NEW FLOWERS AND PLANTS. 
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■brightly spotted with crimson, on a pale yel- 
low ground ; inside the spots only just show 
through. The lip is coarsely woolly at the 
upper end, shaggy along the middle, smooth 
at the sides, and streaked with crimson, flat- 
tened and downy at the base. Native of Java 
and Malacca. Introduced in 1847. Flowers 
in summer. Culture. — Requires a hot moist 
stove ; to be planted in an open basket of 
turfy peat and sphagnum, or fastened to a 
large upright log of wood ; propagated by 
dividing the branches when furnished with 
roots. 
Stanhopea tricornis, Lindley (three- 
horned Stanhopea). — Orchidaceae § Vandese- 
Maxillaridae. — A singular epiphytal species. 
The leaves and pseudo-bulbs are not described. 
The flowers are somewhat remarkable ; the 
petals are very fleshy, oval, convex (not re- 
flexed as usual in this genus), and represented 
to be pink ; the lip has a third horn at the 
base of the middle lobe of the lip, in addition 
to the two always found at the side. Native 
of the western coast of Peru. Introduced in 
1849. Flowers in summer. Culture. — 
Requires a stove ; turfy peat soil, in an 
open basket ; propagated by dividing the 
plant. 
Centradenia floribunda, Planchon 
(abundant-flowered Centradenia). — Melasto- 
maceas § Melastomeae-Lavoisiereae. — A grace- 
ful and beautiful perennial plant, growing 
from six to eight inches high, or upwards, of 
somewhat upright habit. The branches are 
round, dichotomous, issuing from the base of 
the plant, of a crimson colour, and bearing 
opposite oblong-lanceolate leaves from two to 
three inches long, tapering to both extremi- 
ties, and attached by short crimson petioles ; 
the upper surface, as well as the surface of 
the stems, is covered with short cilia or hairs. 
The flowers grow in a terminal panicle ; the 
calyx campanulate, with ciliated teeth ; the 
petals four, spreading, obtuse, and entire, 
of a rosy lilac colour, with rosy filaments and 
yellow anther's. Native of Guatemala. In- 
troduced to Belgium in 1848. Flowers in 
spring. Culture. — Requires a cool stove ; 
light loam and leaf-mould ; propagated by 
cuttings in sand, placed in a gentle hot-bed. 
Achimenes Kleei, Skinner (M. Klee's 
Achimenes). — Gcsneracese § Gesnereaa. — A 
showy herbaceous perennial, tuberous-rooted, 
like the rest of its race, neat in habit, with 
erect hairy stems, bearing opposite ovate- 
acuminate, serrated leaves, and large showy 
blossoms from the upper axils. The tube of 
the corolla is very slender, the limb large and 
spreading, of a rosy lilac colour, dark near the 
mouth of the tube, and with a dash of yellow 
in the throat. It has something the appear- 
ance of A. grandiflora, but is distinct from 
that species, and probably superior to it as an 
ornamental plant. Native of Guatemala. 
Introduced in 1848 by Mr. Skinner, to the 
nursery of Messrs. Lane, of Great Berkhamp- 
stead. Flowers in summer. Culture. — Re- 
quires to be started in a moderately brisk heat 
in spring, grown on for a time in heat with 
plenty of air, and finally bloomed in a warm 
greenhouse ; turfy loam and rich leaf-soil ; 
propagated by the imbricated scaly tubers. 
Heliconia angtjstifolia, Hooker (narrow- 
leaved fleliconia). — Musacese § Heliconese. — > 
A large-growing herbaceous perennial, attain- 
ing three or four feet high, with a stem formed 
by the sheathing petioles of the leaves, 
which have a ligulate-oblong blade, acumi- 
nated at both ends, a foot and a half long, by 
three inches wide. The upper leaf of the 
flowering stem is smaller, its petiole reduced 
to a spathe-like sheath, and coloured red at 
the base. From this issues therachis, coloured 
red, bearing several large scarlet bracts an 
inch or so apart ; from these bracts issue a 
cluster of eight or ten six-petalled flowers, 
white tipped with yellowish green, the ovary 
being deep orange-coloured. The bright red 
spathes, orange-coloured ovaries, and white 
blossoms, give this plant a very handsome 
appearance. Native of Brazil. Introduced 
before 1846. Flowers in winter or spring. 
Culture. — Requires a stove ; light rich loam, 
and plenty of pot room ; propagated by 
suckers, which, in general, are freely pro- 
duced. 
Cleisostoma lanatum, Lindley (woolly- 
raeemed Cleisostoma). — Orchidaceas § Van- 
dea3-Sarcanthid£e. — An epiphyte, with broad 
blunt distichous leaves, and dense branched 
woolly racemes of flowers much longer than 
the leaves ; the flowers are very small, pale 
yellow, with purple stripes. Native of the 
East Indies. Introduced in 1848. Flowers 
in July. Culture. — Requires a stove ; turfy 
peat and sphagnum ; propagated by division 
of the plant. 
Warrea Wailesiana, Lindley (Mr. 
Wailes's Warrea). — Orchidaceas § Vandeas- 
Maxillaridas. — A perennial plant, the roots 
and leaves of which are undescribed. The 
flowers, described as being not of much beauty, 
grow separately on stalks from the base of the 
plant, and are cream-coloured, with a smell of 
sweet-peas; the sepals and petals arereflexed, 
the lip roundish concave, wedge-shaped at the 
base, tinted with delicate violet along the 
middle. Native of Brazil, near the river 
Parabyba. Introduced in 1847. Flowers in 
summer. Culture, — Requires a stove ; turfy- 
peat soil ; propagated by division. 
Warrea discolor, Lindley (dull-coloured 
Warrea). — Orchidaceas § Yandea?-Maxilla- 
ridos. — A perennial plant with the habit of 
