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NEW VLOWiiRS AND PLANTS. 
closely placed, large, being as much as four 
inches in expansion ; the sepals and petals 
uniformly cream-coloured, spreading ; the 
lip indistinctly three-lobcd, the lateral lobes 
longitudinally incurved over the base of the 
central lobe ; it is cream-coloured like the 
sepals, but marked down the centre, with a 
conspicuous blotch of bright orange. The 
flowers are very fragrant. Native of Borneo, 
in the low marshy grounds on the banks of 
the Sarawak River. Introduced in 1845, by 
Mr. Low of Clapton, by whose son, Mr. H. 
Low, Jun., it was collected. Flowers in May 
and June. Culture. — Requires a hot moist 
shady stove ; chopped moss and potsherds, or 
turfy peat; propagated by division of the plant. 
Begonia cinnabarina, Hooker (cinnabar- 
coloured Elephant's Ear). — Begoniacese. — 
One of the handsomest known species of 
Begonia. It is a bulbous rooted perennial 
species, of neat habit, with large palmate 
serrate unequal foliage, of a rich glossy green, 
with reddish veins, and slightly marked at the 
edges with a reddish tint. The flowers are 
borne profusely in racemes from the axils 
of the leaves, on long stalks that stand clear 
above the foliage ; they are large, of a bright 
orange-red colour ; in the male blossoms two 
of the four petals are large and roundish, two 
small and oblong, but in the females the petals 
are nearly equal. Native of Bolivia in South 
America. Introduced in 1848, by Messrs. 
Henderson. Flowers from July to the end 
of summer. It is the Begonia aurantiaca 
(Paxton). Culture. — Requires to be started 
in a mild heat in spring, and cultivated in a 
warm greenhouse ; in winter to be kept dry 
and cool ; rich free loam and peat ; propa- 
gated by division of its tubers, or by cuttings 
of the young shoots early in spring. 
Sida vemosa, Hooker ( veiny- petalled Sida). 
— Malvaceae § Sideas. — A large shrub, of hand- 
some appearance where it has space to develop 
itself. The branches are quite smooth, rather 
straggling, and when young herbaceous. The 
leaves, frequently a span long, broadly cordate, 
palmately and deeply seven-lobed, the lobes 
lance-shaped, extended into a narrow point, 
and coarsely saw-edged. The flowers grow 
singly from the axils of the leaves, on long 
peduncles ; they are large and drooping, con- 
sisting of a bell-shaped calyx, marked with 
fifteen longitudinal plates or striae, and termi- 
nating in five large ovate-lanceolate segments, 
and a corolla twice the length of the calyx, 
formed of five concave somewhat incurved 
obovate-spathulate petals, of a golden orange 
colour, reticulated with reddish-brown veins. 
Native country not certainly known, probably 
Brazil. Introduced about 1847. Flowers in 
spring and summer. It is the Abutilon veno- 
sum of gardens. Culture. — Requires a green- 
house ; better suited for planting out in a 
conservatory than for growing in a pot ; loam 
and leal-mould ; propagated readily by cut- 
tings planted in sandy soil, and placed in a 
slight heat. 
Pentstemon cyanantiius, Hooker (azure- 
flowered Pentstemon). — Serophulariaceaj § 
AntirrhinideaB-Cheloneae. — A beautiful peren- 
nial herb, growing erect, and unbranched, two 
feet and upwards in height. The leaves from 
the roots are spathulate acuminate, tapering 
into a petiole at the base ; those on the stems 
broad and large, sessile, cordate, or cordate- 
ovate, extended into a long narrow point, all 
quite entire, and of a glaucous green colour. 
The flowers grow in pseudo-whorls along all 
the upper part of the stem, forming a dense 
spike a foot or more in length ; these pseudo- 
whorls consist of two opposite many-flowered 
cymes, growing from all the axils of the upper 
leaves or bracts. The flowers are large, the 
tube swollen upwards, purple, the limb two- 
lipped with nearly equal segments of a bright 
azure blue. Native of the upper valleys of 
the Platte River, in the rocky mountains. 
Introduced by Messrs. Lucombe, Pince & 
Co. in 1848. Flowers in the summer months. 
Culture. — Requires a cold airy frame in 
winter, on account of its evergreen sufFruti- 
cose habit ; to be planted out in spring ; 
rich free open loam ; propagated by seeds, or 
by cuttings of the young shoots, planted in 
sandy soil under hand-glasses any time during 
summer. A succession of young plants should 
always be kept by one of these means. 
Sauromatium guttatum, Schott (spotted 
Sauromatium) — Araceaa. — A curious plant, 
having a large almost globose tuber, from 
which grows up the singularly shaped, and no 
less singularly marked spathe, from a foot and 
a half to two feet long ; almost cylindrical 
below, opening at the height of three or four 
inches from the base, and becoming dilated, 
lanceolate-subulate channelled, reflexed, and 
waved below at the margin ; of a livid or 
purplish green colour on the outside, greenish- 
yellow within, palest below and there marked 
with copious small red-purple spots, the rest 
with larger blotches, except at the apex, 
where it is streaked. This spathe surrounds 
a spadix which is erect below and nearly 
cylindrical, densely clothed at the base with 
copious obovate ovaries ; the apex is almost 
cylindrical, slightly attenuated, nearly a foot 
long, of a livid purple colour. The leaf is pe- 
date parted, with oblong entire attenuated seg- 
ments, having a spotted stalk ; it is developed 
on the decay of the flower stalk. Native of the 
East Indies. Introduced in 1848. Flowers 
in the spring. It is the Arum guttatum 
( Wallicb). Culture. — Requires a stove. The 
tubers lie dormant in w r inter, when they should 
