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although the flowers do not display any gaudy colours, like many 
of the Gesneriacece, yet the purple-tipped calyces contrast prettily 
with the snowy white of the corollas ; and the leaves, with their 
purple-green hue, marked with white lines upon the costa and 
nerves, are always beautiful.— Bot. Mag. 4282. 
Le guminos^e . —Diadelphia Decandria. 
Smithia purpurea (Hooker). Five species of Smithia are de¬ 
scribed, all natives of India, and all having yellow flowers. Our 
valued friend, J. S. Law, Esq., has discovered in Bombay a sixth 
species, having purple flowers, the vexillum and alse being, more¬ 
over, each marked with a conspicuous white spot. Seeds of this 
lovely little plant were forwarded to us by Mr. Law, which soon 
germinated, and blossomed in the stove, at Kew, in October, 
1846. It is an annual, with an erect branching stem and closely 
pinnated sessile leaves, producing its pretty flowers at the points 
of the branches.— Bot. Mag. 4283. 
OrchidacEjE. —Gynandria Monandria. 
Calanthe curculigoides (Lindley). A bright yellow Calanthe is 
an unexpected novelty; and this species, which was previously 
known only from bad dried specimens, proves to be one of the 
handsomest of its race. The flowers have a firm, waxy texture, 
and do not wither so soon as those of some species. They are 
much yellower and finer than in C. densijlora. We have now 
before us wild specimens, collected by the late Mr. Griffiths at 
Malacca, with ten inches of flowers and a further part of the 
inflorescence is lost. It is not too much to say that the flowering- 
spike of C. curculigoides may be expected to be a foot long. The 
species has been found exclusively in the Straits of Malacca, 
whence Messrs. Loddiges received it. It flowered at Hackney in 
November, 1845, and may be expected to require more heat than 
some of the sorts.— Bot. Reg. 8-47. 
Gong or a bufonia leucochila (Lind.) The sepals and petals of this 
pretty variety are streaked with pale crimson and yellow ; the lip 
is white, terminating in a pale brown point. The horns at the 
base of the lip are in this species only little round callosities. 
It was flowered in April, 184-1, by S. Rucker, Esq.— Bot. Reg. 
17-47. 
