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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[June, 
species as coming from Brest, and ranging from a 
self white to a self yellow. Mr. Elwes at the Nar¬ 
cissus Conference exhibited what he called Calathinus, 
one of the late Bev. Hy. Harpur-Crewe’s plants, 
quite a small self white flower. Messrs. Barr & Son 
had three under the names, Calathinus, Triandrus 
albus, and Triandrus albus elegans from Portugal. 
Thus it would appear there are geographical varie¬ 
ties, and that N. triandrus runs into Calathinus. 
The three forms exhibited by Messrs. Barr & Son 
were undoubtedly varieties of Calathinus, differing 
from the Brest form in being a little smaller, and 
the cup a little shorter than the divisions of the 
perianth. Mr. Burbidge’s figure shows perianth and 
cup of the same length. Mr. Elwes’ specimen being 
in a pot, and perhaps below its proper size, must be 
passed, but the three from Messrs. Barr & Son were 
evidently as fine as we may ever expect to see them ; 
and therefore, not to confuse them with liedoute’s 
figure, and also in compliment to the lady who first 
sent the bulbs to Mr. Barr, they are named 
CALATHiNXJg Mbs. Shakman Ceawfoed, flowers 
variable in size, including those shown at the Con¬ 
ference, white, cup about three-quarters the length 
of divisions of the perianth ; perianth reflexed, com¬ 
pletely hiding the tube and seed-vessel. 
*Teiandeus. 
♦Teiandeus ceenuus (the pale yellow). 
Teiandeus concoloe, uniform sulphur yellow, 
*Teiandeus nutans (N. trilobus, Bot. Mag.). 
Teiandeus pulchellus (the white cupped), 
primrose perianth, cup white.—P. Babe. 
{To he continued.) 
KEGISTEK OF NOVELTIES. 
NEW PLANTS. 
AlocasiaSandeeiana, Bull, Cat. 1884,11, with 
fig.—A remarkably handsome Araceous plant, of 
very distinct character. It has a tuberous root- 
stock, brownish green striately mottled erect petioles, 
and deflexed leaf-blades which are glossy, arrow- 
shaped with three lateral lobes on each side, peltately 
affixed, the midrib and border ivory white, the sur¬ 
face bright green with metallic blue reflections. It 
comes from the Eastern Archipelago, and is a 
grand and effective foliage plant; W. Bull. 
Ceoton Toeeigianianum, Pucci (Btdl. P. Boc. 
Tosc. di Ort., 1884, 137, t. 7).—A handsome variety 
in the way of Queen Victoria, but with longer leaves. 
It is a hybrid raised in the gardens of the Marchesi 
Torrigiani, and has plain leaves about an inch broad, 
which are at first ribbed and veined with yellow, and 
subsequently take on a high crimson tint along the 
costa, the margins, and the transverse arching veins, 
the intermediate spaces being green. The stem and 
leaf-stalks are represented as being red. Italian 
gardens. 
Cypeipedium geandb, Bchb. f. {Card. Chron., 
N.S., XV., 462).—One of the finest and most robust 
of the hybrid Lady’s-slippers, raised in Messrs. 
Veitch’s nurserj", by Mr. Seden. It is a seedling 
from C. Boezlii, c.rossei by pollen of C. caudatum, and 
has robust sword-shaped leaves 2 to 21 ft. long of a 
bright glossy green, and a many-flowered scape 
3 ft. or more in height. The flowers are large, the 
dorsal sepal yellowish-white with yellowish-green 
veins, the petals ribbon-like pendulous, yellowish 
veined with green near the base, and pale crimson 
in the narrower upper portion, the lip prominent 
greenish-yellow, the infolded lobes whitish spotted 
with crimson, and the staminode pale yellow 
slightly flushed with crimson below, and having 
its upper edge fringed with blackish crimson hairs. 
Certificated both by E.B.S. and E.H.S.: Veitch & 
Sons. 
