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Requires a stove ; peat, loam, and sand ; cut- 
tings in heat, under a glass. (49) 
Erythrina Bidvvillii, Herbert (Mr. Bid- 
will's Erythrina.) — Fabaceaa § Papilionaceaa- 
Erythrinese. — A very handsome perennial, pro- 
ducing vigorous shoots which die down to the 
root after flowering; the leaves have a varia- 
ble number of leaflets of an obovate figure, and 
have a few thorns on the stalks and principal 
ribs; the flowers are borne in threes from the 
axils of the upper leaves, as well as in a ter- 
minal spike ; they are large butterfly-shaped, 
and of a rich scarlet colour. A garden hybrid, 
raised at Sidney, and remarkable as being the 
only certain hybrid papilionaceous plant yet 
(1847) raised. Introduced in 1845. Flowers in 
August and September. Culture. — Half hardy, 
or in dry warm soils probably hardy; rich loam 
and leaf mould; propagated by cuttings of the 
young shoots, raised like Dahlia cuttings. (50) 
Iris setosa, Pallas (bristle-tipped Iris). 
— Iridaceaa. — A pretty hardy herbaceous per- 
ennial, with sword-shaped leaves, and bearing 
large deep lilac-coloured flowers, marked about 
the centre with yellow and crimson, on a stem 
growing from one to two feet high. A native 
of Siberia, Kamtchatka, Unalaschka, &c. 
Introduced in 1844. Flowers in May. The 
root is said to be poisonous. Also called I. 
brachycuspis (Fischer), 7. cuspidata (Fischer), 
and I. brevicuspis (Schultz). Culture. — 
Hardy ; common garden soil, dry in winter ; 
propagated by division of the plant and by 
seeds. (51) 
Epidendrum pyriforme, Lindley (pear- 
bulbed Epidendrum). — Orchidaceas § Epiden- 
dreas-Lseliadas. — A pretty little epiphytal 
plant, with pseudo-bulbs like small inverted 
pears, each bearing two oblong lance-shaped 
leaves, of four inches long; the flowers, usually 
two on a scape, are more than two inches in 
diameter, with reddish yellow sepals and petals, 
and a pale straw-coloured lip veined with 
crimson. A native of Cuba. Introduced in 
1844 (?) Flowers in January. Culture* — 
Requires a stove ; rough turfy peat ; propa- 
gated by division of the plant. (52) 
Lupinus Ehrenbergii, Schlechtendahl 
(Ehrenberg's Lupin). — Fabacese § Papiliona- 
ceas-Crotalariese. — A pretty biennial, growing 
from two to three feet high, with leaves com- 
posed of five to seven oblong lance-shaped 
hairy leaflets, and bearing elongated racemes 
of butterfly-shaped flowers, which are white 
at the upper part, tinged with yellow, and 
below purple, with a tint of rose. A native 
of mountains near Anganguco, in Mexico. 
Introduced in 1846. Flowers in August and 
September. Culture. — Half hardy ; best 
grown as a half hardy annual, sown in Fe- 
bruary ; to flower early it must be sown in 
August; light loam; propagated by seeds. (53) 
Epidendrum plicatum, Lindley (plaited- 
lipped Epidendrum) — Orchidaceos § Epiden- 
dreae-Lseliadeos. — A showy epiphytal plant, 
with ovate pseudo-bulbs, each bearing two 
acute sword-shaped leaves ; the flowers are 
in short racemes ; the sepals and inside of the 
petals are green, the former just tinted and 
the latter richly spotted with crimson ; the 
back of the petals is rich crimson, as is the 
plaited crenelled lip which has a long point. 
A native of Cuba. Introduced in 1845 (?) 
Flowers in January. Cidture. — Requires a 
stove ; rough, turfy peat ; propagated by 
division of the plant. (54) 
Clerodendron macrophyllum, Blume 
(large-leaved Clerodendron). — Verbenaceas. — 
A magnificent, soft-wooded shrub, the stem 
growing erect, and very stout in young plants 
compared with their stature ; the leaves are 
elliptic, thick, almost leathery, fourteen to six- 
teen inches long without the stalk, dark 
green ; the panicles of flowers are axillary 
and terminal, so numerous that the whole 
plant may be said to form one vast panicle — a 
specimen we saw, three feet high, formed a 
pyrimidal panicle of blossoms ; the flowers 
are large and white. A native of sandy 
places on the Seribu mountains of Java. 
Introduced by Messrs. Veitch, in 1846. 
Flowers from October to December. Also 
called C. p>hyllomega (Steudel). Culture. — • 
Requires a stove ; grows freely in loam and 
peat, and requires plenty of pot room; pro- 
pagated by cuttings in heat, under glasses. (55) 
Alstromeria psittacina, Sprengel (par- 
rot-like Alstromeria). — Amaryllidacea? § Al- 
stromeriese.. — A tuberous-rooted, herbaceous 
plant, with annual stems about two feet high, 
the barren ones clothed with narrow leaves, 
about two inches long, forming a thickish tuft 
at the summit ; the flowering stems have the 
leaves more scattered, and the flowers in 
bunches at the top ; the flowers are rather 
curved, tube-shaped, of six narrow segments, 
the upper one the longest, bright red, tipped 
with green, and spotted. A native of Brazil. 
Introduced in 1829. Flowers from July to 
September. Cidture. — Nearly hardy, requires 
a little protection over the roots in winter, 
or a frame ; sandy loam ; rest in autumn and 
winter ; propagated by'parting the roots. (56) 
Fritillaria obliqua, Ker (twisted-leaved 
Fritillary). — Liliaceaa § Tulipeae. — A bulbous 
plant, with a stem about a foot high, clothed 
with scattered narrow lance-shaped leaves, 
and terminated by two or three flowers on 
separate stalks ; the flowers are composed of 
six segments,, broadest towards the points, 
overlapping at the edges, and assuming a bell 
shape ; they are of a dull violet or mealy- 
purplish colour. A native of the Caucasus. 
Time of introduction uncertain. Flowers in 
