been formed of it : 
ther cases, it has disappointed them.” Bot. Reg., 30. 
Spir^a Lindleyana. Plants of this species raised from seeds, presented to the Horticul- 
',1 Society by the Directors of the East India Company, produce flowers abundantly between 
JiV and September. It bears a near resemblance to the Sorb-leaved Spireea, “ differing chiefly 
ii!:s greater stature and more numerous leaflets, which have a long taper point, and a distinctly 
o|ie outline ; whilst those of S. SorhifoUa are nearly oval. It is a native of the Himalayas. Dr. 
Vdlich’s collectors found it in Kemaon and Sirmore ; and Dr. Royle also mentions it as inha- 
ig those countries.” It has stood three winters at Chiswick without suffering. Last winter, 
ever, it was killed as far as the ground, but is again shooting up. Bot. Reg., 33. 
W OR INTERESTING PLANTS RECENTLY FLOWERED IN THE PRINCIPAL METROPOLITAN 
I NURSERIES AND GARDENS. 
Angulo'a uniflo'ra var. A superior variety was exhibited by Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter, at 
Regent’s Park. It differs from other specimens in having flowers of a delicate pink hue, 
ead of cream-coloured. ^ 
Burto'nia brunioi'des. Recently introduced from New Holland, and exhibited by Messrs, 
cmbe, Pince, & Co., of Exeter. It is a small villous shrub with short linear leaves, and 
ler flat terminal heads of yellow flowers. It apparently possesses a more vigorous habit than 
'.onferta. 
Ch.eno'stoma polya'nthum. Specimens of this interesting little greenhouse plant are now' 
ering at Messrs. Henderson’s Nursery. It is a product of South Africa, about Algoa Bay, 
the Zwartkops river, from whence it was first transferred to the continental nurseries, and 
)ugh them has reached England. From its dw'arf habit, and numerous loose racemes of 
11, labiate, lavender-blue flowei’S, with orange throat, it promises to be a useful species. We 
it in flower last autumn at Mr. Knight’s and Mr. Lowe’s, from which it would appear to blossom 
