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and is said “ to surpass both in the richness and magnitude of its 
fiower.” 
2. Ipomcea Aitoni. Mr. Aiton’s Ipomeea. “ A pretty stove climber, 
not uncommon in collections, under the name we have adopted.” The 
leaves are lobed, resembling those of ivy, and the flowers are pale 
purple. 
3. Govenia superha. Superb Govenia. A handsome orchideous 
plant, named by Dr. Lindley, in honour of J. R. Gowen, Esq., of Iligh- 
clere, the seat of Earl Carnarvon. This is a Mexican species, and is 
one of the most stately of the order, te growing to the height of a man 
in Messrs. Loddiges’ collection.” The general colour of the numerous 
flowers is yellow, tinged internally with pale rose or purple. “ It is 
found to bear the hottest and dampest stove ; but, like all the terrestrial 
species, requires a season of repose.” 
4. Mimulus luteus; var. variegatus. Variegated Monkey-flower. 
One of the most showy yet seen in our gardens, and as easily propagated 
as the other sorts. 
5. Pleurothallis Grohyi. The Groby Pleurothallis. A very small 
genus, belonging to the Orchidece. The flowers and foliage are minute 
and very delicate ; it thrives only in a damp atmosphere. 
6. Edwardsia Chilensis. Chilian Mayu-tree. A handsome hardy 
tree, flowering in May. It was introduced by Messrs. Loddiges in 
1822, in whose collection it is only yet to be met with. Its hardiness 
makes it a most desirable acquisition to the ornamental planter. 
7. Maxillaria crocea. Saffron-coloured Maxillaria. This is another 
curious, though not a very showy South American Orchis. <e Like 
most of the terrestrial Orchidece from tropical countries, it requires the 
constant heat of the stove, and to be kept rather moist.” 
8. Stanliopea oculata. Eyed Stanhopea. Another most remarkably 
curious and grotesque-flowering orchideous plant, introduced by Messrs. 
Loddiges, and by them called Ceratocliilus oculatus , but renamed by 
Dr. Lindley in his Gen. et Spec. Orch. The flowers of this natural 
order are so various in form and colouring, that it is difficult to find 
terms to convey by the pen (even by the use of the most precise 
botanical glossology) a faithful description of them. So much is this 
difficulty met in describing the flowers of the present plant, that Dr. 
Lindley states, that the singular form of the labellum “ has rendered 
it necessary to distinguish it into three parts, for the convenience of 
description. The lowest part of the lip is the hypochilium ; the upper 
end is the epichilium ; and the intermediate portion, the mesochilium. 
All these parts are, however, nothing more than the divisions in a very 
fleshy lip, produced by contractions of its sides, and by the lobes, so 
