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of 10,000 feet, at Fernando Po, and at from 4000 to 11,000 feet on the 
Cameroon Mountains, where it forms an evergreen bushy erect shrub, some¬ 
times 12 feet high. It resembles a Heath in its general appearance, and has 
nearly globose dull red flowers at the tips of the branchlets. 
Polychilos cornu-cervi. —An Orchid discovered long ago in Moulmein, by 
Lobb, but which did not reach England alive till 1864, when specimens of it 
were sent by the Rev. C. S. P. Parish to Messrs. Low. It has the habit of a 
Phalaenopsis, to which, indeed, it is referred by Reichenbach, who is of opinion 
that the two genera, Polychilos and Phalaenopsis, ought to be combined. The 
flowers are yellowish green barred with reddish brown, and are produced freely 
during the summer months, with the same treatment as that given to other 
Indian Orchids. 
Tacsonia Van- Volxemii. —“ One of the most striking and beautiful plants 
hitherto introduced into Europe, easy of cultivation, and continuing a consider¬ 
able time in flower. It promises to rival the Lapageria, and even to eclipse it. 
The genus to which it belongs inhabits South America, principally the valleys 
of the Andes, and it is stated in M. Lemaire’s ‘ Jardin Fleuriste,’ that this 
species is a native of the temperate region of the province of Antioquia, 
in New Grenada, where it is cultivated by the natives.” It was introduced 
into Belgium in 1858, by M. Van Volxem, who found it in a garden at Bogota, 
“ It succeeds well in a warm greenhouse, and, according to its discoverer, it 
resists a temperature of the freezing point in its own country.” The flowers are 
from 5 to 7 inches in diameter, have bright red petals, yellowish at the base, 
and are borne on long, slender, almost capillary stalks of from 10 to 20 inches 
in length. 
Miltonia anceps. —Originally introduced from Brazil by Messrs. Loddiges, 
but it had disappeared until re-introduced by Messrs. Low & Co., through their 
collector, Mr. Blunt. The flowers are described as being of an olive colour, 
with a white lip marked with a few purple streaks and dots. 
Musscenda luteola. —Introduced by Captain Grant, the companion of Speke, 
in his exploration of the head waters of the Nile. It is a small, erect, slender, 
twiggy shrub with ovate- or oblong- lanceolate leaves, and yellow flowers having 
a white or yellowish calyx-leaf from one-half to three-quarters of an inch long. 
The May Number contains representations of 
Cymbidium Hookerianum. —Introduced by Messrs. Veitch through their col¬ 
lector Mr. Lobb, but also found by Dr. Hooker, probably about the same time, 
in the Sikkim Himalaya. It is an epiphytical species having large flowers 
borne on an erect scape, but nodding from the point where they are produced. 
In colour they are of a uniform green, but with a yellowish white lip, of a 
deeper yellow at the edges, and decorated with rich reddish purple spots. Dr. 
Hooker is of opinion that it should be regarded rather as a tine variety of 
Cymbidium giganteum than as a distinct species. It should be grown in a 
large pot. 
Thibaudia coronaria. —Cultivated by Mr. Bateman under the name of Cera- 
tostemma, by which it was sent out by M. Linden, of Brussels, and probably 
a native of New Grenada or Venezuela. It forms a small, much-branched, 
rigid shrub, with evergreen, ovate, entire, shining deep green leaves, and 
nodding dull scarlet tubular flowers, inflated towards their base, and five¬ 
angled. 
Microcachrys tetrayona. —A remarkable Conifer, presenting the unique cha¬ 
racter of bearing a fleshy brilliantly-coloured cone. It inhabits the tops of the 
highest mountains of Tasmania, where it forms low straggling bushes. The 
female cones are ovoid or globular, from one-fourth to one-third of an inch 
long, translucent, and bright red. 
