NEW PLANTS. 
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NEW PLANTS 
ANNOUNCED FOR THE FIRST TIME 
BY 
WILLIAM BULL, F.LS. 
ALBERTA MAGNA. 
Tliis desirable plant has been described as being one of the finest flowering plants of Natal, from 
' which country it has lately been introduced. It has deep green shining evergreen leaves, and is of 
■ shrubby growth, producing dense terminal panicles of bright red flowers, afterwards succeeded by 
. beautiful fruits, each crowned with two enlarged calyx lobes nearly an inch long, giving the plant a 
. very striking appearance. It belongs to the Rubiaceee, and should be grown in a greenhouse or 
] conservatory, although, as it comes from an elevation of 4,000 to 6,000 feet, it may prove half-hardy 
‘ in favourable situations. lOs. 6d. 
ANSELLIA HUMILIS. 
' From its compact free-growing character and the abundant manner in which its flowers are 
• produced, tliis is a moat desirable introduction. It has been imported from the upper reaches of the 
, Zambesi River. The blossoms, which are produced in large panicles, are about two inches in 
] diameter, the ground colour lemon-yellow heavily blotched and barred with chocolate-crimson. The 
' pseudo bulbs vary in height from 9 to 16 inches. 2 and 3 guineas. 
ANSELLIA HUMILIS PALLIDA. 
' This is a lighter coloured variety of the preceding, the ground colour of the flowers being milk- 
■ white, spotted aud barred with chocolate-maroon. 2 and 3 guineas. 
BULBOPHYLLUM PECHEI. 
. An interesting species with ovoid corrugated pseudo-bulbs borne on creeping rhizomes, 
, monophyllous, the leaves being linear-oblong. Thu flower scapes are erect, 4 to 6 inches high, and 
] bear racemes of buff or orange-yellow flowers marked with reddish brown. 2 guineas. 
CIRRHOPETALUM MUNDULUM. 
] This species has been imported from the Shan States, and has ovoid pseudo-bulbs, tlie leaves 
' being about 6 inches long, linear-oblong. The flowers are borne on slender erect scapes, in a one- 
' sided umbel of six to ten blossoms, which are of a buff-yellow colour, the dorsal sepal being slightly 
' spotted. 2 guineas. 
