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plant, forming a tall shrub or small tree, with large handsome foliage and 
corresponding flowers of a pleasing rosy-crimson colour, produced from the 
axils of the leaves near the extremity of the shoots. It will rank in the 
section Abutilon , and along with Sida picta and S. Bedfordianum. It flowered 
in the stove of Mr. Veitch’s Nursery, in January, 1845. — Bot. Mag. 4170. 
Legumixos^e. — Decandria Monogynia. 
Gompholobium barbigerum. One of the most beautiful of the many New 
Holland Leguminosce, confounded by Sieber with the G. fimbriatum , but 
correctly determined by De Candolle, and named by him barbigerum m 
allusion to the curious, deep, beard-like fringe on the margins of the keel o 
the corolla, by which character it is readily distinguished from G. grandi- 
florum., and no less easily by its broader leaves and larger (and brighter 
yellow) flowers. It flowered in the greenhouse of the nursery of Messrs. 
Lucombe and Pince, who appear to have been the first to introduce it 
alive to this country in April, 1845. — Bot. Mag. 4171. 
Begoniace^e— Moncecia Polyandria. , 
Begonia albo-coccinea. One of the most lovely of this beautiful genus, 
which we cannot too much recommend for cultivation to all admirers ot 
hot-house plants, blooming throughout the spring and summer months; the 
flowers are numerous, white and coral-red. Our plants were laised in t e 
Royal Gardens of Kew, from seeds sent from India by — Strachan, Esq. 
of Twickenham, Surrey. — Bot. Mag. 4172. 
Orchidaceje § Vande^e. — Gynandria Monandria. 
Odontoglossum Cervantesii. Of the beautiful things belonging to the white- 
lipped section of this genus not one is more perfectly lovely than the 
present. It is in the way of the well-known O. Rossii, but its large, thin, 
delicately pink flowers, banded with crimson near the centre, aie in all 
respects much handsomer. It was imported by Messrs. Loddiges from 
Oaxaca. Among other valuable attributes the plant has that of being very 
sweetly-scented, emitting a delicious odour, something like bitter almonds. 
— Bot. Reg. 36-45. . . ,. 
Oncidium spilopterum. A beautiful species, seeming to be intermediate 
between 0. Lanceanum and Carlhaginense. Its flowers are large and yellow, 
with small brownish-purple sepals and petals; the base ot the labellum is 
the same colour, while the wings of the column are clear yellow, spotte 
with crimson. The flowers grow in an erect raceme, longer than the leaves. 
— Bot. Reg. 40-45. 
LITERARY NOTICE. 
Hortus Cantabkigiensis, (l$th ed. enlarged and brought 
down to the present time,) by P. N. Don. Longman * Co. 
The want of a complete catalogue of all the plants known to 
our gardens has been severely felt for several years, the vast 
number of accessions constantly pouring in having annually 
