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THE FLORISTS JOURNAL. 
Plumbaginee:. — Pentandria Pentagynia. 
Armeria cephalotes. This fine and most desirable plant has lately been 
brought into notice as something altogether new to our gardens (under the 
name of Statice Pseudo-Armeria). But though perhaps long lost to our 
collections, it was introduced to the Royal Gardens of Kew so long ago as 
the year 1775, by J. N. de Jacquin ; and. was probably, previously to that 
time, detected at Algarhia in Portugal, by Masson, while collecting for his 
Majesty George III. It is probably not hardy enough to bear the open 
border, but in a cool greenhouse few plants make a more striking appear¬ 
ance, flowering in August and September. — Bot. Mag „ 4128. 
Ternstrcemiace-E. — Polyandria Pentagynia. 
Laplacea serniserrata. A native of various parts of Brazil, where, accord¬ 
ing to Martius. it forms a tree thirty or forty feet in height. Whatever may 
be its size in its native country, it is quite certain that in our stoves it flowers 
readily in the autumn, when not more than a foot high, and recommends 
itself by its handsome tea-like ever-green foliage, even more than by its large 
delicate white flowers. Mr. Gardner gathered it in Goyaz. — Bot. Mag. 
4129. 
Qrchibaceae. — Gynandria Monandria. 
Oncidium tricolor. A very beautiful and entirely new species, with foliage 
resembling that of O. triquetrum, but very different in the flowers, both as to 
form and colouring, being elegantly varied with white and yellow, and 
blotched with blood-coloured spots. It was sent to the Royal Botanic 
Gardens of Kew in 1843, by their collector, Mr. Purdie, from Jamaica, and 
blossomed freely attached to a piece of wood in March and April of the fol¬ 
lowing year. — Bot. Mag. 4130. 
Begoniace^e. — Moncecia Polyandria. 
Begonia rubricaulis. It is to be regretted that so many members of this 
highly ornamental genus of plants are introduced to our gardens without 
any record of their native countries; such is the case with the present 
species. The appellation given it by Sir W. J. Hooker is significant of the 
fine red colour of the flower-stalks, which, together with the glossy leaves 
and large rose-coloured and white flowers, renders the species peculiarly 
worthy of cultivation. It is in perfection during the summer and autumnal 
months. — Bot. Mag. 4131. 
Lythrace^e. — Dodecandria Monogynia. 
Cvphea strigulosa. This is one of those plants which, though usually con¬ 
sidered to require stove treatment, oh experiment are found to succeed far 
better when grown in a cooler situation. Cuphea strigidosa in a stove is re¬ 
markable for its numerous airy-looking flower-bearing ramifications ; yet the 
flowers individually are entirely devoid of interest, being of a pale greenish- 
yellow hue. But. when grown in the open air this colour is heightened to 
a bright yellow, variegated with red ; it is then, although not equal to some 
of the showy members of the genus, a very interesting species. It grows 
wild at the foot of the Andes, near Ibague, and has only recently been intro¬ 
duced to this country through the Continental nurseries. — Pax. Mag. Bot. 
OrcijidacejE. — Gynandria. Monandria. 
Epidendrum machrochdum roseum. One of the most showy species of 
Epidendra that we possess is undoubtedly E. macrochilum. The large ex¬ 
pansive white lip of the flower, so richly spotted with crimson in the centre, 
is especially interesting amongst the crowd of dingy bronzed flowers so 
numerous and common in the genus. Within the last two years several 
