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NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 
NEW AND BARE PLANTS. 
Lapageria rosea, Ruiz and Pavon. Pose- 
coloured Lapageria. (Rot. Mag., 4447).—Nat. Ord., 
Philesiacese.—A beautiful climbing plant, probably 
requiring the protection of a greenhouse. The stems 
are round, branching, and grow to a considerable 
length, bearing ovate-lanceolate, coriaceous, glossy, 
stalked leaves, and from their axils, the solitary lily¬ 
like blossoms; these are large and very handsome, 
and consist of six parts, the three outer narrower, 
all deep rose colour internally spotted with white ; 
they are succeeded by large oblong pulpy berries, of 
sweet and agreeable flavour.—Prom Chili; intro¬ 
duced in 1847. Powers-? 
Cypripedium caudatum, Lindley. Long-tailed 
Lady’s Slipper. (Paxt. FI. Gard., i. t. 9).—Nat. 
Ord., Orchidacece, § Cypripedese.—A very remark¬ 
able, stemless, cool stove, herbaceous plant, with 
distichous, sword-shaped, leathery leaves, a foot 
long, and an erect scape longer than the leaves, 
bearing several flowers from within large spathe-like bracts. The sepals 
are curved, ovate-lanceolate, the petals are extended into long, narrow, 
linear tails, the lip is oblong, pouch-shaped, glandular on the edge near the 
base ; the sepals are dirty yellowish green, the petals dull brownish purple, 
the lip dirty flesh colour with dull purple veins. The petals are short at 
first, and in three or four days grow to a foot and a half in length.—Prom 
Peru: mountains; introduced in 1848. Flowers in spring. 
Mitraria coccinea, Cavanilles. Scarlet Mitraria. (Rot. Mag., t. 4462). 
•—Nat. Ord., Gesneraceae, § Gesnereae.—A handsome low shrub, with slen¬ 
der, obscurely tetragonous branches, and small opposite, rarely temate, 
leaves, of an acute-ovate form, crenate-serrate, and of a delicate green 
colour. The flowers are axillary, and grow on long drooping pedicels; 
they are tubular, the tube constricted at the base, curved, and ventricose 
above, a little contracted at the mouth, and dividing into an obscurely 
two-lipped limb of five obtuse spreading segments; the coloru is a bright 
light scarlet.—From Chiloe ; introduced in 1848. Flowers in summer. 
Lardizabala biternata, Ruiz and Pavon. Biternate-leaved Lardiza- 
bala. (Rot. Mag., t. 4501).—Nat. Ord., Lardizabalaceae.—A desirable, 
hardy, evergreen climber, suitable for covering high walls. It is a rapid 
grower, with terete often twisted branches, bearing variable leaves, which 
are sometimes bi-, or even tri-ternate, but generally simply ternate; the 
leaflets ovate, leathery, dark-green. The peduncles are solitary from the 
axils of the leaves supporting the pendent spikes of flowers ; the sepals six, 
deep purplish chocolate colour, rhombeo-ovate; the petals six, small, lan¬ 
ceolate, white, forming an eye or disc to the flower.—From Chili: Concep¬ 
tion ; introduced in 1847, by G. T. Davy, Esq. Flowers in winter. “ The 
fruit is sold in the Chilian markets.” Messrs. Yeitch, of Exeter. 
1. Lapageria rosea. 
2. Cypripedium caudatum. 
3. Mitraria coccinea, 
4. Lardizabala biternata 
