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Monadelphia, Polyandria—Camellicse. 
Camellia Nitida. A valuable addition to this interesting 
family. The general habit of the plant is dwarfish; foliage 
small, of a deep shining green ; flowers small, but of exquisite 
shape, and great regularity ; colour, shaded crimson, and beau¬ 
tifully clear white stripe, altogether possessing great symmetry. 
Imported from China by J. Reeves, Esq. We saw it growing 
in the collection of Messrs. Chandler, Vauxhall. 
Didynamia Angiospermia— Gesneriacese. 
Gloxinia speciosa var. Macrophylla Variegata. A beautiful 
variety of the old Gloxinia speciosa, imported by Messrs. 
Vietch, of Exeter, from the Mountains of Brazil, in 1840; 
it differs chiefly from the original speciosa in having the prin¬ 
cipal veins in the foliage beautifully mottled with pale whitish 
green. The flowers are rather larger and darker. — Bot. Mag. 
Monoecia Polyandria— Aroidese. 
Colocasia odorata. This is one of that curious family 
Aroidese, which have been found to evolve heat during certain 
stages of flowering—a difference of eleven degrees has been 
observed between the temperature of the flower and that of the 
atmosphere of the stove in which it was growing. This plant, 
Colocasia odorata, is a native of Pegu, requiring the usual 
treatment applied to stove plants; it possesses a powerful 
fragrance, and noble foliage, but is rather deficient in floral 
gaiety; it has many claims on the notice of the Botanist, but is 
not well suited to the general cultivator.— Bot. Mag. 
Decandria Monogynia— Ericaceae. 
C let hr a Quercifolia. A desirable addition to the old and 
favourite genus Clethra : it has highly fragrant flowers, which 
are white; a greenhouse shrub, imported in 1839.— Bot. Beg. 
Decandria Pentagynia— Oxalideae. 
Oxalis Martiana. In compliment to Dr. Martius, a very 
pretty species, closely allied to Oxalis lasiopetala, a native of 
Brazil, introduced in 1828, its abundant crimson red flowers 
make it a desirable plant for the greenhouse.— Bot. Mag. 
