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character, though less beautiful than man}' 
others of the same tribe. The pseudo-bulbs 
of this variety are from a foot to fifteen inches, 
from the top of which issue three or four ob- 
long leaves of a leathery texture, and from 
the midst of these the flower-stem rises to the 
height of five feet, bearing a few flowers at 
the top : the flowers are two inches across, 
with sepals and petals of a cinnamon brown, 
and purplish on the outside ; the middle lobe 
of the lip is yellow, bordered with white, the 
other parts yellowish, with white and purple 
veinings. The name tibicinis is given to this 
species, from the hollow pseudo-bulbs being 
used as trumpets bv the Indian children of 
Honduras. Fig. in Bot. Reg. 1845, t. 30. 
Schomburgkia undulata, Lindley. (Wavy 
Schomburgkia.) — A pseudo-bulbous species, 
with a long flower-stem, bearing several 
flowers close together at the top. In the wild 
specimens, there are as many as twenty flowers 
in a cluster. Thesepals and petals are brownish 
purple, and much curled, or waved, on the 
margins : hence the specific name. The lip 
is rose-coloured. It is a most beautiful plant. 
Introduced from New Grenada, growing on 
the rocks near Pandi, at the height of 2,400 
feet above the sea. Figured in Bot. Reg. 
1845, t 53. 
Schomburgkia rosea, Lindley. (Rose- 
coloured Schomburgkia.) This plant is be- 
lieved to be alive in the country, but has not 
yet flowered. It is a roost magnificent species, 
with deep red petals, and bracts peduncles and 
lip, all of a light rose colour. It is found on 
rocks, 5,000 feet above the sea, between 
the villages of S. Antonia and S. Miguel, on 
the northern slope of the Sierra Nevada. 
Stanhopea inodora, Loddiges. (Scent- 
less Stanhopea.) — This is a handsome species, 
with large pale-coloured flowers, of the form 
of those of S. graveolens, the colour of S. 
saccata, and the habit of flowering ofS.in- 
siqni-l. The flowers are pale lemon-coloured, 
with an orange blotch at the base of the lip, 
and a greenish column : they are scentless. 
Messrs. Loddiges imported it from Mexico. 
Fig. in Bot. Reg. 1845, t. 65. It is new. 
Stanhopea Bucephalus, Lindley. (Bull- 
horned Stanhopea.) — This might be mistaken 
for a variety of S. oculata, but the shortness 
of its ovary offers a mark of distinction to 
the botanist ; and this character has the effect 
of altering the appearance of the plant by 
rendering the spike of bloom narrow, whereas 
in S. oculata it is broad and spreading. It 
has the habit and character of the other species 
of Stanhopea, namely, large pseudo-bulbs, 
broad leaves, and drooping racemes of large 
flowers, which are bright golden-coloured, 
potted with reddish brown, and deliciously 
scented. The stem also is spotted. It is a 
native of the woods of Paccha, a small village 
in the ascent from Guayaquil to Loxa, at an 
elevation of 6,000 feet above the level of the 
sea, where it was found by Mr. Hartweg, and 
by him introduced to the garden of the Horti- 
cultural Society. Fig. in Bot. Reg. 1845. 
t. 24. A new species. 
ACHIMENES PATENS. 
The name of Achimenes is so much asso- 
ciated with gay flowers, that we naturally look 
for an interesting subject, when we hear of 
the introduction of a new species. Ach. ar- 
gyrostigma is the only one among those in 
cultivation which does not bear this character; 
and even in it the spotted leaves and neat 
flowers, though not constituting a showy plant, 
are yet desirable and pretty. The other spe- 
cies — the old coccinea, with scarlet flowers ; 
longiflora, with blue ; grandiflora and rosea, 
with rose-coloured ; pedunculata and hir- 
suta, with crimson ; and picta, with orange 
and red spotted flowers — are in these days well 
known as being very showy subjects, or at 
least capable of being made so. 
Achimenes patens (the open or flat-flow- 
ered), does not differ in general characters 
from the other species in cultivation, except 
in the colour of the flowers, which are of a 
beautiful rich rosy purple colour ; they are 
intermediate in size between those of longi- 
flora and rosea — at least such is the present 
aspect of the plant ; but it has been but very 
recently received in this country. Mr. Hart- 
weg, the collector of the Horticultural So- 
ciety, on his outward journey to California, 
obtained dry roots of this species, of which, 
it appears, he knew the existence and locality. 
Some of these roots were sent by post, and 
were received by the Horticultural Society 
but a few weeks since, and consequently the 
plants have not had time to become very 
strong. As they are now blooming, the flow- 
ers are about an inch, or an inch and a half, 
across, and, as befoi-e stated, of a remarkably 
rich purple rose colour. Apparently two va- 
rieties were received, of which one with the 
smaller flowers is of the deepest and richest 
colouring ; but perhaps this may not ulti- 
mately prove to be so. 
We were much gratified by an opportunity 
of inspecting this plant at the last meeting of 
the Horticultural Society, where some speci- 
mens just arrived at a blooming condition were 
exhibited. We have not had an opportunity 
of comparing its structure with that of the 
other species, but the tube is considerably 
lengthened upwards, in the form of a spur. 
The native country of this plant is Mexico, 
where it is found between Zitaquara and the 
Hacienda de Laureles. 