Pteeis LONGIFOLIA NOBILIS, Moore {Williams’ 
Cat. 1884, 14).—A fine hothouse fern of palm-like 
character, imported from the South Sea Islands. 
It is an evergreen with fronds 4 to 5 feet high, 
having a pale brown rachis, to which the linear 
pinnse 8—10 inches long are attached. It has the 
continuous linear marginal sorus which marks the 
pteridian forms. In its stately habit it approaches 
P. moluccana, and is like that plant very effective 
as an ornamental species of large growth, jet below 
the stature of a tree fern ; B. S. Williams. 
Saeeacenia Swaniana, Bull, Cat. 1884,16, with 
fig.—A beautifully variegated hybrid Sarraceuia, 
raised between S. variolaris and S. purpurea, and 
though more erect, partaking most of the character 
of S. purpurea. The petals are funnel-shaped, 
slightly incurved, with a broadish wing, greenish- 
purple, the lid cordate-ovate, bilobed, and as well as 
the inside of the tube closely veined with crimson. 
It is a well-marked and very handsome plant; W. 
Bull. 
Selaginella vieidangula. Spring {Ohs. PI. 
Nov. Merh Van Heurck, t. 29).—A fine scandent 
Club-moss with the habit of S. Willdenovii, the 
plant better known in gardens as S. csesia arborea. 
It has elongated terete stems, furnished with scat¬ 
tered leaves, and producing alternate, branches a 
foot or more in length, divided into ovate pinna; 
4—6 inches long, furnished with small close-set 
distichous obliquely oblong-falcate leaves, with 
smaller intermediate ones. The pinnse are twice 
pinnately divided, the ultimate divisions all termi¬ 
nating in long elegantly quadrangular spikelets 
like those of S. Willdenovii, but with the bracts 
long and acuminated instead of short and ovate; 
South Sea Islands ; B. S. Williams. 
Veiesia hieeoglyphica, P. Morren {Vlllust. 
Sort., t. 514).—A splendid Bromeliaceous plant, of 
rather large size, the long loriform leaves which are 
thin tough smooth and suddenly contracted to a 
point, forming a tuft four to six feet in diameter; 
these leaves are of a brilliant green, sometimes a 
bright yellow, marked with transverse irregular 
bands of deep green on the upper surface and of a 
very dark brownish purple beneath. These markings 
are more or less broken up so as to form a close 
series of coloured arabesques or hieroglyphioal cha¬ 
racters on the leaf surface. The flowers are not 
known, but in their absence it will form a beautiful 
object for all decorative purposes ; Brazil; Com- 
pagnie Continentale d’Horticulture. 
NEW ELOWEES. 
Azalea (indica) Souvenir de Marie Rosseel, 
a free-flowering variety of a lovely salmon-pink 
colour, promising to be very valuable both for exhi¬ 
bition and decorative purposes j Ist-class Certificate 
E.H.S., April 22 ; M. A. L. Eosseel. 
Agee japonicum aureiim, a very handsome 
Japanese Maple, the foliage of which differs from 
the type in that it is of a golden hue, and so consti¬ 
tuting it a highly ornamental plant. A. septemlohum 
elegans purpureum, one of the Japanese Maples, 
having much divided leaves of a rich reddish colour, 
which in contrast with the tender green and other 
tints of kindred varieties, has a very telling appear¬ 
ance; Ist-class Certificate E.H.S., April 22; Veitch 
& Sons. 
Caenation {Tree) Mrs. Maclaren, a crimson 
bizarre, and therefore a great novelty in this section ; 
pale ground flaked with crimson and rose; fine form 
and full substance; Ist-class Certificate E.H.S., 
May 13; C. Turner. 
Calochoetus Benthami, a gem among bulbous 
plants, belonging to the Cyclobothra section of the 
genus, and resembling the better known C. elegans, 
but the flowers are bright yellow and plentifully 
produced; 2nd-class Certificate E.H.S., April 18; 
T. S. Ware, 
