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THE FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
to the Horticultural Society by Mr. Hartweg, who found it on 
the Totontepeque Mountain, at an elevation of 10,000 feet, and 
is likely, therefore, to be very hardy. The plant in habit ap¬ 
proaches F. fulgens, but is sufficiently distinct, both in foliage 
and flowers; the former appear to have a crimson margin, and 
the flowers are shorter and more campanulate ; the tube is bright 
red, extending on to the sepals, which are tipped with green; 
the petals are entirely green. To cause it to flower well, it 
should be grown in rather poor yet free soil, and small pots. 
Bot. Reg. 
[There is, we believe, another F. splendens in cultivation, of 
Humboldt, which may be distinguished from the above by its 
decidedly hoary leaves and dwarf habit. Ed. Flor. Journal.] 
Diadelphia Decandria — Papilionacece. 
Zichya Villosa. A very pretty greenhouse climber, raised 
from Swan River Seeds by Mr. Standish, nurseryman of Bag- 
shot. The flowers are produced in dense heads, of a pleasing 
reddish colour; the plant grows freely in a mixture of loam and 
sandy peat, and is well suited for training on ornamental wire- 
work,— Bot. Reg. 
Gynandria Monandria—O rcAicfoce#. 
Grammatophyllum Multiflorum, var. Tigrinum. A very richly- 
marked variety of G. multiflorum; it succeeds either in a pot 
or suspended on a log; in the latter case it is necessary to sur¬ 
round the roots with sphagnum or peat, and should be liberally 
supplied with water.— Bot. Reg. 
Pentandria Monogynia — Convolvulacece. 
Pharbitis Ostrina. This extremely handsome plant was im¬ 
ported from Cuba about three years ago by Messrs. Loddiges, 
with whom it blossomed profusely for the first time in the sum¬ 
mer of 1841. The flowers, which are a deep sanguine purple, 
are produced in clusters of an indefinite number; these rise from 
a point opposite or near to the base of the leaf-stalks. The 
plant is a tuberous-rooted perennial climber, usually running 
fifteen or twenty feet each year, and decaying back annually ; it 
