NEW GARDEN PLANTS. 
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pinnately cut leaves, aud white flowers with a crown of scarlet scales. It was brought to Berlin from Central 
America, by M. "Warczewitz. 
Chionanthus retusus, Lindley. Betuse-leaved Chionanthus.—Order Oleacese (Olivewort tribe).—A hardy 
deciduous shrub, introduced from China by Mr. Fortune. The leaves are long-stalked, obovate, notched out at 
the end, downy beneath. The flowers come in slender, terminal, somewhat whorled, panicles, and are pure 
white of no beauty, but deliciously fragrant. It was found by Mr. Fortune in a garden near Foo-chow-foo, on 
the river Min. 
Bytidophyllum Humboldtii, Klotzsch. Humboldt’s Bytidophyllum.—Order Gesneracese (Gesnerad tribe).— 
A half shrubby stove plant, growing three feet high, with oblique oblong leaves and few-flowered corymbs of 
flowers, two inches long, greenish, spotted with purple. From Central America, and introduced by M. Warcze¬ 
witz, who called it Gesnera Humboldtii. 
Bytidophyllum Tigridia, Klotzsch. Spotted Bytidophyllum.— Order Gesneracese (Gesnerad tribe).—A 
climbing half-shrubby stove plant, with oblique elliptic leaves, and bell-shaped pendulous flowers, three inches 
long, greenish, spotted with purple. This comes from Venezuela, and was introduced by M. Moritz. It is the 
Gloxinia Tigridia of Ohlendorff. 
Oestrum Warczewitzii, Klotzsch. Warczewitz’s Cestrum.—Order Solanacese (Nightshade tribe).—A hand¬ 
some greenhouse shrub allied to C. aurantiacum. The leaves are oval, shining above, and tapering to each end* 
The flowers are light orange-yellow, their tube about twice as long as the calyx. It is a native of Central 
America, near the volcano of Casthago, and was called Habrothamnus aureus by M. Warczewitz. 
Begonia punctata, Link, Klotzsch , and Otto. Dotted Begonia.—Order Begoniacese (Begoniad tribe).—A 
handsome stemless, herbaceous, hothouse perennial, with large cordate leaves cut into about seven toothed palmate 
lobes, the stalks furrowed, and furnished, just below the blade, with a purple ramentaceous collar. The flowers 
are in panicles, bright rose-colour, with deep red spots outside. It is a native of Mexico, and is cultivated in the 
Berlin gardens. 
Huntleya cerina, Lindley. Waxy Huntleya.—Order Orchidacese (Orchid tribe).—A curious and very beau¬ 
tiful stove orchid, introduced from Central America, and recently flowered by S. Bucker, Esq. The flowers rise 
singly from the base of the leaves ; they are very fleshy, nearly circular, concave, and about three inches across 
yellowish white and waxy; the lip is more yellow, and has a semicircular ruff of plaits and folds. The column 
is deep violet near the base. 
Maxillaria elongata, Lindley. Elongated Maxillaria.—Order Orchidacese (Orchid tribe).—A terrestrial hot¬ 
house Orchid, with elongate pseudo-bulbs, bearing a couple of lanceolate leaves, and producing dense oblong 
racemes of pale yellow and brown flowers, which do not possess much beauty. It is from Central America, and 
has been introduced by Mr. Skinner. 
Burlingtonta decora, Lemaire. Neat Burlingtonia.—Order Orchidacese (Orchid tribe); Syn. B. amcena, 
Planchon.—A beautiful little Brazilian epiphyte, with compressed ovate one-leaved pseudo bulbs, and loose 
racemes of three to five flowers, of which the sepals and petals are small, connivent, rose-coloured, spotted with 
red, and the lip broad, flat, two-lobed, and pure white, with a lacerated pinnate, red and speckled appendage on 
each side of the base. It was introduced from St. Paul’s, in Brazil, by M. Libon, the collector for M. de Jonghe, 
and flowered in May in 1851, with M. Makoy. 
Maxillaria revoluta, Klotzsch. Bevolute Maxillaria.—Order Orchidacese (Orchid tribe).—A very pretty 
stove perennial, with oblong pseudo-bulbs an inch long, terminated by one linear ligulate leathery leaf, and pro¬ 
ducing one-flowered peduncles. The flowers are golden yellow, the points of the petals being recurved. It has 
been flowered at Frankfort, but its native country is not known. 
Scelochilus Ottonis, Klotzsch. Otto’s Scelochilus.—Order Orchidacese (Orchid tribe).—A neat bulbless stove 
epiphyte, with oblong coriaceous leaves, and radical, somewhat branched racemes of flowers, which are small, 
yellow, with a few red streaks. A native of Caraccas, and introduced a few years since to the Botanic Garden at 
Berlin, where it flowers in April. 
Mormodes flavidum, Klotzsch. Yellowish Mormodes.—Order Orchidacese (Orchid tribe).—A terrestrial stove 
Orchid, with long cylindrical pseudo-bulbs, bearing leaves at its joints. The racemes are few flowered ; the sepals 
are linear-lanceolate, greenish-yellow, the lip obovate, yellowish-white, bent inwards, with a small point, almost 
entire, with both edges curved back. Introduced to Berlin from Central America. 
Oncidium cucullatum, Lindley. Hooded Oncid.—Order Orchidacese (Orchid tribe).—A very pretty stove 
epiphyte, with long oval pseudo-bulbs, bearing a pair of oblong-lanceolate leaves, and a simple, scarcely panicled 
raceme of small but pretty flowers; the sepals and petals are dull rose, and the lip violet, covered over with 
crimson spots. It is from Central America, and was introduced by Mr. Linden. It was flowered in February 
last at the Fence, Macclesfield. 
Beschorneria yuccoides, Lindley. Yucca-like Beschorneria. Order Amaryllidacese ( Am aryl!id tribe). A 
fine half-hardy perennial from Mexico. It has thick, rigid, broad-lanceolate radical leaves, and produces a scape 
six or seven feet high, bearing a somewhat panicled raceme of green tube-like flowers, seated among deep red 
bracts. It has been flowered by the Hon. W. F. Strangways, in his garden at Abbotsbury. 
