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NEW PLANTS AND SHRUBS 
a cluster of drooping narrow tube-shaped 
Glowers, about two and a half inches long ; at 
first nearly white, but subsequently becoming 
overspread with the vermilion tint. It lias 
been flowered by Mr. Groom. 
CoRETIIROSTYLIS BltACTEATA, ElldHchlT. 
(Rosy-armed Corethrostylis.) — This is a Swan 
River shrub, with scented leaves, and pro- 
ducing a profusion of rosy-coloured flowers. 
The leaves are heart-shaped, and hairy, on 
long stalks; and opposite them on the stem are 
produced the forked spikes, of little starry, 
pinkish-rose flowers, beneath each of which 
flowers, a little rosy bract, or small leaf is 
situated. In native specimens, these bracts are 
much more highly coloured than they have yet 
appeai'ed under cultivation. It appears to suc- 
ceed with the treatment usually given to New 
Holland plants. 
Crinum: Variabile, Var. Roseum, Lind- 
ley. (Rose-coloured changeable Crinum.) — A 
fine bulbous plant, probably originated from 
seed, under cultivation. The leaves are long, 
and bright green, about an inch in width; and 
the flower stem (scape) is comparatively short, 
but produces at its summit a cluster of pretty 
rose-tinted, sweet-smelling flowers, which are 
rather broad at the extremity, where the six 
pointed divisions turn back, and gradually 
narrowing towards the base, form, by their 
overlapping sides, a funnel-shaped flower, at 
the end of a comparatively slender-looking 
tube. It requires a stove. 
Cryptandra Sit a vis, Lindley. (Sweet- 
scented Cryptandra.) — A very _ neat Swan 
River bush ; forming a pretty green-house 
plant, with small oblong or oval leaves, on 
very short stalks, and minute white, drooping, 
bell-shaped flowers, scattered in profusion over 
the little side branches ; individually the flow- 
ers are very insignificant, but their abundance 
makes ample amends for this. It has another 
good quality, being " as fragrant as the 
Hawthorn ;" and is altogether worth culti- 
vating where there is room for it. It requires 
the treatment of Cape Heaths, and flowers in 
January. 
Cuphea Strigillosa, Humboldt. (Hairy 
Cuphea.) — A neat growing stove plant, with 
heart-shaped oval leaves, of a lively green 
colour, and tubular flowers, which if grown in 
a stove are yellowish, but if in a cooler 
temperature, they are vermilion coloured on 
the exposed side, and yellow beneath. 
Dipladenia Crassinoda, Alph. De Can- 
dolle. (Knob-jointed Dipladenia.) — This 
climbing plant is also in cultivation as Echites 
Carassa. It is of rather slender habit, and 
apparently well adapted for pot culture. The 
leaves are ovately lance-shaped, and shining; 
and the flowers, of the funnel-shape peculiar 
to the genus, are of a deep rosy pink, with 
the throat orange-coloured. It has been very 
recently flowered for the first time in this 
country, by R. G-. Loraine, Esq., of Carshalton, 
ami proves to be a most beautiful species. It 
is a native of Rio de Janeiro, and is the 
Echites Crassinoda of Mr. Gardner. 
Echinocacttjs Pentlandi, Hooker. (Red- 
flowered Hedgehog-Cactus.) — A small, nearly 
globular, plant, depressed at top, and marked 
with about twelve furrows, and as many ob- 
tuse ribs. The flowers are large for the size 
of the plant, and spring from the sides, on the 
ribs ; they are very pretty, of a deep rose 
colour. The history of the plant is obscure. 
Epacris Autumnale. Autumnal Epacris 
(of gardens.) — This, evidently of hybrid ex- 
traction, is known also as E. Cunninghami, 
and E. Refulgens. The upright strong-grow- 
ing stems are thickly set with the small oval 
leaves, and, during the winter months, are 
well furnished with tubular crimson flowers, 
spreading at the extremity into five obtuse 
segments, the face of which is pure white. 
Its parentage is most probably between E. 
Grandiflora, and E. Impressa. 
Epacris Miniata, Lindley. (Vermilion 
flowered Epacris.) — This is a very pretty 
green-house plant, resembling in habit and 
general appearance the old E. Grandiflora. It 
has small rigid heart-shaped leaves, seated 
closely about the stem, (sessile); and through- 
out the greater part of its length it produces 
long, narrow, tubular flowers, of a fine light 
scarlet, with the end of the tube pure white. In 
E. Grandiflora, the colours are rosy crimson, 
and white. It forms a neat compact bush, and 
requires the same treatment, as its congener. 
Erica Eassoniana (of gardens.) — A hybrid 
possessing much the character of the varieties 
of E. Ampullacea. Its flowers are large, tube 
shaped, a little inflated, and of a very light 
colour; they are very abundantly produced. 
It has been exhibited during the season, by 
Mr. Jackson of Kingston. 
Erica Tricolor, Var. Pallida, (of gardens.) 
— Avery pale-flowered variety of E. Tricolor, 
which is one of the best of the family: the 
habit of the plant is neat, and the blossoms are 
nearly white. It was exhibited in bloom at 
the Royal Botanic Society's exhibition in 
July 1844. 
Erica Longiflora, Var. Floribunda, (of 
gardens.) — A splendid variety, with long tube- 
shaped, rather incurved, yellowish blossoms, 
and the habit of E. Vestita. 
Erica Vestita, Var. Albida, (of gardens.) — 
A most lovely and delicate variety of the old 
E. Vestita. - The flowers are white, just tinted 
with flesh colour. 
Erica Mtjrrayana, Turnbull. (Mr. Mur- 
ray's Heath.) — This is a handsome hybrid, 
raised between Erica Aristata minor, and E. 
