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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ January, 
THE NEW PLANTS OF 1870. 
4jjk>UMER0US as are the additions which have during the past year been 
made to our collections of cultivated plants, it will be seen from this 
condensed record of the more important of them—we cannot find space 
more fully to describe them—that there occurs among them a fair propor¬ 
tion of such as maybe deemed decided acquisitions. It is to these, and to these 
only very briefly, that we now propose to address ourselves. 
Commencing with the Orchids, we must first particularize some splendid 
Cattleyas , namely, C. Eldorado splendens , from Rio Negro, a noble epiphyte, with 
large, richly-coloured flowers of the quadricolor type ; and C. superb a splendens , 
also from the Rio Negro, the flowers of which are large and of a bright rosy colour, 
•with a richly-marked lip. Then Dendrobium chrysotis , from Assam, is a brilliant 
-species, remarkable for the deeply-fringed lip of its apricot-yellow dark-eyed 
flowers, which somewhat resemble those of D. fimbriatum oculatum (Paxtoni), 
but are produced along with the leaves. These are introduced plants, but a fore¬ 
most place in the category must also be given to two hybrids of Mr. Dominy’s, 
Cattleya Dominiana lutea , a charmingly delicate blush-flower, having a yellowish- 
white lip, and a rosy bar and veins on the yellow disk ; and Lcelia Pilcheri alba, 
with lovely French-white flowers, the terminal lobe of the lip rich amaranth. 
Scarcely less prominent for their beauty and interest are the following:— 
Mormodes Colossus , with large flowers five to six inches across, having lanceolate 
sepals and petals, and a convex incurved yellow lip; it comes from Central 
America, and is very striking and curious. Odontoglossum blandum is a remark¬ 
ably handsome New Grenadan species in the way of 0. nsevium, speckled all 
.over with maroon-crimson. Odontoglossum Galeottianum , from Mexico, is a 
pretty, white-flowered species, related to 0. nebulosum. Houlletia tigrina is a 
New Grenadan, bold-habited plant, with large flowers in pendent spikes, yellow 
blotched with brown and crimson, and the lip white, barred with purple at the 
base, and dotted with purple in front. Houlletia odoratissima antioquiensis is 
remarkable for the rich blood-purple colour of the whole inside of the flower, 
except the lip, which is white. Angrcecum Ellisii , with small, waxy-white 
ifiowers, having long buff-coloured tails, from Madagascar, is an exceedingly pretty 
addition to that genus. Cattleya velutina , supposed to be Brazilian, is remark¬ 
able for its sweet-scented flowers, with an olive-green spotted ground-colour, and 
a velvety rose-coloured lip with purple veins. Maxillaria grandiflora , a Lycaste- 
like species, from Peru, has handsome white flowers, with the lip deflexed in 
front and bordered with yellow. Two or three good Oncids have made their 
appearance, namely, Oncidium calanthum , a Peruvian species, with climbing 
panicles of large golden-yellow flowers ; and Oncidium cryptocopis , also with 
gcandent panicles, the flowers undulated, and cinnamon brown with a golden 
paargin ; it is a Penman plant related to 0. serratum. The Japanese Calanthe 
