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NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 
From the garden of the Society were sent two kinds of Peaches, the Barrington and Chancellor, and some 
plants, the most remarkable of which were Angelonia moschata, Aphelandra cristata, Lilium speciosum rubrum, 
Epacris miniata, and two fine plants of Sedum Sieboldii. 
Mm rail Jinn plants. 
Catasetum "Warczewitzii, lindley. Warczewitz’s Catasetum (Past. FI. Gard ., i., 45).—Flat. Ord., Orchi- 
dacese § Yandeae-Catasetidse.—Syn., Warczewitzia sp., Skinner .—A singular and fragrant stove perennial herb, 
the flowers of which grow in a short close pendulous raceme, and are deliciously fragrant; the sepals and petals 
are roundish ovate, the lip helmetted, spread into a thin three-lobed limb, the centre lobe of which divides into 
two diverging fringes ; they are pale green with bright emerald green veins. From Panama. Introduced in 
1848, by Mr. Skinner. Flowers in spring. J. D. Llewellyn, Esq. 
Ljelia grandis, Lindley. Large-flowered Lcelia ( Paxt. FI. Gard., i., 60).—Nat. Ord., Orchidacese § Epi- 
dendreae-Laeliadae.—A curious stove epiphyte, with the habit of Cattleya. The stem is club-shaped, monophyllous, 
the leaf coriaceous, broadest at the base. The flowers grow in pairs, sub-horizontal; the sepals and petals nankeen 
coloured, lance-shaped, two inches long, the former reflexed, the latter parallel with the lip, which is undulated 
and three-lobed, the lateral lobes convolute ; it is white, washed with rose at the base inside, marked with purple 
veins, and having a pure white border. From Bahia. Introduced to Paris by M. Morel. Flowers in May. 
Audibertia polystachya, j Bentham. Many spiked Audibertia ( Journ. Sort. Soc., v., 192).—Nat. Ord., 
Labiaceae § Monardeae.—A herbaceous hoary tomentose perennial, of sage-like aspect, with snow-white stems and 
leaves ; the former growing erect about two feet high, the latter, oblong, obtuse, long-stalked, with crenated margins, 
and having a strong and not very agreeable odour. The labiate flowers grow on short lateral one-sided racemes, 
forming an elongated panicle, and are white, and very numerous, hut of “ no beauty.” Worth growing for the sake 
of its leaves, where the climate suits it, but it is not hardy in that of London. From California.. Introduced by 
Mr. Hartweg, in ] 848. Flowers towards autumn. Horticultural Society of London. 
Libocedrus tetragona, Fndlicher. Tetragonal Libocedrus {Paxt. FI. Gard., i., 47).—Nat. Ord., Pinaceae § 
Cupresseae.—Syn., Thuja tetragona, Hooker; Juniper us uvifera, Don .—A magnificent evergreen tree, fifty to 
eighty feet high, probably as hardy as Araucaria imbricata. The young branches are clothed with small thick 
green scales, placed in four rows, and having a more massive appearance than is usual among the scale-leaved 
conifers. The cones are small, formed of two pairs of unequal sized scales. From South America, just below the 
snow line of the Andes of Patagonia. Introduced in 1848. Messrs. Yeitch, of Exeter. 
Boronia spathulata, Lindley. Spathulate-leaved Boronia {Journ. Sort. Soc., v., 142),— Nat. Ord., Euta- 
cese § Boronieae.—Syn., B. mollina, of gardens .—A small erect greenhouse shrub, having a heavy unpleasant 
odour, like that of Eue, and small flowers not showy. The branches are compressed ; the leaves dull olive green, 
simple and smooth, roundish obovate on the early branches, narrower and spathulate on the later ones. The 
flowers are small, in terminal cymes, and of a pale pink colour. From Australia : Swan Eiver. Introduced in 
1848. Flowers in spring. 
Boronia tetrandra, Labillardiere. Tetrandrous Boronia {Paxt. FI. Gard., i., t. 8) —Nat. Ord., Eutaceae § 
Boronieae.—Syn., B. pilosa, Labillardiere ; B. mierophylla, of gardens .—A neat greenhouse shrub, rather pretty, 
but too pale in the colour of the flowers to become a very showy plant. It is a dwarf branching bush, not unlike 
a dwarf B. pinnata. The leaves are pinnate, with (usually seven, sometimes five or nine) narrow blunt leaflets, 
which have a rather agreeable smell. The flowers are axillary, pale pink, rather large, but seldom more than one 
at a time in each axil. From New Holland. Introduced about 1848. Flowers in spring. There are five named 
forms of this species —floribunda, terminiflora, grandiflora, laricifolia, and pilosa. The plant in English gardens, 
is not exactly like any of them, but most like grandiflora. 
Stanhopea ecornuta, Lemaire. Hornless Stanhopea {Flore des Serves') .—Nat. Ord., Orchidaceae § Yandeae- 
Maxillaridae.—A stove epiphyte, with the general habit of the Stanhopeas. The flowers grow in pairs, they are 
four inches and a half across, pure white, with a few purple spots near the base of the petals, which are short, firm, 
concave, and not reflexed, as in most other Stanhopeas ; the lip ovate, obsoletely triangular, very short, having 
much the form of a slipper, extremely fleshy, of a very bright yellow-orange colour, passing towards the point 
into pure white, and mottled on its sides with handsome purple blotches. From Central America. Introduced to 
Belgium about 1848. Flowers ? 
Ternstromia syxvatica, Chamisso and Schlechtendahl. Wood Ternstromia {Journ. Sort. Soc., v., 141).— 
Nat. Ord., Ternstromiaceae—Syn. T. lineata, De Candolle. A small evergreen branching greenhouse shrub, un¬ 
important to cultivators. The leaves are two to three inches long, alternate, oblong lanceolate, acuminate, dull 
green above, paler beneath, quite smooth, and somewhat leathery in texture. The flowers are small, axillary, 
growing singly on short curved stalks ; they are about half an inch in diameter, creamy-white, and when fresh, 
have an agreeable hawthorn-like scent. From Mexico. Introduced by Mr. Hartweg before 1848. Flowers early 
in spring. Horticultural Society of London. 
