Acer villosum, W(il¬ 
licit. Villose Maple.—Or¬ 
der Aceraceae (Maple 
tribe).—This is a very 
fine Acer, of the character 
of the common Sycamore, 
hut a finer tree. It comes 
from the Himalayan moun¬ 
tains, and is described and 
figured in Paxton's Flower 
Garden. It is a large 
tree, with broad palmate 
leaves, downy on the under sur¬ 
face, and assuming in autumn a 
peculiar nankin tint. The flowers 
are fragrant. This tree has been 
introduced by Messrs. Osborn, of 
the Fulham Nursery. 
Brasavola acatjlis, Lindley. 
Stemless Brasavola.—Order Or- 
chidaeeae (Orchid tribe).—An in¬ 
teresting stove epiphyte from Cen¬ 
tral America, figured by a woodcut 
in Paxton's Floxcer Garden , ii. 152. It is 
almost stemless, and has short stiff quill¬ 
shaped leaves, and solitary cream-coloured 
flowers produced at midsummer ; the sepals 
and petals are narrow, three inches long; the 
lip -large roundish ovate, with a rolled-up 
claw. Presented to the Horticul¬ 
tural Society by G. II. Skinner, 
Esq. 
Philesia buxieolia, 
Box-leaved Philesia,—Order Phi- 
lesiaceoe (Philesiad 
tribe).—One of the 
handsomest plants of 
the Antarctic Ameri¬ 
can Flora; a half- 
hardy shrub, from 
Chiloe and Patagonia, 
whence it has been re¬ 
cently introduced by 
Messrs. Veitch of Exe¬ 
ter. It is a slow- 
growing plant, form- 
large masses, 
out long 
slender stems, which 
creep along beneath 
mg 
throwing 
NEW GARDEN PLANTS. 
DICTYANTHUS CAMPANTTLATTJS. 
