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with angular branches, trifoliate leaves, the leaflets of which are obcordate, and 
terminal reddish purple flowers. Its blooming season is May and June. Bot. 
Mag. 3894. 
Odontoglossum pulchellum. This charming white-blossomed epiphyte 
flowered in February last in the collection of J. Bateman, Esq., of Knypersly, and 
subsequently at Chatsworth. 44 The more striking features in it are the long, thin 
pseudo-bulbs, the very narrow grassy leaves, and the singular protuberance at the 
base of the white lip. This protuberance is deep yellow, spotted with crimson, 
very fleshy, firm, and shining, and is almost horseshoe-shaped in front, while it is 
distinctly three-lobed behind, in consequence of two deep depressions.” It is 
recommended to keep it quite cool and dry at that season when it is not growing. 
Bot. Beg. 48. 
Oxalis lasiandra. A Mexican species, thought to be from the high table 
land of that country. The leaves are all radical, having from seven to nine oblong- 
spatulate leaflets, which are quite hairy. The flower-scapes are twice as tall as the 
petioles, hairy, and bearing umbels of about twenty large handsome crimson 
blossoms. Dr. Graham observes — 44 We received it at the Royal Botanic Garden, 
Edinburgh, from the Garden at Berlin, in November 1840, under the name 
adopted. Mr. James M 4 Nab tells me it is there cultivated in the open ground, 
forming an edging to the walks. With us, it flowered in the greenhouse, and 
continued in beauty during many weeks. At Berlin, in the open air, it was not 
above nine inches high ; with us it was more than twice as much.” Bot. 
Mag. 3896. 
NEW OR INTERESTING PLANTS WHICH HAVE RECENTLY FLOWERED IN THE 
PRINCIPAL SUBURBAN NURSERIES AND GARDENS. 
Achimenes longiflora. The term Achimenes has lately been applied gene- 
rically to the old and delightful plant commonly known as Trevirana coccinea , and 
the present species is a new and exceedingly interesting addition from Guatemala, 
where it was found by Mr. Hartweg, and sent to the Horticultural Society, in 
whose gardens it has just bloomed. It has the same dwarfness of character, and 
seems to produce as great a profusion of flowers, as the favourite plant to which it 
is allied ; but the blossoms are individually an inch or more in diameter, and of a 
pretty bluish-lilac tint. In both size and form they are equal to any Petunia , and 
the species wall unquestionably be highly valued, and universally sought. Its 
cultivation is conducted in the same manner as that of the old A. coccinea. 
Achimenes rosea. Another beautiful acquisition from Mr. Hartweg, and 
collected in the same district. It is by no means so distinct as the former, however, 
and its great peculiarity is in the colour of the flowers, which are of a pale rosy-red, 
and perhaps a little larger than those of A. coccinea. The rich and brilliant scarlet 
hue of the blossoms of the latter will always render it superior to A. rosea ; but 
