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Dendrobium fimbriatum var. oculatum. A variety which flowered in the 
Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew, in September, 1843, having a dark, blood- 
coloured, eye-like spot in the centre of the labellum, which adds greatly to 
the beauty of this otherwise very charming plant. This state of it Dr, Lind- 
ley considers that of the native specimens. — Bot. Mag. 4160. 
Polystachya bracteosa. A native of Sierra Leone, communicated by 
Mr. Whitfield to the Kew Gardens; the pseudo-bulbs are about an inch in 
diameter, suborbicular, singularly compressed, and the old ones, especially, 
very uneven on the surface. From the summit arises a stout petiole, bearing 
a solitary, oblong-ovate leaf, from the base of which, in a cleft at the summit 
of the petiole, arises the peduncle, bearing a many-flowered, drooping, downy 
raceme, of bracteated, dull orange-yellow flowers, individually small, and not 
remarkable for beauty. — Bot. Mag. 4161. 
ScROPHULARiNEiE —Diandria Monogynia. 
Calceolaria alba. A native of Chili, but probaby of rare occurrence ; at 
least, it has not till now been introduced to our gardens. Mr. Yeitch receded 
seeds from his collector, Mr. W. Lobb, and plants raised from them flowered 
in his nursery in September, 1844. It is singular in the very pale, nearly 
white, colour of the flowers; the foliage, though narrow, is copious, and the 
plant has an erect and graceful mode of growth. The species will perhaps 
bear our mild winters. — Bot. Mag. 4157. 
Acanthace^e. —• Didynamia Angiospermia. 
Salpixantha coccinea. Collected by Mr. Purdie in Jamaica, and by him 
sent to the Royal Gardens, Kew, where it blossomed freely in the stove during 
the autumn and winter of 1844-5, and made a very pretty appearance with 
its gracefully pendent scarlet blossoms, and its well-formed, dark gieen 
foliage. It is a low, branching shrub, glabrous in every pai% with ample, 
opposite leaves ; the peduncles are axillary and solitary, or terminal, and then 
ternate, drooping ; the lateral ones, however, terminate a two-leaved branch, 
or innovation, while the central peduncle springs from the apex of the older 
branch ; the upper part of this peduncle bears rich, red-coloured flowers, 
arranged in a spike, the flowers decussately opposite, bearing some resem¬ 
blance to those of Manettia cordata. —- Bot. Mag. 4158. 
Begoniacete. — Moncecia Polyandria. 
Begonia ramentacea. A dwarf species, with very close-jointed stems, 
almost hidden with its beautiful foliage, dark green on the upper side, and 
crimson beneath, above which the flower-stalks rise a few inches, and ter¬ 
minate in a spreading, cymose cluster of whitish blossoms, delicately tinged 
with blush. As the flowers decay, the large winged seed-vessels assume a 
rich crimson hue, and are hardly less attractive. It was imported some years 
ago from Brazil to the nursery of Messrs. Young, of Epsom. The genus 
was established by Linnaeus, and commemorates a French patron of botany, 
M. Michael Begon. — Pax. Mag. Bot. 
Rutace^e. — Octandria Monogynia. 
Correas, five seedling varieties. Obtained by Mr. Gaines, nurseryman, of 
Battersea. The first, Picta, was raised between virens and speciosa, and 
possesses a strong, graceful habit, and good foliage: in its flowers it partakes 
considerably of the appearance of the latter ; No. 2., Bubescens , originated 
betwixt speciosa and Lindleyana, and has very bright-coloured, large flowers, 
with an upright habit, and shining foliage; No. 3., Delicata, is, perhaps, the 
most decided novelty, and certainly the most beautiful among them: it 
