72 NEW GARDEN PLANTS. 
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Impatiens fasciculata, Lamarck. Fascicle-flowered Balsam. Order Balsaminaeese (Balsam tribe).—A tender 
annual of little beauty. The leaves are lance-shaped and toothed; the flowers blush-coloured, their interior 
petals spreading like two broad wings, and the long filiform spur tinged with green. It comes from Ceylon, and 
seems extensively distributed over the Indian continent. It is the Impatiens setacea of Colebrook ; I. heterophylla 
Wallich ; Balsamina fasciculata, De Candolle; and B. heterophylla , Don. 
Echinocactus longihamatus, Galeotti. Long-hooked Hedgehog Cactus.—Order Cactaceae (Cactus tribe). 
—A very handsome, as well as curious, succulent greenhouse plant, nearly globose in figure, with deep furrows, 
and having clusters of strong spines, the central ones four inches long, flattened, deflexed, and hooked at the end. 
The flowers are large and bright yellow. It is from Mexico, and flowers in July. It has been also named E. 
hamatocanthns. 
Portulaca Thellusonii, Leyszii. Leysz’s Purslane.—Order Portulacaceae (Purslane tribe).—This is a very 
desirable variety of Thelluson’s Purslane, differing only in having the flowers double. The colour being a bright 
carmine, it must be a very showy annual. It was raised by M. Leysz of Haney. 
Centrosolenia glabra, Hooker. Smooth Centrosolenia. Order Gesneraceae (Gesnerwort tribe).—A smooth 
prostrate epiphytal herb, with opposite obovate-lanceolate leaves, and axillary white flowers, about as long as those 
of the scarlet Achimenes. It is a native of the West Indies, and has been introduced to Kew by Mr. Purdie. 
Dryandra nobilis, Bindley. Handsome Dryandra.—Order Proteaceae (Protead tribe).—A very handsome 
greenhouse evergreen shrub, the thick, hard leaves of which are a span long, and deeply pinnatifid with recurved 
lobes; they are deep green above and white beneath, and have a very elegant appearance. The flowering 
branches are terminated by a large yellow head. Mr. Drummond sent it from the Swan River colony. It flowered 
at Kew in May 1851. 
Conradia neglecta, Hooker. Neglected Conradia.—Order Gesneraceae (Gesnerwort tribe).—A dwarf stove 
herb, with large obovate oblong leaves, and axillary flowers (the colour of which is not stated) seated down among 
the leaves. It is from Jamaica, and has been raised at Kew. 
Lindenbergia urticjefolia, Lehmann. Nettle-leaved Lindenbergia.—Order Scrophulariaceae (Linariad tribe). 
—A weed-like annual plant, with ovate leaves, and solitary axillary flowers rich yellow, with a deep red spot 
within the throat. It is an Indian plant, and was sent by Dr. Hooker to Kew. It is the Stemodia ruderalis of 
Yahl. 
Azalea indica calycina, Bindley. Long-calyxed Chinese Azalea.—Order Ericaceae (Heathwort tribe).— 
A coarse-looking variety of Chinese Azalea, having the habit of the more vigorous varieties of that plant, and 
large loose flowers of a purplish rose-colour, spotted with red. It is remarkable for the long segments of its calyx. 
Mr. Fortune found it in China, and sent it to the garden of the Horticultural Society, where it flowered last 
year. It is not of much importance. 
Dendrobium album, Wight. White Dendrobe.—Order Orchidaceae (Orchid tribe).—A neat stove epiphyte, 
with erect jointed stems, oblong elliptic acuminate leaves, and large pure white axillary flowers, growing in pairs. 
It is stated to be near I). aqueum. It is an Indian species, and has been introduced by Messrs. Yeitch. 
Acacia cochlearis, Wendland. Cochlear Acacia.—Order Fabaceae (Leguminous plants).—The Mimosa coch- 
learis of Labillardiere. It is a fine greenhouse shrub, with narrow sharp-pointed phyllodes, and balls of yellow 
fragrant blossoms on stalks shorter than the leaves, two or three springing from each axil. It is from the west 
coast of New Holland, and has been raised in the garden of the Horticultural Society. Flowers in the early 
months of the year. 
Olearia Gunniana, Hooker fil. Mr. Gunn’s Olearia.—Order Asteraceae (Composite plants).—A daisy- 
flowered, half-hardy Tasmanian evergreen shrub, growing to a moderate size. De Candolle called it Eurybia 
Gunniana. The leaves are neat, oblong, with sinuately-toothed margins, and the flower-heads an inch and a half 
across, have a white ray, and yellow disk, and are very freely produced in autumn. Against a wall, it will endure 
our milder winters ; but a reserve should be kept under protection. 
Zamia calocoma, Miquel. Beautiful-headed Zamia.—Order Cycadaceae (Cycad tribe).—A fine addition to a 
very interesting group of stove shrubs, having trunks of less or greater size, crowned by a tuft of pinnated fronds. 
In this case, the trunk is described as ten inches high, by four and a half inches diameter at the base, somewhat 
conical in form, and crowned by the erecto-patent lance-shaped fronds, which are nearly two feet long, smooths 
with dense, very numerous (65-70 pairs), linear-falcate subacute pinnse. It is allied to Z. tenius. The plant is of 
West Indian origin, and is cultivated in the nursery of M. Yan Houtte of Ghent, and in the Botanic Garden of 
Amsterdam. 
Maxillaria punctulata, Klotzsch. Dotted Maxillaria. Order Orchidaceae (Orchid tribe).—An epiphyte 
with greenish-yellow flowers, having a three-lobed yellowish lip, which is spotted at the edge with purple. A 
native of Brazil, and cultivated in the German gardens. 
Epidendrum Wagneri, Klotzsch. Wagner’s Epidendrum.—Order Orchidaceae (Orchid tribe).—A small- 
flowered stove epiphyte from Guatemala, introduced to the German gardens. The flowers are pink, in pendulous 
racemes. 
