THE LADIES’ MAGAZINE OF GARDENING. 
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flowers, conspicuous for the whiteness of the corolla, and the bright red 
of the calyx. It is a native of the Organ Mountains in Brazil, where it 
was found by Mr. Gardner in March 1841, and sent by him to England 
the following month. 
The Botanical Register contains— 
Cyrtochilum jdlipes. An orchideous plant from Guatemala, which has 
very much the appearance of an Oncidium. 
Heimia saiicifolia , var. grandifolia. A greenhouse shrub from Buenos 
Ayres, with large yellow flowers, resembling those of a Verbascum . 
JEonium cruentum. A new name given by Mr. Webb to some of the 
kinds of stone-leek which he has formed into a new genus. It is a 
native of the Canaries. 
Eria convallarioides . An orchideous plant with large leaves, and 
clusters of small white flowers, which have no fragrance. It is a native 
of India, and requires a hot moist stove. 
Gesnera discolor . A native of Brazil, with deep purple pedicels and 
scarlet flowers, which are disposed in a large panicle. 
Diplolama Dampieri. A very curious plant from the Swan River, 
with dense heads of flowers, which have a very singular appearance, from 
the projection of the long stamens. 
Paxton’s Magazine of Botany contains— 
Rhododendron Gibsonii. A splendid species of Rhododendron, found 
by Mr. Gibson, the collector sent out by the Duke of Devonshire, on the 
summit of the Khoseea Hills in the East Indies, at an elevation of four 
thousand feet. The flowers are large and white, and it requires the same 
treatment as the Nepaul Tree Rhododendron does in this country. 
Coleus barbatus , syn. Plectranthus barbatus. A curious and rather pretty 
labiate plant, with blue flowers, a native of Abyssinia, which, requires a 
stove in England. 
Witsenia Maura. A curious greenhouse, bulbous-rooted plant, with 
the same habit of growth as Witsenia corymbosa , but with yellow and 
brown flowers. 
The Botanist contains :— 
Alstrcemeria Errembaultii. A very handsome hybrid Alstroemeria. 
Thunbergia alata , var. clorantha. A small-flowered Tliunbergia. 
Portulaca Thellusonii. A very showy annual, frequently figured 
before. 
Grevillea sericea. An old greenhouse shrub. 
