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covered with coarse hairs; the flowers are much larger, not at 
all striped, but have a deep rose-coloured border, whose lobes 
are notched.— Bot. Reg. 
Hexandria Monogynia. — Amaryllidacece. 
Alstroemeria lineatijiora. At last we have the pleasure of 
publishing the true Alstroemeria lineatijiora , from Peruvian 
roots, presented to the Horticultural Society by J. Maclean, 
Esq., of Lima. It is one of the finest of its class ; and although 
doubtless very near A. Ligtu, peregrina, and pulchra, apparently 
distinct from either. The flowers are pale pink, with a shade of 
yellow near the base of the two upper petals, and slightly 
marked with small crimson bands. It is a greenhouse perennial, 
and thrives best in a compost of one half loam, the other peat 
and sand ; this, like many other species of Alstroemeria pro. 
duces tuberous roots in a horizontal direction, consequently it 
requires a large pot, which should be nearly half-filled with 
potsherds. In autumn the plant should be set in some airy 
place, where it will receive very little water, until the beginning 
of January, when it should be repotted: while in a growing 
state plenty of water should be given, and air at all times, when 
the weather will permit. It may be propagated abundantly from 
seed.— Bot. Reg. 
Gynandria Monandria. — OrchidacecE. 
Dendrobium Rnckeri. We presume this plant to be one of 
Mr. Cumming’s discoveries in the Philippines, although no trace 
of it is to be found among his dried specimens. It belongs to the 
same set as D. Pierardi. Its leaves are exactly lanceolate, 
very sharp-pointed, and a little disposed to curve backwards at 
the end. The flowers, although of a rich yellow; nankeen colour, 
when expanded are almost white externally ; the lower sepals, 
which are really ovate in form, are rolled back at the edge near 
the middle, so as to look as if contracted there ; the petals and 
upper sepal are nearly of the same size and form, linearly- 
obovate, acute, and spreading ; the labellum is deep orange, 
with a white edge and a pink outside; when spread flat it is 
roundish, obovate, with three rounded lobes, of which the 
middle one is crisp, and has a hairy ridge running along its 
middle; the side lobes are hairy too near the base; the flowers 
are deliciously sweet. — Bot. Reg. 
Gynandria Monandria. — OrchidacecE. 
Dendrobium taurinum. This plant was imported from Ma¬ 
nilla by Messrs. Loddiges, and flowered in the Hackney Nursery 
last autumn. Mr. Gumming was its discoverer and introducer. 
