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NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 
Statice ijiEBicATA, TTebb. Imbricated Statice. 
— Nat. Ord. , Plumbaginace*, § Staticea?. — A pretty 
greenhouse perennial, -n-ith pinnatifid leaves, cut 
in tlie lower part into oblique lobes, becoming 
smaller downwards, the upper part forming a 
large entii-e lobe. The flower stem is two feet 
high, winged, and terminating in a coiymbose 
head of branches, each corymbosely divided, the 
ramifications bearing numerous flowers ; calyx, 
rich blue, cup-shaped, crenated persistent; pe- 
tals, small, cream-colom-ed, fugitive. — From 
Teneriifo; introduced about 1847. Flowers in 
summer. 
Cattleya TAJEOA.-SS, Slorren. Elegant Cattleya. 
— Nat. Ord., Orchidaceas, § Epidendreffi-LfeKadte. 
— A magnificent stove epiphyte, having club- 
shaped stems, ovate-lanceolate leaves, and a short 
raceme of large flowers ; the sepals oblong-lan- 
ceolate ; the petals oblong, imdiilated, broader, 
bright rosy pink ; the Up three-lobed, furrowed, 
imdulatcd, the intermediate lobe large, rich 
dark purple — From Brazil : St. Catheriae's ; introduced to 
1847. Flowers ? 
1. statice imhricata. 
2. Cattleya elegaris. 
3. Barkeria melanocwldon. 
4. Oncidium htsmatoehilum. 
5. Cypripcdhtm Lowii. 
Belgium about 
Baekeria melanocaulon, Richard and Galeotti. Dark-stemmed 
Barkeria. — Nat. Ord., Orchidaceas, § Epidendreas-Lailiadse. — A graceful 
epiphyte, with a sti-aight stem, ovate-lanceolate, distichous leaves, and 
flowers in a drooping raceme ; they are rosy-lilac and pui-ple, the 
sepals Uncar-lanceolate, the petals oval, attenuated, the lip two-lobed. — 
From Mexico ; introduced to Belgium about 1848. Flowers in the 
summer months. 
Oncidium HiEMATOCHiLuii, Lindhy. Pm-ple-lipped oneid. — Nat. Ord., 
Orchidacacese, \ Vandeos-BrassidEe. — Syn : 0. luridum piu^^uratum, 
Lindley. — A very handsome stove epiphyte, bulbless, with thick spotted 
leaves, and stiff racemes of flowers, the sepals and petals greenish yellow, 
speckled with piu'ple, the lip rich crimson ; one of the most beautiful of 
the Oncidiums. From New Grenada ; introduced before 1847. Flowers 
in September. Messrs. Loddiges, of Hackney. 
CTPraPEDiUM Lowii, Jjindley. Lowe's Lady's Slipper. — Nat. Ord., 
Orchidace^, \ Cypripedeae. — A very handsome stove perennial, with 
strap-shaped leaves. The flowers, sometimes in racemes, sometimes singly, 
on a downy stem, ai'e large ; sepals ovate, downy externally, green, with 
a piu^ple tinge near the base ; petals long, spathulate, curving, greenish 
yellow, with purple blotches, violet piuple at the end, hairy on the margins ; 
lip, pouch-shaped, purplish green,, shining. — From Borneo : on trees in 
thick jungles ; introduced in 1846. Flowers in autumn. Mr. Low, of 
Clapton. 
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