14 
THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[January, 
[t. 6660], a charming little bushy-habited suffrutes- 
cent plant, with cuneate pinnate or flabellate leaves, 
and large white rosaceous flowers; native of New 
Mexico.—Ivew. Androsace foliosa, Duby [t. 6661], 
a neat herbaceous perennial, with a woody rootstock, 
short red stems, elliptic oblong leaves, and many- 
flowered^ umbels of pale flesh-coloured flowers half- 
an-inch in diameter; native of the Western Hima¬ 
layas at 8—12,000 feet elevation.—-I. Anderson- 
Henry, Esq. Oncidiumprcetextum, Reich, f. [t. 6662], 
a pleasing, epiphyte from Brazil, with oblong pseudo¬ 
bulbs, ensiform leaves, and a panicle of yellow and 
brown sweet-scented flowers, the sepals yellow 
blotched with brown, the petals twice as large, wholly 
brown, and the lip broad fan-shaped, golden yellow 
with an even margin of brown.—Ivew. Hyacinthus 
fastigiatus , Bertolini [t. 6663], a small hardy bulb, 
not very attractive, but interesting on account of 
its scilla-liko aspect, though it is a true Hyacinth. 
The small ovoid bulbs produce three or four smooth 
subulate leaves, and a raceme of some six or seven 
bright lilac flowers on scapes which are shorter than 
the leaves; native of Corsica and Sardinia; Kew.— 
Rev. H. Harpur-Crewe. Mesembryanthemum Bolusii, 
Iiook. fil. [t. 6664], a remarkable-looking South 
African succulent, allied to M. truncatellum. The 
plants consist of an angular obconical mass of vegetable 
matter of a greyish-green colour, consisting of a pair 
of subhemispherical obscurely three-angled leaves from 
between which issue one or two sessile flowers, two 
inches in diameter, the petals of which are almost 
filiform and very numerous, yellow on the lower 
half, dull red beyond. The flowers open by five 
o’clock.—J. T. Peacock, Esq. This number, which 
concludes the annual volume, contains a dedication 
to G. Joad, Esq., E.L.S. 
.La Belgique Horticole (Aug.—Sept.) con¬ 
tains coloured figures of Cypripedium Argus , Rclib. 
f. [t. 9], a peculiar and handsome form of Lady’s 
Slipper, inhabiting the Philippine Islands. The 
leaves are chequered with light and dark green, 
and the white green-lined dorsal sepal and the 
petals are, the former lightly spotted the latter 
heavily blotched with rich purple brown, the latter in 
addition having a row of large ocellate spots along 
the upper edge; the pouch is purplish in front, 
reticulately marked behind. Vriesea psitiacina 
Morreniana, E. Morren (tt. 10,11, 12), a very hand¬ 
some hybrid, the Vriesea Morreniana of gardens, 
and represented by fig. 3 (not fig. 2 as inscribed) of 
the triple plate above quoted. It is a very fine 
Lromeliad, with smooth green leaves disposed in a 
rosette form, and a tall scape bearing a distichous 
spike of about fourteen subapproximate yellow and 
green flowers, emerging from scarlet and yellow 
green-tipped bracts. It is quite intermediate between 
mu /r >ar ^ 1 ^ • psittacina and Y. brachystachys. 
t of yy A:RT RN flora (Oct.—Nov.) contains figures 
ot btatice Suworowi, Regel [t. 1095, fi o^s. 1 2] 
an annual species, with radical oblong-lanceolate 
leaves runcinalely toothed or lobed, and naked 
scapes supporting a terminal spike of small funnel- 
shaped blush flowers; found by Mr. A. Regel in 
r es Ur dPapaver pavoninum, C. A. Mever 
m' l°l 5, 3 -’ 4 1’ a . 8lorK fer annual Poppy from 
Turkestan, having bipinnatifid leaves with rarrow 
P °!u ed u? eg , mfntf)) and m °derate-sized'scarlet flowers 
with a black spot at the base of the four petals, after 
the Rhoeas type. Ponthuava nudicaulis glabriuscula 
Regel [t. 1096], a West Indian and Tropical Ameri¬ 
can Bromeliad, with blunt-recurved spiny-edoed 
leaves and a spike of pale greenish-yellow' flowers 
with the broad lance-shaped bracts of a rich coral 
red. Citrus japonica, Thunberg [t. 1097], the 
Kuni-quat. Thunia Ma r ska Ilia na, Rchb. f. f t. 
