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NEW FLOWERS AND PLANTS. 
Hvntleya rrieleagrU. The leaves are five 
inches long by one inch wide. The flowers 
»ro\v separately <>n stalks from the roots ; the 
sepals are straw-coloured, the lower ones 
straight, deflexed, the upper erect, rolled back ; 
the petals oblong, erect, revolute at the tips, 
straw-coloured at the base, dull purple at the 
upper part ; the lip nearly circular, very con- 
cave, dull deep velvety purple. Native of 
Costa Rica. Introduced • in LS49. Flowers 
in summer. Culture. — Requires a stove ; 
turfy peat soil ; propagated by division. 
Cyutopodium cardiociiilum, L'tndky 
(heart-lipped Cyrtopod). — Orchidacea3 § Van- 
dese-Catasetidse. — A perennial plant, related 
both to C. punctatum, and C. Andersonii. It 
bears a many-flowered raceme of large yellow 
blossoms, slightly speckled with crimson ; the 
sepals and petals oblong obtuse, the lip cor- 
date, three-lobed, with a convex warted crest 
at the base. Native country unknown. In- 
troduced before 1848. Flowers in summer. 
Culture. — Requires a stove ; turfy peat soil ; 
propagated by dividing the plant. 
Oncidium sarcodes, Lindley (fleshy- 
winged Oncid). — Orchidaceaa § Vandeae- 
Brassidas. — A beautiful epiphytal plant, with 
long narrow pseudo-bulbs, and erect lance- 
shaped leaves. The flowers grow in a narrow 
racemose panicle, and are large, bright yellow, 
blotched with brown-red, the column white, 
with blood-red fleshy truncated wings ; the 
sepals are obovate, the petals large obovate- 
spathulate, the lip three-lobed, with a two- 
lobed hairy crest, the middle lobe large 
undulated repand. It is supposed to be the 
O. Rigbyanum (Paxton). Native of Brazil. 
Introduced in 1848. Flowers in April. Cul- 
ture. — Requires a stove ; turfy peat and 
sphagnum ; propagated by division. 
Oncidium panchrysum, Lindley (pure 
yellow Oncid). — Orchidacete § Vandeas-Bras- 
sidse. — A small epiphytal species of the pul- 
vinatum group, having short obtuse ensiform 
leaves, and an erect branching panicle of pure 
yellow flowers, not reaching more than a foot 
in height ; the sepals are ovate acute, the 
petals conformable but undulated, the lip 
three-lobed, the lateral lobes roundish crisped, 
the centre one bilobed ; there are two little 
patches of fine down at the very base of the 
lip. Native of New Grenada, in the province 
of Socorro. Introduced in 1848. Flowers 
during summer. Culture. — Requires a stove ; 
turfy peat and sphagnum ; propagated by 
division of the plant. 
Pogostemon patchoult, Lepelletier (Pu- 
cha-pat, or Patchouli). — Lamiacea3§Menthea3- 
Pogostemidre. — A suffruticcse pubescent 
plant, with ascending branches, furnished with 
bluntish rhomboid-ovate leaves, deeply cre- 
nately-toothed along the margin, and attached 
by short stalks opposite each other along the 
stems. The flowers grow in dense spikes, 
terminating the shoots, short spikes being 
also developed from the axils of the upper 
leaves. The flowers are small labiate, the 
filaments projecting beyond the corolla, and 
densely bearded ; the corolla is white, the 
beard of the filaments red. The plant is by 
no means ornamental, and has some resem- 
blance to our common Catmint (JSfepeta 
Cataria), only the flowers are smaller. The 
dried tops of the plant are used in perfumery, 
and have a powerful odour, to some persons 
agreeable, to others disagreeable, but fashion- 
able, so that a year or two ago no lady of ton 
was perfect unless enveloped in the fragrance 
of this plant; which is very peculiar, de- 
scribed by some as a dry, mouldy, or earthy 
smell ; the characteristic smell of Indian 
Ink is said to be owing to this plant. It is 
the P. intermedins (Bentham). Native of 
Penang and the Malay Peninsula. Intro- 
duced in 1847. Flowers in summer. Culture. 
— Requires a stove ; loam and peat ; propa- 
gated readily by cuttings. 
Rogiera AMiENA, PlancJwn (agreeable Ro- 
giera). — Cinchonaceaa § CinchoneEe-Hedyo- 
tideaa. — A beautiful suffruticose plant of 
upright habit, furnished with broad oblong 
entire stalkless leaves, which stand opposite 
each other on the stem, and are from two to 
three inches long, deep green above, paler 
beneath ; the younger leaves are faintly 
tinged with brown on both surfaces. Every 
part of the plant except the corolla is pubes- 
cent. The flowers are borne in compact 
terminal cymes, the branches of which com- 
mence immediately at the two uppermost 
leaves, where there is placed a small cucullate 
bract ; the calyx is green ; the corolla pink 
or rose-coloured, small, with a slender tube, 
and spreading into five oblong emarginate 
lobes, which are rather paler. Native of 
Guatemala. Introduced to Belgium in 1848. 
Flowers in summer. Culture. — May be 
grown in the open air in summer; or perma- 
nently in a cool stove ; light loam and leaf- 
mould ; propagated by cuttings placed in a 
gentle heat. 
Angr^ecum Pescatoreanum, Lindley (M. 
Pescatore's Angrascum). — Orchidaceas § 
Vandese-Sarcanthidoa. — An epiphyte, with 
narrow channelled and obliquely blunt-ended 
distichous leaves, and small flowers growing 
in short dense cylindrical spikes ; the flowers 
are apparently white. Native of the Isle of 
Bourbon. Introduced to Paris in 1848. 
Flowers in summer. Culture. — Requires a 
stove ; light turfy peat soil ; propagated by 
dividing the plant. 
Aerides suavissimum, Lindley (sweetest 
Aerides). — Orchidaceas § Vandeoo-Sarcan- 
