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sonife, and if it can be kept in that state it will he a good green- 
house shrub. We fear, however, that it will become naked, 
and leafless ; in which case it will only rank with such plants 
as Bossisea Scolopendrium. 
51. BOSSIAEA eriocarpa. 
Bentham in HugeVs Enumeratio. 
A little Swan River bush, lately flowered by Mr. Groom 
of Clapham. It has been expected to prove a plant worth 
cultivation, for it has a dwarf habit, and a pretty good foliage. 
Its flowers, however, prove to be of a dingy nankin colour, and 
therefore render it but little suited for ornamental purposes. 
It is, however, a curious thing. 
52. GONG0RA truncata. 
G. truncata ; sepalis lateralibus rotundato-oblongis supremo obovato apicu- 
lato carmato, petalis minimis ovatis acutis decurrentibus quinquenerviis, 
labelli vernicati hypocbilio medio compresso (unde bicamerato) margine 
lsevi apice bicorni, epichilio ovato canaliculato. 
A Mexican species, quite distinct from any previously de- 
scribed , introduced from Mexico by Mr. Rucker, who received 
it from Linden in 1840. The flowers are pale straw colour 
with some brownish purple speckles and a yellower lip. Before 
expansion they are almost of the form of a bean ; which is 
owing to their sepals being so blunt that when flattened they 
are nearly half oblong. The lip has no speckles at all, and 
looks as if varnished. It has a very peculiar scent, and is a 
really fine thing. 
53. ACACIA spectabilis. 
Bentham in London Journal of Botany , 1. 383. 
A most beautiful pinnated Acacia, with charming glaucous 
foliage, and erect racemes of deep yellow balls of flowers, 
introduced from Swan River by Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and 
Co. of Exeter, and just flowered by H. B. Lott, Esq., of 
Tracey House, near Honiton. It is one of the very finest 
species in cultivation. 
