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scales, which extend into bracts about half the length of the pedicles. Each 
raceme consists of nine or ten flowers, of a dull greenish yellow, covered 
externally with short hairs; their petals have three streaks of violet ; their 
lip is downy all over the upper sui'face, dark purple in the middle, with two 
or three spots of the same colour near the point. In the centre ot the lower 
half is a large shaggy hump. Altogether the plant bears a near resemblance 
to the pendent-flowering species of Peristeria. — Bot. Reg. 
Proteace^e. — Tetrandria Monogynia. 
Lomatia tinctoria. A native of Van Diemen’s Land, and introduced 
thence by the late Mr. A. Cunningham to the Royal Gardens at Kew. The 
plant has variable pinnatifid or bipinnatifid leaves, and the upper part of 
the stem runs out into a long raceme of curious sulphur-coloured flowers 
tipped with green, especially in the bud. The specific name was given by 
M. Labillardiere, in consequence of the rose-coloured dye produced by the 
mealy dust which clothes the seeds, when infused in water. — Bot. Mag . 
Byttneriaceje. — Pentandria Monogynia. 
Thomasia stipulacea. A small bushy shrub from New Holland, sent by 
Mr. Drummond to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The leaves are large, 
irregularly heart-shaped; and the flowers, which are borne on a short raceme, 
are large and pretty, of a pinkish purple shade. — Bot. Mag. 
Orchideae. —— Gynandria Monandria. 
Lepanthes sanguinea. A native of the high mountains of Jamaica, whence 
it was sent to Kew by My. Purdie. It is rather a botanical curiosity than a 
florist’s plant, and forms a striking contrast with the majority of orchideous 
epiphytes, both plant and flowers being very minute, the former scarcely 
more than an inch high, growing in tufts among moss, on trunks of trees, in 
its native regions. The flowers, though small, are of a beautiful purplish 
blood colour. —■ Bot. Mag. 
Acanthace^e. — Didynamia Angiospermia. 
Barleria Jlava, syn. Justicia flava, Dianthera flava. A very little known 
plant, as it would appear, and to which other synonymes might perhaps be 
added. It is a native of Arabia, and has been long cultivated in the stoves 
at the Botanic Gardens at Kew, where it flowers in the winter months, and 
makes a very pretty appearance with its bright yellow flowers among the 
large calyces and bracts. — Bot. Mag. 
LeguminoSuE. — Decandria Monogynia. 
Gastrolobium spinosum. Till the developement of flowers in the spring of 
the present year afforded a chance of referring it with certainty to its proper 
station, this plant was cultivated and generally known as Chorozema oppo- 
sitifolia, a mistake which most probably arose from the analogy displayed in 
its general features to those of the stronger-growing and larger-foliaged 
species of that genus. Seeds of it were imported from the Swan River 
colony, and distributed by Captain Mangles a few years since; and 
Mr. Young of the Epsom Nursery was fortunate enough to raise a number 
of specimens, which have been since multiplied and widely distributed. The 
plant is one which readily admits of being reduced to handsome proportions; 
has a neat habit and foliage; and produces copiously its terminal clusters of 
pea-shaped flowers, having an orange yellow vexillum and reddish purple 
wings. — Pax. Mag. Bot. 
Laijiat/e.— Decandria Monogynia. 
Salvia prunelloides. A small blue-flowering sage, of medium habit and 
foliage, which seems peculiarly well suited for flower-gardening purposes, 
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