208 NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 
were such as might be expected from the names enumerated ; and our friend Mr. Spencer, of Bowood, 
in responding to the toast of " The Horticulturists," acquitted himself with great brilliancy and eclat. 
Donations and subscriptions to the amount of upwards of £300 were announced during the evening ; 
and we have now the pleasure to add that a donation of £50 has since been made by the Queen and 
Prince Albert, and that her Majesty has graciously condescended to become Patroness of the Society. 
We now hope that gardeners in all parts of the country will aid the good work ; for, connected as 
they necessarily are with the wealth and luxuries of the country, it is then- fault if this institution is 
second to any in existence. "We, as a gardener, have never appealed in vain : and we believe that 
every employer of a gardener would support the institution, if its claims were properly represented 
to him. 
jprttr unit Ilrirt fixate. 
Smilacina amcena, Wendland. Pretty Sniilacina (Paxt. Fl. Gard., ii., 24). — Nat. Ord., Liliacere § Asparagea;. 
— A rather weedy stove perennial, with thick knobby roots, and growing three or four feet high, bearing Ion" 
narrowish dull green ribbed leaves, shining above and glaucous beneath ; and compound panicles of small white 
flowers. From Guatemala. Introduced to the German Gardens. 
Lycaste leucantha, Klotzsch. "White-flowered Lycaste (Past. Fl. Gard., ii., 37). — Nat. Ord., Orchidacece 
§ VandeaB-Maxillarida;. — A pretty dwarf growing epiphyte, allied to L. plana. The flowers have oblong wavy 
sepals rolled back at the point ; smaller petals of the same form, but while young rolled together at the base into a 
kind of short tube, and a slightly three-lobed concave lip, slightly hairy on the upper side. There are different 
varieties in cultivation with larger or smaller flowers, some haviug them white, others more or less stained with 
blood-red. From Central America. Introduced by Mr. Warczewitz in 1S49. Flowers in spring and summer. 
Mormodes atropurpurea, PLoolcer. Black purple Mormodcs (Pot. Mat/., t. 4577). — Nat. Ord., Orchidacea;. 
§ Vandea3-Catasetidte. — A very pretty stove epiphyte, with clustered oblong pseudo-bulbs, sheathed by large mem- 
branous pale-coloured scales. The flowers are rather distant pendulous, on a scape a foot high ; the sepals and 
petals ovate-lanceolate, dark purple, as is the broadly obeordate revolute lip, except at the parts about the base of 
the column, which are yellowish ; the lip is velvety, with short hairs. From Panama. Introduced in 1 849 by 
M. Warczewitz. Flowers in January. J. D. Llewellyn, Esq., Penllergare. 
Epldendsum aciculare, Patcman. Needle-leaved Epidendrum (Pot. Mar/., t. 4572). — Nat. Ord., Orchi- 
dacea; § EpidendreavLajliadae. — Syn., E. linearifolium, PLooher. — A small and graceful stove epiphyte, having 
clustered ovate pseudo-bulbs, each producing two long narrow keeled linear leaves, and a scape of about a foot in 
height, bearing a lax panicle of about a dozen pretty flowers. The narrow spreading sepals and petals are of a pur- 
plish brown, tipped with yellowish-green ; the lip has a prominent, roundish, central lobe, which is white, veined 
with purple, contrasting with the deep colour of the sepals. Probably from Mexico. Introduced some years 
since, and sent to the Royal Garden, Kew, with the collection of the late Mr. Clowes. Flowers in June. 
Epidendruji quadratum, Klotzsch. Quadrate Epidendrum (Paxt. Fl. Gard., ii., 46). — Nat. Ord., Orcki- 
dacea? § Epidendrea>La3liada3. — A stove epiphyte, apparently very near E. varicosum, but with much narrower 
leaves. The flowers are brownish-green, with a dirty white Up, dotted with red. From Central America. Intro- 
duced to the German Gardens. 
Pitcairnia fulgens, Pecaisne. Fulgent Pitcairnia (Paxt. Fl. Gard., ii., 46.) — Nat. Ord., Bromeliaceaj. — A 
showy stove herbaceous plant, with long narrow leaves, spiny at the base, and mealy beneath. The flowers are 
in a close raceme, enclosed in great pale green smooth bracts, longer than the calyx; the petals are straight, two 
inches long, rich scarlet. From Guadaloupe. Introduced to the French Gardens by M. Linden. 
Wallichia densiplora, Martins. Dense-flowered "Wallichia (Pot. Mag., t., 4584). — Nat. Ord., Palmacea? 
§ Areceas. — Syn., "W. oblongifolia, Griffith. — A very elegant palm, and very beautiful when in fructification. It is 
a dwarf or stemless species ; it has (comparatively) small pinnate fronds, with linear-oblong pinna;, which are 
whitish beneath. The male and female spadices appear on the same plant, and arise from among a tuft of strong 
coarse fibres ; the former enveloped in large imbricated spathes of a dark purple streaked with yellow ; these 
separate, and then a dense cluster of male spadices appear of a nearly white colour. The female spadix is a com- 
pound spike, with violet-coloured ovaries. Such a plant is well suited to commemorate Dr. "Wallich's labours in 
the field of science. From Assam and the damp forests at the foot of the Eastern Himalaya, extending at least 
as far west as Ivamaon, where Dr. Thomson found it at an elevation of about two thousand feet above the level 
of the sea. Introduced some years since to the Royal Garden, at Kew. 
Ixora javanica, Pe C'andollc. Javanese Ixora. (Pot. Mac/., t. 4586). — Nat. Ord., Cichonaeea; § Coffeae. — 
Syn., Pavetta javanica, Plume ; not Ixora javanica of Paxton's Mag. Pot. — A fine evergreen stove shrub, with 
the branches — the younger ones at least — of a rich coral colour. The leaves are ovate-oblong acute, scarcely 
J) coriaceous. The flowers grow in large terminal corymbs, on a long peduncle ; and have a slender filiform red 
tube, an inch and a half long, and a rim, an inch across, deep orange-red, the roundish lobes lying horizontally 
patent. From Java. Introduced in 1850. Flowers in spring. Messrs. Rollisson, of Tooting. 
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