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NOTES OX FLOWERS, 
thery leaves four inches long, and threequar- 
ters of an inch broad, arranged in two rows, 
and bearing its flowers in close conical spikes; 
the flowers are nearly three-quarters of an 
inch across in the principal diameter, and are 
bright yellow tipped with tawny colour. A 
native of Borneo. Introduced in 1846. 
Flowers in February and March. Culture. 
— Requires a hot moist stove ; to be put in a 
basket or on a block ; propagated by division 
of the plant. (112) 
Aquilegia jucunda, Fischer, Meyer, cfc. 
(joyous Columbine). — Ranunculaceas § Helle- 
bores. — A fine perennial plant, nearly allied 
to A. glandulosa. Dr. Fischer says it stands 
intermediate between the true A. glandulosa, 
and A. alpina. The leaves are glaucous, 
twice-ternate ; that is, twice divided into 
three, the alternate segments being roundish 
and deeply lobed and toothed. It grows about 
a foot high, and bears large and handsome blue 
and white blossoms, the sepals being ovate 
and deep blue, and the petals are roundish 
ovate and whitish, prolonged backwards into 
an incurved spur. A native of the moun- 
tains of Siberia. Introduced in 1845. Flowers 
from June to August. Culture. — Hardy; 
suitable for rockwork ; sandy loam ; seeds, or 
dividing the plants. (113) 
Crocus Hadriaticus, var. Saundersia- 
nus{ Saunders' Adriatic Crocus). — Iridaceas. — 
A small bulbous plant, growing four or five 
inches high, and producing, with the leaves, 
large white flowers, the base of which is 
orange coloured, with brown streaks on the 
outside. A native of Albania, near Janina. 
Introduced in 1845. Flowers in the autumn 
and beginning of winter. Culture. — Hardy ; 
common soil ; offsets. . (114) 
Pintts Wincesteriana, Gordon (Marquis 
of "Winchester's Pine). — Pinacea? § Abieteae. 
— A large growing evergreen tree, attaining 
from 60 to 80 feet in height, with a few stout 
irregular spreading brandies, and triquetrous 
leaves, thickly set on the branches ; the leaves 
are in fives, from twelve to fourteen inches 
long, with smooth persistent sheaths. The 
cones are pendulous, two or three together, 
from eight to ten inches long, much incurved, 
and tapering pretty regularly ; large quanti- 
ties of clear resin exude from among the 
scales, particularly on the upper side near 
their base. A native of Mexico, on the most 
elevated parts of the Cerro de San Juan, near 
Tepic. Introduced in 1846. Culture. — Pro- 
bably hardy ; sandy loam ; propagated by 
seeds or herbaceous grafting. (H'5) 
Columnea aureonitens, Jlooher (golden 
Columnea). — Gesneraceaa § Gesnerese. — An 
erect, soft-wooded, suffruticose plant, every- 
where of a golden hue, from the copious 
golden -coloured, silky, shaggy hairs, which 
are most abundant in the young parts: the 
leaves are opposite, but one is lax-ge — four to 
six inches long ; the other small — scarcely an 
inch long — o vale-oblong, and deeply saw- 
edged ; the flowers are axillary and fascicled, 
tubular, about an inch and a half long, slightly 
curved, yellow, clothed with orange hairs. A 
native of Columbia. Introduced in 1846. 
Flowers sometimes in autumn, sometimes in 
spring. Culture. — Requires a stove ; turfy 
loam and peat ; propagated by cuttings, or by 
planting the leaves. (H6) 
Angr^ecum funale, Lindley (cord-like 
Angraacum). — Orchidaceae § Vandeae-Sarcan- 
thidae. — A curious epiphytal plant without 
leaves, the short stem throwing out in all 
directions long, flexuous, cylindrical, greenish, 
fleshy roots, which are about as thick as 
goosequills ; from the upper part of the stem 
a few large highly fragrant flowers are pro- 
duced on short stalks, each bearing one or 
two flowers, with pale green, oblong-lanceo- 
late, reflexed sepals and petals, and a large 
white lip. It has also been called Epiden- 
drum funale (Swartz), and CEceocladesfunalis 
(Lindley). A native of the mountains of 
Jamaica. Introduced in 1846. Flowers in 
the winter months. Culture. — Requires a 
stove ; should be attached to a block of wood ; 
propagated by division of the plant. (117) 
Crocus vallicola, Herbert (vale Crocus). 
— Iridaceas. — A small bulbous plant, growing 
four or five inches high, with large whitish or 
cream-coloured flowers, the segments of which 
are narrow and sharp pointed; they appear 
without the leaves. A native of the hollow 
elevated valleys near the summit of the Alps 
of Trebizond. Introduced in 1845. Flowers 
in September and October. Culture. — Hardy; 
common soil; offsets. (H&) 
Akebia quinata, Decaisne (five- leaved 
Akebia). — Lardizabalaceas. — A slender twin- 
ing evergreen shrub, furnished with deep 
green digitate leaves, having obovate or emar- 
ginate leaflets; the flowers grow in racemes, 
and are of a pinkish colour, each having three 
ovate sepals, and being without petals ; they 
have an agreeable odour, which, however, par- 
takes a little of the berberry smell ; the flowers 
are of two kinds, the female ones being the 
largest. A native of Chusan, where it is found 
in the hedges. Introduced in 1845. Flowers 
in March and April. Culture. — Probably 
nearly hardy; loam and peat; cuttings or 
layers. (119) 
Echinocactus Williamsii, Lemaire (Mr. 
Williams' Echinocactus). — Cactacea? § Eehino- 
cactidae. — A small dwarf Cactus, often grow- 
ing in a tufted manner, and sometimes prolife- 
rous. The individual offshoots or plants are 
turbinate, three or four inches high, and about 
half as much in diameter; the lower partis 
