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plant has a very striking resemblance to many of its congeners. “ It 
is considered, with reason, to be a mere variety of (E. fruticosa, from 
which it differs more in habit than in any precise characters ; its leaves 
are narrower and longer, its stem much less erect, and the leaves 
and inflorescence are not so far separated as in fruticosa.” The 
(E. sc ratin': continues flowering into November. In a note under this 
plant. Dr. Lindley has withdrawn some of the asperity with which he 
had treated Mr, Spach in the last number, of the Register, for his inter¬ 
meddling with this genus, but without retracting any part of his general 
opinion as to the mischievousness of unnecessary changes of nomen¬ 
clature. 
5. Corysanthes macranlha. Large- flowered Corysanthes. “Accus¬ 
tomed as we are now become,” says Dr. L., ff to strange forms among 
orchideous plants, I doubt whether any species has yet been seen more 
remarkable for its unusual characters than that now represented. When 
the plant blossomed in Trinidad, the flowers appeared so extraordinary 
to those who saw them in the Botanic Garden, that they supposed 
them to be artificial. It has, however, lately flowered in the collection 
of Mr. Knight, of the King’s Road; and it proves to be in all respects 
the same as the specimen sent to Dr. Hooker. Each dower is placed 
at the end of a long, stiff, cylindrical, furrowed ovary, and, when 
expanded, measures somewhat more than six inches from the tip of one 
sepal to that of the opposite one.” The remainder of the description 
occupies nearly a page of the Register ; for such is the grotesque figure 
and uncommon formation of the different members of the flower, that a 
description is no easy task. Nor is the representation of it by the 
pencil an easy affair; for in giving the outlines of some of the parts, 
others are so fore-shortened, that no just idea can be conveyed of the 
structure by the most accurate pencil. 
6. Lobelia decurrens. Wing-stemmed Lobelia. Introduced some 
years since from Chili, although not yet very plentiful in our collec¬ 
tions. It is described as not quite hardy enough to bear our winters, 
though it grows and flowers vigorously in a moist and shady peat 
border. The flowers are pale purple, and are thickly set on a leafy 
spike. 
7- Alstroemeria aurcmtiaca. Orange-flowered Alstrcemeria This, 
like the other species, is a very ornamental plant, and has been accu¬ 
rately described by the Hon. and Rev. \V. Herbert. It is almost 
hardy, living through our winters with a very slight protection. The 
stems do not entirely die down, but the old ones are succeeded by a 
new birth every spring- The tortuous position of the leaves is very 
conspicuous in this species. 
