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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
species of which this plant forms a variety. The present plant is very distinct in 
its characters from the original. Besides growing larger and stronger, the flowers 
are of greater size, more expansive, and less spotted ; the labellum is short, very 
obtuse, and deep pinkish-red towards the extremity. It was introduced to the 
collection at Woburn Abbey by Captain Lord Edward Russell, 11. X., having been 
presented to that nobleman by the director of the Botanic Garden at Rio, where it 
had been previously received from the Organ Mountains. It flowered at Woburn 
in August, 1 838. Although superior in all its characters to C. guttata, it wants 
the beautiful spots with which the flowers of that species are so profusely studded. 
The same treatment as is given to the rest of the genus will be found suitable. Bot. 
Mag. 3694. 
Brasavola Martiana. Dr. Von Martius's Brasavola. A rather interesting 
species of a pretty, but not showy, genus of plants. It has long terete leaves, 
from near the base of which springs a branching peduncle, bearing several pale- 
green flowers, which have a white and beautifully fringed labellum. The latter is 
the most pleasing feature, and, though it exists in two other species, these are alto- 
gether of a very different form. Dr. Von Martius first discovered this plant on 
the banks of the Rio Negro, in Brazil, and specimens of it were imported from 
Berbice by Messrs. Loddiges, in whose collection it has flowered. A loose stony 
soil appears to be the kind of earth which the species of Brasavola prefer, and very 
little moisture is required to their roots. They may be multiplied by dividing the 
stem, so as to leave one shoot to each division. Bot. Reg. vol. ii. p. 5. 
Stanhopea tigrina. Tiger-flowered Stanhopea. This is the magnificent 
species which we have previously noticed as flowering in the nursery of Messrs. 
Rollison, but which we certainly considered different from the S. tigrina, which is 
so admirably figured in the splendid work on Orchidaceee, now publishing by J. 
Bateman, Esq. The flowers of this species are larger and more showy than those 
of any of its allies. It was first imported into this country from the vicinity of 
Xalapa, by Messrs. Low and Co., of Clapton, and has flowered in the superb col- 
lection of J. Bateman, Esq., of Knypersly, as also at the nursery of Messrs. 
Rollison, Tooting. The fragrance of the flowers of this species is delightfully 
aromatic, " resembling a mixture of melon and vanilla." Its cultivation may be 
conducted in a similar manner to that of the other species, observing to place it in 
a pot or basket in such a manner as to allow its flower-scape free egress from the 
soil. Bot. Reg. vol. i. p. 1. 
NEW, RARE, OR INTERESTING PLANTS IN FLOWER IN THE PRINCIPAL 
SUBURBAN NURSERIES. 
Anteisnaria triplinervis. A rare and very pretty little greenhouse plant, 
with flowers of the description termed everlasting. It grows to about six inches in 
height, and has leaves of a somewhat elliptical form, which are covered with a 
whitish pubescence, and exhibit three distinct ribs or nerves. The dense clusters of 
