KJiW PLANTS. 
NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 
EcHisoCAOTUs KHODOPHTHAxirus, Hoolcef. — Eed- 
eyed Echinocactiis {Bot. Mag., t. 4486). — Nat. Ord., 
Cactacefe § Cacteae. — A greenhouse succulent plant of 
sub-columnar form, six inches (or more) high, longi- 
tudinally diTided into eight or nine deep fmTo\rs, -nith 
obtuse ridges, formed by transTerse lines into lobes or 
tubercles, each tubercle bearing a cluster of about nine 
sti-ong, sti-aight, spreading spines, about an inch in 
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length, the centi-al one longest, and standing forward. 
The flowers — ii-om the top of the plant — are large, 
handsome, the petals Hnear-spathulate, rose-coloured, a 
dark red stain at the base forming a radiating cii-cle 
aroimd the staminal column. — From Mexico : San Luis 
Potosi; introduced about 1847, by F. Staines,, Esq. 
Flo-wers in summer. Eoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 
Bebseris nepaxexsis, Sprent/el. Nepal ash-leaved 
Berberry, (Toui-ii. Sort. Soe., t. 18). — Nat. Ord., Ber- 
beracea;, § Berberidera. — Syn., B. pinnata, Hoxhurgh ; 
Mahonia nepalcnsis, Bs Candclle. — A fine evergreen 
shrub, apparently hardy; but this has scarcely been 
tested. The leaves ai-e pinnated, a foot or more long, 
with five or six pairs of sessile ovate-oblong, obliquely 
cordate leaflets, the largest thi-ee inches long, and all 
coarsely spiny-toothed. The flowers are large, and 
grow in erect simple racemes, sometimes as much as 
sis; inches long. Unprotected, young plants have borne 
14 deg. of &ost without suffering in appearance. — From 
Northern India : mountains ; introduced in 1847, by the 
Hon. East India Company. Horticultural Society. 
Odontoglossttji eubescens, Lindley. Blushing Odon- 
toglossum. (Joum. Sort. Soc, v., 35).— Nat. Ord., Or- 
chidaceas, § Vandeaj-Brassida;. — A fine stove epiphyte, 
with oblong, compressed pseudo-bulbs, bearing a single 
leaf, and racemes of fi-om two to six flowers, the sepals 
of which are hnear-lanceolate, richly spotted with ciim- 
son, the petals oblong, wavy, having similar spots near 
their base, and the lip spotless, crisped, and cordate, but 
not ciliated. It is remarkable from the flowers bein" 
suffused with a tender blush colour. — From Nicaragua ; 
introduced by G. TJ. Skinner, Esq., in 1848. Flowers 
in autumn. J. Batemau, Esq. 
OxALis ELEGAKS, SumboMt, Bonpland, and Kunth. 
Elegant AYood-soixel, (Sot. Mag., t. 4490.)— Nat. Ord., 
Oxahdaceae. — A very showy, half-hardy, tuberous-rooted 
perennial, with trifoUolate leaves, the leaflets of which 
are deltoid, or sub-rhomboid, and glabrous. There ai-e 
two varieties, in one of which the imderside of the 
leaves is of a purple tint, in the other green ; the latter 
has the flowers somewhat smaller, but brighter coloured 
than those of the other variety. The flower scapes gi-ow 
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nine inches or a foot high, bcai-ing an umbel of from six 
to ten flowers, of five broad, oval clawed spreading 
petals, rose purple, with a very dark piirple eye ; in the 
smaller variety the blossoms are upwai-ds of an inch 
across. These are likely to become valuable plants for 
the flower garden. — Both varieties are from Columbia : 
Aades of Loxa, at an elevation of nearly 7000 feet ; in- 
troduced, in 1848, by Mr. W. Lobb. Flowei-s through- 
out summer and autumn. Messrs. Yeitch and Son, of 
Exeter. 
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