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being covered with delicate hairs, produce the appearance of plumes of 
purple silk. There is no hope, we fear, of this delicate little thing existing 
in the open air of England; on the contrary, it must have a warm green¬ 
house all the year round. — Bot. Reg. 23—45. 
NyctaginacezE. — Octandria Monogynia. 
Bugainvillaa spectabilis. A climbing plant, brought from Peru in 1829, 
but which never bloomed in this country until the specimen at Chatsworth 
disclosed its singular and beautiful inflorescence about two years ago, and 
again in still greater profusion throughout the greater part of last summer. 
The showiness of the flowers is entirely vested in the large rosy-purple 
coloured bracts, three of which encircle the true heath-like flowers.— Pax. 
Mag. Bot. 
Ericaceae. — Pentandria Monogynia. 
Seedling Chinese Azaleas. No. 1. Exquisita. 2. Optima. 3. Brough- 
tonii. These are three very beautiful varieties in the possession of Messrs. 
Knight and Perry, nurserymen, of Chelsea. The first is an improvement on 
the well-known A. ind. variegata, the spots and edging being more distinctly 
defined. 2. Is a rich, deep, rose-colour variety. And 3. possesses an intense 
crimson-red tint, quite distinct from any other. Both of them have fine full¬ 
shaped flowers, and cannot fail to be favourites. — Pax. Mag. Bot. 
Orchidace^e. — Gynandria Monandria. 
Aerides maculosum. This comparatively scarce species was imported from 
Bombay two or three years since, and flowered last year both in the col¬ 
lection of C. Horsfall, Esq., of Liverpool, and that of Messrs. Rollisons, of 
Tooting. The plant is easily distinguished from other species by the manner 
in which its leaves are crowded together on the stem ; its sepals and petals 
are full rose-colour spotted with crimson, and the lip possesses the richest 
tint imaginable of the latter colour. — Pax. Mag. Bot. 
Spathoglottis Fortuni. One of the first plants which Mr. Fortune met 
with on the granitic mountains of Hong Kong was this pretty little Bletia- 
like plant. Like the Bletias it has thin plaited leaves, and fleshy tubers, or 
corms, which lie dormant for some months after the foliage has disappeared. 
The genus, indeed, differs from Bletia principally in having the middle lobe 
of the lip stalked, with some deep plates at its base, and in its anther having 
but two cells instead of eight. The flowers are entirely yellow, excepting 
the side lobes of the lip, which are spotted and blotched with crimson. — 
Bot. Beg. 19—45. 
Govenia vtriculata. Remarkable chiefly for the large transparent, blad¬ 
dery sheath surrounding its scape and the lower part of the leaves, which 
seems destined to contain water for the nutriment of the plant. The flowers 
are small, greenish-white, borne on a loose erect spike. It is a native of 
Jamaica and Hispaniola. — Bot. Mag. 4151. 
