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NEW, rare and desirable STOVE PLANTS. 
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GUSTAVIA G-RACILLIMA. 
Tliis magnificent jilnnt was discovcroil in tlie United States of Colombia by If. Roczl. 'I'lio Howev-s 
grow from tlie axils of the loaves in Uio young plants, and from tho older leaHcss parts of the trunk in 
older ones ; they are solitary or in pairs, four inches in diameter, of a charming rose coloui-, consisting of 
eight obovate oblong petals, with tho yellow incurved staminal tube bearing numerous densely packed 
purple a>‘t'iers, in a ring of an inch or more across. It was figured in tho Botanical Magaeine for 
ihirch, 1876, tab. 6161. 1 guinea. 
