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THUNBERGIA CHRYSOPS. 
small foliage and slender branches, loaded with beautiful rosy* 
purple flowers, which, unlike those of its ally, T. hirsuta , remain 
expanded after once opening. It was raised from seeds collected 
at the Swan River, by Drummond, in Mr. Low’s nursery, and 
flowered there in February. It is easily grown in loam, leaf- 
mould, and sandy peat, and will doubtless become a general 
favorite.— Pax. Mag. Bot. 
GesneracetE . —Didynamia Angiospermia. 
AEschynanthus Boschianus. A very handsome species, of 
slender compact habit, and free to flower. The blossoms are 
large and richly coloured, the tube and limb scarlet, and the 
calyx deep reddish purple. It is a native of Java, where it grows 
as an epiphyte ; the plant flowered for the first time in the col¬ 
lection of R. G. Loraine, Esq., of Wallingford, in last March, 
and has continued in beauty until a late period.— Pax. Mag. Bot. 
Orchidace^e. —Gynandria Monandria. 
Acanthophippium javanicum. This plant, the original species 
of Blume’s genus Acanthophippium , was found by its discoverer 
in the woods on the higher parts of Mount Salak, in Java, where 
it flowers from February to April. It is a very pretty thing, 
because of the clear pale purple stripes drawn down the outside 
of the flowers, and the delicate lilac of the orifice. As a species, 
it is readily known by its three-lobed lip, having the centre 
division contracted in the middle, uneven and ovate at the 
point, and fleshy at the base, with thick fleshy irregularly-toothed 
sides. It requires the same treatment as the well known A. bicolor. 
Messrs. Loddiges flowered the species for the first time in Sep¬ 
tember, 1844.— Bot. Reg ., 47-46. 
THUNBERGIA CHRYSOPS. 
When you introduced this plant to the notice of the horticul¬ 
tural world, I was much pleased with the description, and ac¬ 
cordingly purchased a specimen; it was a fine one, and with 
attention promised to become all that could be wished. Fre¬ 
quently, however, my hopes were considerably diminished by 
the asseverations of those who professed to know the plant well— 
