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by Mr. Pentland, near Cuzco, in Peru, and flowered in the open border at Spofforth, 
where they are regarded as quite hardy. They appear to have a climbing habit, 
with ordinary leaves, but pale purplish flowers, the petals being lighter, of a dull 
yellow, and spotted. In one of them the flowers are borne in pairs on the peduncles, 
and are of a pinkish hue ; another produces purplish blossoms in threes ; and a 
third seems to have simple peduncles, with long and more pointed petals. All are 
interesting, and easily cultivated. Bot. Mag. 3863. 
Callithai^ma angustifolium et viridifl6rum. Two curious but by no 
means beautiful plants, related to Pancratium and Coburghia. The bulbs of the 
last are peculiarly long, of nearly the same thickness throughout, and the flower- 
stalk is described as growing naturally to the height of a man. C. angustifolium 
is altogether smaller, with much narrower leaves. Both have long green flowers, 
which incline to one side of the stem, and spread horizontally. They were received 
at Spofforth by the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Manchester, and flowered 
almost immediately, not growing more than a foot high. Mr. Maclean collected 
the bulbs in Peru, to which the species are indigenous. Probably the temperature 
of a greenhouse will be sufficient. Bot. Mag. 3866. 
Chysis bractescens. Large white flowers, with a yellow- centre, and very 
conspicuous bracts, are the chief external distinctions of this fine species from C. 
aurea. Dr. Lindley remarks, how-ever, on the importance of noticing closely the 
little markings or elevations in the lip of orchidaceous plants of this description, 
and states that in the species before us there are five smooth and equal ridges in 
the labellum. It was imported from Mexico by G. Barker, Esq., of Birmingham, 
and bloomed in the collection of that gentleman in April 1840. Like C. aurea , it 
should be placed in a rough wooden basket, suspended from the roof of a warm 
part of the orchidaceous house, and watered freely in the summer. Bot. Reg. 23. 
Coburghia coccinea et trichpAma. These splendid-flowering plants are 
here associated for convenience, being decidedly distinct. The former has roundish 
bulbs, and brilliant pendulous scarlet blossoms ; while the latter has its bulbs more 
elongated and attenuated, with pale red flowers, which have their segments exter- 
nally margined with pink, and are internally altogether pink, with a stripe of green 
on the outside, near the centre and the extremity. Both were discovered by J. 
Maclean, Esq., of Lima ; C. coccinea inhabiting the Cordilleras, and C. trichroma 
the Andes. The Hon. and Very Rev. W. Herbert, to whose collection they were 
sent, had them potted in enriched soil, placing them in the open air during the 
summer and autumn, and observes that they “ appeared to dislike sunshine and fine 
w T eather.” When the leaves decayed on the advance of winter, they were set 
in the greenhouse, and flowered early in the following spring. Bot. Mag. 3865. 
Cole a floribiIinda. A stately stove shrub, indigenous to Madagascar, where it 
is called by the natives Rei Rei. It is remarkable for its erect branchless stem, 
which attains the height of seven or eight feet, and is surmounted at the summit 
only by the magnificent pinnated foliage, which forms a handsome head. The 
