NEW GARDEN PLANTS 
On'cidium Schlimii, Linden. Schlim’s Oncid.—Order Orehidaceae (Orchid tribe).—A pretty stove epiphyte, 
collected by Funck and Schlim, in the province of Merida, in Central America, at the height of 7000 feet above 
the sea. The pseudo-bulbs are narrow, each hearing a pair of long thin sword-shaped leaves, and producing a 
long, weak, scrambling, branched panicle of small yellow flowers, slightly and irregularly barred with brown. It 
has been bloomed in the garden of T. Brocklehurst, Esq., of the Fence, Macclesfield. Introduced by Mr. Linden. 
Fagus obliqua, Mirbel. Oblique Beech.—Order Corylaceae (Mastwort tribe).—A fine evergreen tree, 
probably hardy, inhabiting the slopes of the Andes, from the sea level to the line of perpetual snow, attaining the 
height of forty to fifty feet, with a stem as straight and smooth as a Pine-tree. The foliage is more like a Horn¬ 
beam than a Beech; between lozenge-shaped and lance-shaped, serrated, with strong straight veins, and of a 
beautiful pale green. It grows freely in Messrs. Yeitch’s nursery, at Exeter, in the open air. 
Luzuriaga radicals, Ruiz and Pavon. Booting Luzuriaga.—Order Liliacese (Lilywort tribe).—A climbing 
plant from South Chili, where it inhabits cool shady woods, and covers the trunks of trees. It throws out 
branches much resembling the fronds of Ferns, producing small, flat-ribbed, somewhat succulent leaves, arranged 
in two rows, and hearing on the under side white pendulous whole-coloured flowers, something like snowdrops, 
and delightfully fragrant. Introduced by Messrs. Yeitch, and closely related to the following, which grows 
with it. 
Callixene polyphylla, Hooker. Many-leaved Callixene. — Order Liliacese (Lilywort tribe). — The 
Luzuriaga erecta of Xunth. It is similar to L. radicans, but the fragrant flowers are speckled with brown. If 
these plants would prove hardy, it would be a great gain to our gardens ; but experience is unfavourable to the 
supposition. Mr. Lobb, however, thinks they will be hardy on elevated parts of the mainland. He describes 
the climate of Chiloe as much like that of Cornwall—raining almost incessantly in winter, hut not so cold as in 
England, the frosts being of short duration. The summer is also wet and cold; the thermometer seldom exceeding 
65°. The south winds are very cold and cutting. See Journal of Horticultural Society , vi. 267. 
Dammara obttjsa, Lindley. Blunt-leaved Dammar.—Order Pinaceae (Conifer tribe).—From the representa¬ 
tion given of this fine tree in Paxton's Flower Garden (ii. 146), it seems a remarkably distinct species. It was 
found by Mr. C. Moore in the Hew Hebrides, and a living plant; has been received during the past year by the 
Horticultural Society. In its native localities it grows to a large size, having the appearance of the Hew Zealand 
Kauri, Dammara australis, and producing a valuable timber. The leaves are exactly oblong, with the ends 
rounded, four inches long, and rather more than an inch wide. The cones are cylindrical, with the ends rounded, 
three inches long, the ends of the scales convex, about four times as broad as long. It will form a greenhouse 
evergreen tree. 
Abelia uniflora, P. Brown. One-flowered Abelia.—Order Caprifoliaceae (Caprifoil tribe).—A small erect 
evergreen shrub, nearly, or quite, hardy. It has ovate leaves growing opposite or temately, and from the axils 
of the upper leaves the flowers grow singly, each subtended by three bracts ; the funnel-shaped corolla is white, 
with a slight violet tinge on the upper side. It comes from the Horth of China, whence it was sent about 1849, 
by Mr. Fortune, to the nursery of Messrs. Standish and Hoble, of Bagshot. 
The following novelties are of less general interest as garden plants :— 
Centrosolenia picta, Hooker. Painted-leaved Centrosolenia.—Order Gesneraceae (Gesnerwort tribe).— A 
rather coarse procumbent stove herb, with fleshy stems, and large opposite hairy oval or ovate leaves, the pairs 
unequal in size. The flowers, clustered in the axils, are white, funnel-shaped, and parted above into five spreading 
rounded lobes. The younger leaves are said to he beautifully painted or mottled with pale green and brown. It 
has been figured in the Botanical Magazine (t. 4611) from plants sent in 1850 to Kew, from the Amazon Biver, 
by Mr. Spruce. 
Sphjerostemma propinqua, Blume. Dr. Wallich’s Sphaerostemma.—Order Schizandraceae (Kadsurad tribe).— 
A neat-foliaged, somewhat climbing warm greenhouse shrub, having ovate acuminate leaves and axillary flowers; 
those in the male plant are pale yellow, and either solitary or in fascicles. The fruit is said to consist of many 
berries attached to a receptacle, and the latter elongating as the fruit advances to maturity, gives them the appear¬ 
ance of a long bunch of red currants. From Hepal and Sikkim. Introduced by Dr. Wallich some years since to 
Kew. Flowers in June.— Bot. Mag., t. 4614. 
Pedictjlaris mollis, Wallich. Soft-leaved Indian Lousewort.—Order, Scrophulariaceae (Linariad tribe.)— 
A small herb, probably perennial, hut uncultivable. It has an erect, simple stem, a foot high, hearing pinnate 
leaves, with pinnatifid pinnae, the leaves passing into bracts upwards. In the axils of these, forming whorls, 
grow the small, deep purple, two-lipped flowers. From the mountains of Hoithern India; introduced about 1849 
to Kew.— Bot. Mag., t. 4599. 
Epidendrum volutum, Lindley. Yolute-flowered Epidendrum.—Order Orehidaceae (Orchid tribe).—A greenish- 
white-flowered terete-stemmed stove epiphyte, of no beauty. It is from Central America, and was introduced in 
1849 by G. IT. Skinner, Esq., to the garden of the Horticultural Society. 
Capsicum cereolum, Bertoloni. Waxy-fruited Capsicum.—Order, Solanaceae (Hightshade tribe.)—A curious, 
half shrubby plant, with oval tapering leaves, downy all over. The flowers are succeeded by curved-down 
conical fruit, of a bright lemon colour, and having a waxy appearance. It is from the west coast of South America, 
and was introduced by Messrs. Yeitch of Exeter in 1850. 
Hoya Cumixgiana, Decaisne. Cuming’s Hoya.—Order, Asclepiadacese (Asclepiad tribe.)—A curious scandent, 