1098], a beautiful terrestrial Orchid from Moulmein 
he stems 2 to 3 feet high, clothed with distich¬ 
ous oblong-lanceolate acuminate leaves, whitish be¬ 
neath and bearing a terminal nodding raceme of 
handsome white flowers, of which the front lobe of 
the lip is yellow streaked with red, much dilated 
and undulated, the five crests and intermediate spaces 
ornamented with yellow fringes. Cardamine pra- 
tense Jl.-pleno [t. 1099, figs. 1, 2], a semi-double 
form of the Lady’s Smock, very different from the 
double-flowered variety seen in English gardens, 
and very much inferior. Tulipa brachystemon, 
Regel [t. 1099, fig. 2—3], a small-flowered Tulip 
allied to T. Kolpakowskiana and T. Kesselringi, with 
linear-oblong leaves, and small dull reddish-purple 
flowers bordered with yellow, the interior petaline 
segments yellow ; from Turkestan. Lonicera hispida, 
Pallas [t. 1100], a hardy deciduous shrub, with 
ovate-elliptic leaves, and small drooping funnel- 
shaped flowers ; from Turkestan. 
L’Illustration Horticole (11—12 liv.) gives 
us figures of Vriesea Rodigasiana, Morren [t. 467], a 
very handsome Bromeliad from Brazil. It forms a 
tuft of short recurved blunt-tipped loriform green 
leaves with open sheathing bases, and produces a 
tall slender scape terminating in a lax panicle of dis¬ 
tichous remote tubulous yellow flowers.—Compagnie 
Continentale d’Horticulture. Schismatoglotlis Lav- 
ellei Lansbergeana, Linden [t. 468], a very hand¬ 
some Aroid, with foliage of moderate size, the petioh s 
bright red tufted, the laminae oblong-ovate cordate 
at the base, the upper surface a rich dark green, and 
the under surface deep crimson ; from Java.—Com¬ 
pagnie Continentale d’Horticulture. Codiceum 
( Croton ) elegantissimum , Bull [t. 469], a handsome 
Croton, with long drooping leaves having the centre 
yellow and the margins green, the petioles being 
bright red. Anthurium Scherzerianum Madame 
Emile Bertrand , Lind. f. [t. 470], a fine hybrid be¬ 
tween A. Scherzerianum and A. Williamsii, with the 
ovate spathes white sparingly spotted with red on the 
inner surface, and much more heavily spotted with 
red on the outer surface. This is the fourth hybrid 
of this character, the others being A. S. Rothschild- 
ianum, A. S. Devonsayanum, and A. S. andegavense. 
Pescatorea Lehmanni , Rchb. f. [t. 471], a good 
figure of this fine Orchid. Pellionia Daveauana, 
N. E. Brown [t. 472], a charming little trailing 
Urticaceous plant, with much the aspect of a 
Begonia; the stems are slender and rooting, the 
leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate obliquely cordate 
at the base, of a very pale bright green in the central 
portion, with a broadish margin of olive or bronzy 
green, the variegation being bright and effective; 
the inflorescence is cymose, the flowers minute green. 
It is the Begonia Daveauana of Carriere; native of 
Cochin China. 
The Revue be l’IIorticultube Belge et 
Etrangere (Nov.— Dec.) gives illustrations of 
Orassula gracilis, Eberle, a 'new species remark¬ 
able for its beau'y and its lree-flowering habit, 
its chief flowering season being the months of 
November, December, and January. It is a dwarf 
branching succulent, with fleshy pointed lance-shaped 
leaves, and forms a dense mass closely covered with 
its heads of lively red flowers, which are as fra¬ 
grant as heliotropes. According to M. Eberle the 
plant is perfectly hardy ; last year he had specimens 
about 10 inches broad and 8 inches high. Pictures 
of a group of ornamental plants from Eerrieres; of 
the Dropmore Araucaria; and of Lapageria rosea, 
complete the volume. 
In the Bulletin d’Arboriculture, etc. 
(Oct.—Nov.), we have coloured figures of the Cherry 
Early Rivers, a good early sort pretty well known 
in this country; and the Pear Louise Bonne d’Av- 
ranches Panachee, a variety with prettily striped 
fruits, very good in quality, and very ornamental for 
the dessert. 
