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pretty little plant we saw blooming at Messrs. Rollisons, Tooting, about two 
months since, and which we then found some difficulty in ranking as an Oncidium. 
In the specimen represented, two or three flowers only are shown on each raceme ; 
but on the one to which we have referred, several extensive racemes of from twelve 
to fifteen blossoms were produced. It is a small species* with few and diminutive 
pseudo- bulbs, and flowers of a yellowish green-ground, having the lip blotched with 
purple. The anthers are peculiarly large ; and we observed that the form of the 
anther-case bore a striking resemblance to the head of a greyhound in figure. 
Plants were collected by Mr. Galeotti in the interior of Mexico, and some of these 
which were forwarded to the Woburn collection flowered in April, 1840. Bot. 
Mag . 3845. 
OrthosIphon iNctJRVUs. From the gardens of His Grace the Duke of 
Northumberland, at Sion House, this plant was furnished to the Edinburgh 
Botanical establishment in 1839, where it blossomed in the stove in the following 
May and June. It is a sub-shrubby species, of a very peculiar character, but not 
much unlike, in general appearance, Stachys coccinea ; having much paler flowers, 
and a curiously toothed calyx, tipped with pink. It is evidently an interesting 
object, and might most likely be grown in a greenhouse, or, perhaps, in the open 
ground for a few months, since it comes from the mountainous parts of Sylhet. 
The leaves are simple, ovate, and crenated ; and the blossoms appear in tall 
ascending spikes, being cf a pale pink colour. Bot. Mag. 3847. 
POya heterophylla. This pretty plant is rendered remarkable by having 
two sorts of leaves : the lowermost ones, or those immediately around the bulb- 
like stem, being brown, horny, narrow, and furnished with prickly processes at 
their sides, while the upper ones are green, lanceolate, of the usual texture, and 
without any kind of armature. The flowers are borne in a dense spike, from the 
midst of a number of large bracts, and form the centre of the plant. It was 
received by J. Rogers, Esq., jun., of Sevenoaks, from Mr. Parkinson of Mexico, in 
1838, and having been managed as a Tillandsia, it bloomed in May, 1840. The 
heat and moisture of the Orchidaceous-house suit it admirably when growing, but 
it must be kept cool and dry during winter, in order to develop its flowers. Bot. 
Reg. 71. 
Spiraea Kamtchatica ; var. himalensis. Exceeding like the Spiraea ulmaria 
of British meadows, but, perhaps, a little more ornamental. It inhabits various 
parts of the Himalaya mountains, and is very nearly related to S. Kamtchatica , 
“ from which it scarcely seems to differ, except in having the leaves white with 
down underneath,” and their segments somewhat less acuminate. It was raised in 
the garden of the Horticultural Society from seeds brought home by Dr. Royle, 
and thrives well when treated like S. Filipendula , preferring a damp and partially 
shaded situation. Bot. Reg. 4. 
Tropa:olum Moritzianum. A charming new Tropaeolum , with peltate leaves, 
of the same class as those of T. majus , climbing stems, and splendid orange and 
yellow flowers, the margins on the petals of which are extensively lacerated. Mr. 
