NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 
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Moutan officinalis, salmonea, Lindley. Salmon-coloured Moutan [Paxt, FI. Gard., i., t. 20).—Xat. Ord., 
Banunculacege § Helleborese.—Pseonia Moutan salmonea, Lindley. —A very fine hardy undershrub, with the large 
compound foliage common to the Moutans ; and very large double flowers, the outer petals of which when full 
blown, are of a pale salmon colour, the inner having a deeper and richer tint of the same. From China : 
Shanghae. Introduced in 1846. Flowers in the early part of summer. Horticultural Society of London. 
Cycnoches Pescatorei, Lindley. M. Pescatore’s Cycnoches [Paxt. PI. Gard ., i., 123).—Xat. Ord., Orchidacese 
§ Yandeae Catasetidae.—Syn., Acineta glauca, Linden. —A fine stove epiphyte, much stronger than Acineta 
Humboldtii, having large pseudo-bulbs, lanceolate leathery leaves, and drooping flower stems, described as being 
a yard long, and bearing nearly a hundred flowers ; these last about a fortnight, but for some months the long 
string of buds have a very curious appearance ; the sepals are oblong acute, dull yellow, with a little brown 
inside ; the petals and lip bright yellow, the former lanceolate, smaller than the sepals, the latter three-lobed and 
downy; the flowers are nearly two inches in diameter. From Xew Grenada. Introduced in 1848 by 
M. Linden to the gardens of Paris. Flowers in summer. 
Bolbophylltim Lobbii, Lindley. Lobb’s Bolbophyl {Pot. May., t. 4532).—Xat. Ord., Orchidaceae § Malaxeae- 
Dendrobidae.-—A fine showy stove epiphyte, with ovate smooth green pseudo-bulbs, terminated by one oblong 
petiolated coriaceous leaf. The scapes, which are yellowish spotted with brown, grow from the side of the 
pseudo-bulbs, one from each, bearing a solitary flower. The flowers are large, the sepals deep yellow, the upper 
marked externally with purple spots running in lines, the lateral ones sickle-shaped, streaked and clouded with 
purple ; the petals are smaller, streaked with purple lines ; the lip cordate, ovate, acuminate, reflexed, yellow, with 
minute orange dots. From Java. Introduced in 1846. Flowers in spring and summer. Messrs. Yeitch of Exeter. 
Passifloba medusjea, Lemaire. Medusa Passion-flower [Flore des Serves , t. 528).—Xat. Ord., Passifloraceae.— 
A stove climber, of slender habit, with deeply two-lobed leaves, and axillary flowers, numerously produced, and 
meastu'ing about a couple of inches across ; the sepals are greenish, the filaments or rays of the coronet, which is 
the most conspicuous part of the flower, are bright orange when they expand, and change to lilac or rose the 
following day ; this change of coloiu appears to be accompanied by the disengagement of a strong fetid odoin’, 
comparable with that of the flowers of some stapelias. Origin unknown. Introduced to Belgium by M. Yan 
Houtte before 1848. Flowers in summer ? 
Spathodea ljevis, Palisot de Peauvois [Pot. Mag., t. 4537).—Xat. Ord., Bignoniaceae.—A small tropical 
tree, apparently flowering when of moderate size. It has soft woody stems, and large impari-pinnate leaves of 
four to six pairs of opposite oval acuminate, coarsely toothed leaflets ; these leaves are alternate, “ except those 
below the inflorescence, which are often alternately whorled.” The flowers come in close terminal corymbose 
panicles ; they are between bell-shaped and funnel-shaped, the tube widening upwards, the limb obscurely two¬ 
lipped, and divided into five spreading rounded lobes ; the colour is white, delicately spotted and streaked with 
rose. From Sierra Leone. Introduced about 1846. Flowers in s umm er. Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, & Co. 
of Exeter. 
Xympbyea micbantha, Guillemin and Perottet. Small-flowered Water Lily [Pot. Mag., t. 4535).—Xat. Ord., 
Xympheeaceae § Xupharidae.-—A very pretty stove aquatic, the leaves of which are small—six to eight inches long 
—glabrous, roundish-elliptic, cut at the base into two deep much acuminated moderately-spreading lobes, in the 
sinus of which, at the top as it were, of the petiole, a proliferous bud is produced, which subsequently becomes a 
plant; the fore part of the leaves is nearly entire, the hinder part margined with shallow irregular teeth ; the 
under surface of the leaves, as well as the petioles and scapes is tinged with red. The flowers are small, three and 
a half to four inches in diameter ; the petals lanceolate, very acute, white or whitish ; the stamens are yellow, 
distinct, not, as is common in these plants, insensibly passing into the petals. From Senegambia : Biver Gambia. 
Introduced about 1846. Flowers in s umm er. Earl of Derby. 
Coccoloba macrophylla, Pesfontaines. Large-leaved Sea-side Grape [Pot. Mag., t. 4536).—Xat. Ord., 
Polygonaceae § Polygoneae.—A showy tall tree-like stove plant, with scarcely-divided erect stems, twenty to thirty 
feet high, leafy throughout their whole length. The leaves are alternate, a foot or more long, spreading horizon- 
ally, cordate ovate, somewhat clasping the stems, and stalkless. The stem at top is terminated by a dense 
compact club-shaped raceme of flowers, two or more feet long, of which the rachis, pedicels, and flowers are of the 
richest scarlet. These continue in great beauty for at least two months. Only suitable for a large hothouse. 
From South America : probably. Introduced “long” previous to 1850. Flowers in summer. Boyal Botanic 
Garden, Ivew. 
Odontoglossum naevium, Lindley. Speckled Odontoglot ( Paxt. FI, Gard., i., t. 18).—Xat. Ord., Orchidaceae 
§ Yandeae-Brassidae.—A rather pretty stove epiphyte, with ovate-ribbed pseudo bulbs, bearing thin narrowly - 
oblong leaves, tapering to the base. The flowers grow in narrow racemose panicles, and are of singular form, and 
curiously marked ; the sepals and petals are long, narrow, linear, lanceolate, acuminate, and wavy. The lip is 
nearly of the same form, but is somewhat three-lobed, with a tendency to become hastate. The coloiu of the 
flowers is white, freely spotted with dull dark red. From Xew Granada : Andes. Introduced “ several years 
since by Sir B. Schomburgk.” Flowers in the spring. Messrs. Loddiges of Hackney. 
