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NEW PLANTS, 
ANTIGONON LEPTOPUS— Continued. 
found it nearly all scorched np by the drought, and could with difficulty get a few growing shoots 
as specimens. I looked in vain for seeds ; but attributed my want of success to the rapid and 
apparently premature manner in which the jjlants had been dried up. The natives of the Kiver 
Magdalena call the plant Bellissinia, and often plant it near their houses, the sides and roofs of 
which it rambles over, and completely covers. If it will only ilower in this country as well as it 
does there, and its rather rambling habit can bo restrained a little, it will, without doubt, be a lino 
stove climber.” 1 guinea. 
ATTALEA LI M BATA. 
A very distinct-looking Palm, introduced from Central America, and raised from seed sent to 
England by Dr. Seemann. The leaves are of a rich deep green colour, simple, with very short 
stalks, which become dilated below, and furnished with a brown scarious margin embracing the 
stem. They are from 18 inches to 2 feet long, and 4 inches or more in breadth, lanceolate, plicate, 
and eroso-lacerato at the apex. The short stalk is covered behind with a brownish scurf, which is 
continued as a conspicuous edging along the margins of the leaf on the under surface, as well as 
along the back of tho mid-ribs, and less conspicuously on some of the stronger of the lateral ribs. 
The plants, owing to tho short leaf stalks, have a peculiar stocky habit, and are readily distinguish- 
able by tho brown band bordering the under surface of tho blade of tho loaf. IJ guineas. 
BAMBUSA ARGENTEA STRIATA. 
This handsome Japanese plant has been received from Dr. Rogel, of St. Petersburgh, under the 
name above quoted. Like all the Bamboos, it is of an extremely graceful habit, and, in this 
instance, the elegance of tho plant is very much augmented by the fine silvery glaucous hue of the 
under side of the foliage. It is of a moderately vigorous habit, anil the leaves, which are 3 to 4 
inches long, and about three quarters of an inch broad, are of a full green on the upper surface, 
glaucous beneath, and striped in a varying degree, but usually freely with white, forming an 
elegant variegation. It is a strikingly ornamental hardy decorative plant. 7s. 6d. 
CALAMUS EXCELSUS. 
A Palm of neat and elegant aspect, introduced from Borneo. Tho leaf stalks are furnished with 
long horizontal needle-shaped spines, which arc white on tho younger leaves, and the leaves them- 
selves break up into two or three broadish lanceolate segments, which have a l ow of short spines on 
the upper side of their five longitudinal ribs. Its growth in the younger stages renders it a very 
effective plant. guineas. 
CALAMUS SPECTABILIS. 
A slender-growing and elegant-habited Palm, raised from seeds obtained from Malacca. In the 
young state, which only is known, the leaf stalks are green, furnished with numerous short conical 
white spines tipped with brown, and much resembling those borne on the suriaco of cucumbers ; 
while the leaves are pinnate, with a few pairs of smooth linear-lanceolate three-ribbed loafiets, 
measuring G to 8 inches long. It is a Palm of an exceedingly ornamental character. 2 guineas. 
CLERODENDRON SPECIOSUM. 
This new variety may be regarded as one of the gems of tho season as a handsome and cffectivo 
exhibition plant. It is a cross between tho well-known C. BalJ'ouri and C. Sjilendms. It partakes of 
the character of the latter in the immensely large and dense dichotomous cymes, from which the 
flowers are produced ; in this variety, instead of the calyx being pure white, as in C. BalJ'ouri, it 
has a I'oddish hue, and the corolla, instead of a bright scarlet, is a deep rose, slightly shaded with 
violet, the marginal portions being of a bright vermilion. 
The foliage is smooth, oblong-ovate, of a rich dark groen, and, as tho plant possesses a free habit, 
it makes an exceedingly beautiful stove climber. The flowers are produced in the greatest 
abundance, as in C. BalJ'ouri, so that tho merits of this variety when grown as a specimen for 
exhibition purposes can scarcely bo over-estimated. 1 5s. 
CYANOPHYLLUM BOWMANNI. 
This proves to be a remarkably fine stove plant, requiring less heat than C. •maguificum, Tho 
stem is erect and branched, furnished with large glossy loaves of a bold character, and of a fine 
shaded olive green colour, purplish beneath. It is quite distinct in appearance from any of the 
allied plants, and one of the best for general cultivation. 
Tho Royal Horticultural Society introduced this fine species from Brazil, through its unfortunate 
collector, the late Mr. David Bowmann, 15s. 
