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resembles 0. raniferum; tlie blossoms are, however, larger, more diffuse, and of a 
pale greenish-brown colour, becoming darker towards the centre, from whence is 
produced the protuberant horn before-mentioned. Messrs. Rollison have just 
succeeded in flowering it, and both these gentlemen and Messrs. Loddiges have 
saleable specimens. 
Pentstemon argt)ta. Growing about three feet in height, with an .almost 
innumerable quantity of handsome blue flowers, this fine species is calculated for 
a prominent position either in the flower-garden or greenhouse. The leaves are 
from one to two inches long, nearly ovate, smooth, bright green, and deeply indented 
at the margins. A slight tinge of purple is perceptible in the flowers, which are 
large, and rather expansive at the mouth. Flowering plants may now be seen at 
Messrs. Hendersons nursery, in a high state of perfection. 
Peristeria stapelioides. Oval and smooth pseudo-bulbs characterize most 
of the species of Peristeria ; nor does the present plant exhibit any difference in 
this respect. It belongs to that division with pendent flower-scapes, the flowers 
being produced on a short scape of about eight inches in length, after the manner 
of P. cerina. They are of a pale yellowish-brown ground, and very closely studded 
with pretty dark brown spots. We consider it the most beautiful of all Peristerias, 
and its fragrance is as powerful as it is agreeable. Messrs. Loddiges, in whose 
collection its flowers are now expanded, received it from the Spanish main. 
Stephanotus florib^ndus. A specimen of this highly valuable stove-plant 
is now exhibiting its fine white blossoms, and exhaling its delightful odour, in the 
stove of Mr. Knight, Chelsea. With thick, elliptical, deep green, and shining 
foliage, it combines a graceful climbing habit, and the long white flowers are borne 
in clusters of five from the axil of each leaf. It appears to be a most vigorous 
flowering plant, and, both for its ornamental character and fragrance, is entitled to 
very general attention. The tube of the corolla is about an inch long, rather larger 
at the base, and becoming more attenuated towards the apex, where it dilates into 
a five-parted, spreading limb. 
STYiiDiuM fasctculatum. Seeds of this species were received by Messrs. 
Henderson, from Captain Mangles, R.N. having been obtained by that gentleman 
from the Swan River colony. Although not new, it is at present somewhat rare, 
and, in the establishment of Messrs. Henderson, is blossoming abundantly. It is 
a dwarf shrub, not more than three inches high, with a loose fascicle of flowers 
extending six or eight inches above the woody stem. In the colour of its flowers, 
it assimilates to the other species, but has a yellow spot in the centre, which is 
quite peculiar. The leaves are long, closely set, and narrow, and the plant is 
altogether a truly interesting one. 
Thysanotus prolIferus. Pew plants have ever received a more significant 
and applicable specific name than that under notice. More than a hundred buds 
are visible at the same time, and in sunny weather, the plant is so thickly covered 
with its rich blue blossoms as to render it too dazzling to be long gazed on. The 
