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NEW PLANTS, 
DRACONTIUM ANNULATUM. 
Of similar habit to the foregoing, and also sent from Antiotjuia by Mr. Carder. The root-stock has 
many buds on the crown, and coarse hbrous roots below, and from this rises the stoutish erect petiole, 
wliioh is of a dull umber-brown, mottled in irregular rings with pale brown and whitish-brown mark- 
ings. Tlie leaf-blade is three-branched and of a bright gi'ccn, each division laterally branched on one 
side. IO 5 . Qd, 
DRACONTIUM CARDERI. 
This curious phant was introduced from Antioquia through my collector, Mr. Carder. It is ol 
similar habit to the preceding, with a fleshy root-stock and tall erect leaf-stalk, which is slightly 
asperous near the base, of a dull flesh-colour and freely banded with irregular blotchy rings of an 
umber-brown hue, the flesli-colour predominating. The limb is tripartite, the divisions often twice 
dichotomous, with oblong segments and an irregularly winged rachis. 10s. Qd. 
ENCEPHALARTOS HlLDEBRANDll. 
A grand addition to the family of Cycads, re<puring grecnjiouse culture. The leaves arc particularly 
bold-looking, with spiny edges, the stipes being leafy to the base, and there clothed witli close cob- 
webby liaii’s. The leaf-blade is lanceolate, with numerous pairs oi piiinaj or lobes, the lower pairs 
diminishing into trifid scales half an inch long ; the larger segments are lanceolate, with distinct 
marginal and stronger and more crowded terminal teeth, there being often as many as six or eight 
crowded around the apex, and five or six distributed along each side. The plant is a native of 
^Zanzibar. Price on application. 
EUCALYPTUS CITRIODORA. 
The pleasant fragrance of the foliage of this greenhouse plant renders it a desirable acfiuisition. 
The strong lemon-scent, which is emitted when the leaves are gently rubbed, is et|ually powerful and 
agreeable with that of the lemon-seCnted Verbena (Aloysm citrtodora). The plant is of slender habit, 
with oblong loaves, clothed with glandular hairs, which give oil the powerful and grateful odour 
above referred to. It is a native of Australia. Is. ^d. 
GYMNOGRAMMA MERTENSII DOBROYDENSIS. 
A new form of Gold Fern, with the shortish triangular fronds, and irregular shaped pinnules of G. 
MerUnsiij densely clothed with golden powder beneath, and partially so on the upper surface of the 
younger fronds. IO 5 . Qd. 
HIBISCUS (ROSA-SINENSIS) COLLERII. 
A remarkably free and distinct variety, recently introduced from tbc South Sea Islands. The 
general habit of the plant, and the character of the ovate foliage entirely correspond with those of the 
type, hut the flowers are of a huff-yellow, with a crimson-scarlet base, and are particularly liaiulsome. 
Being of a free-blooming habit, it will be quite au acquisition amongst flowering stove plants. 155. 
IRIS ROBINSONIANA. 
A very grand and distinct species, introduced from Xjord Howe’s Island, where by the natives it is 
called the Wedding Flower, It is a strong growing plant, with ensilorm rigid leaves, and with flower 
spike 4 to 5ifeet high, which expands into several flowering stems eandelabrum-like, two, three and 
four flowers in succession being developed from each sheatli. The expanded flower is of a pure \\hite 
colour, except at the inner base of the outer and larger petals, which are marked by irregular lines of a 
bright golden yellow hue. The fully-developed flower measures 4 inches across. Probably the finest 
Irid yet known. 10s. ^d. and 15s. 
LOMARIA DALGAIRNSI/E. 
A very fine gi-eenhonse Fern of arborescent habit, possibly a form of L. Boryaim {maxfQllanica)^ and. 
having something the aspect of that arborescent variety of this species which bears the name of 
L. nmnioidcs. It has a blackish trunk which is shaggy at the apex with long subulate dark brown 
scales. The fronds are subcoriaceous, pinnate below, and pinnatifid above, the piniue lanceolate acute, 
the lower ones tapered to the base but scarcely stalked, the upper adnate, and the uppermost decurrently 
confluent ; the few lower piimai are somewhat small, and below these are numerous abortive ones reduced 
to v\art-like excrescences or callositie.s. Tliey are dark green on the upper surface and paler beneath. 
It has been introduced from South Africa, and is a free-gi'owing vigorous plant in^ a greenhouse tem- 
poratiire, and therefore a valuable acquisition. In tlic absence of fertile fronds, its glabrous surface 
and confluent upper plume point to the plant published by Dr. Pappe under the name here adopted. 
For ilhrstration, tide page 1. 1, 1^ J^nd 2 guineas. 
