LIST OF NEW PLANTS. 
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CESTRACEiE. — Pentandria Monogynia. 
Habrothamnus elegans. The "beauty of Habrothamnus fasciculatus is so 
striking, that attention is strongly drawn to the discovery of other species in 
Mexico, and the Belgians have already succeeded in adding that now repre¬ 
sented, which, although not comparable with II. fasciculatus , is evidently a 
graceful and gay-looking plant; it has a terminal head of erica-like flowers 
of a bluish carmine, and the plant itself is evidently a solt-wooded species 
to be treated in the same manner as Pelargoniums. — Bot. Reg. 
Orchideae. — Gynandria Monandria. 
Odontoglossum pulchellum. A most delicate and elegant plant, well de¬ 
serving the name Mr. Bateman has appropriated to it. It is a native of 
Guatemala, introduced, we apprehend, through the medium of Mr. Skinner; 
and it flowered in the stove of the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew in Oc¬ 
tober, 1843. The plant is pseudo-bulbous; bulbs clustered, oblong, taper¬ 
ing upwards, bearing two elongated linear leaves; the flowers are borne in a 
loose spike, the stem rising from the base of the pseudo-bulb; every part of 
the flowers is white except the crest of the labellum and the anthers, which 
are yellow, the former, in addition, being spotted with bright red. — Bot. 
Mag. 
Lobeliaceje. — Pentandria Monogynia. 
Siphocampylus lantanifolius. A rather weak-growing, but erect shrub, 
with many rounded branches. The young ones herbaceous, having leaves 
with a distant resemblance to those of the Lantana. The striking peculiarity 
in this plant is in the inflorescence, which constitutes a many-flowered 
corymbose raceme. The colour of the flowers is a pale, yet bright crimson, 
the segments of the corolla being tipped with bright green. It was origi¬ 
nally collected in Caracas by M. Vargas. — Bot. Mag. 
Asclepiabeje. -— Pentandria Digynia. 
Asclepias vestita. A new and well-marked species, for a knowledge of 
Avliich we are indebted to Mr. Veitch, of Exeter, who received seeds of it, 
we believe, from the southern states of North America, and reared it in the 
greenhouse, where it flowered in October, 1843. It is an herbaceous plant, 
bearing dense hemispherical umbels of curious green and purple flowers. — 
Bot. Mag. 
OrchidacexE. — Gynandria Monandria. 
Dendrobium Dalhousieanum. This splendid species of Bendrobium was 
originally obtained by Mr. Gibson, Botanical Collector to Iiis Grace the 
Duke of Devonshire, from the botanic gardens of Calcutta, and by him trans¬ 
mitted to Chatsworth. The Calcutta gardens we're indebted for their plants 
to Lady Dalhousie; but it was unknown whence her Ladyship procured 
them. About two months ago a specimen imported by Messrs. Loddiges 
from the same gardens, flowered in the superb collection of those gentlemen. 
The plant is of a medium habit, producing its graceful bending racemes 
of flowers from the upper portion of the defoliated stems, formed the pre¬ 
ceding year: the flowers themselves are large and specious; the sepal and 
petals are of a delicate pale nankin, shaded with salmon-colour; the lip is 
very handsome, shaped somewhat like a boat, with an obvious peculiarity in 
the raised parallel coloured lines on each side, pointed towards the middle, 
and detached for a short distance from the body of the lip at the innermost 
termination : it is of the same colour as the sepals and petals, having two 
large, intense, crimson velvety, eye-like spots on the upper portion. 
In the Calcutta gardens it produces its flowers in the dry season, a circum- 
