The journal of the Horticultural Society of London . Lonicera tiitarica, var. pnuicea. 54 NEW PLANTS, ETC., 3. OxciDiuM LURiDUM ; alratum. Collected by Hartweg for tlie Horticultural Society atTampico. AVhether or not O. luridum is really a mere variety of theCarthagena Oncid becomes moie and more doubtful as ourknowledge of such plants extends. In the present instance it isunnecessary to open that question, the plant now mentionedbeing undoubtedly a veiy fine form of the lurid Oncid, whateverthe relation of the latter to the Carthagena Oncid may finallyprove to be. With the habit of tlie comm
The journal of the Horticultural Society of London . Lonicera tiitarica, var. pnuicea. 54 NEW PLANTS, ETC., 3. OxciDiuM LURiDUM ; alratum. Collected by Hartweg for tlie Horticultural Society atTampico. AVhether or not O. luridum is really a mere variety of theCarthagena Oncid becomes moie and more doubtful as ourknowledge of such plants extends. In the present instance it isunnecessary to open that question, the plant now mentionedbeing undoubtedly a veiy fine form of the lurid Oncid, whateverthe relation of the latter to the Carthagena Oncid may finallyprove to be. With the habit of tlie common form of the speciestliis combines flowers smaller than usual, very flat, with oliveand rose-colourefl sepals and petals, and a rich crimson li[)furnished at the ba-^e with 5 purple-black tubercles, four of wliiclisurround the fifth ; of these tubercles tlie central and two anterior. Onriclium luridum; atrafum. FROM THE SOCIETYS GARDEN. 55 are oblong and simple, the two posterior are concave, or almostkidney shaped with the concavity backwards. The wings of thecolumn are oblong- truncated fleshy bodies attached by the nar-rowest end. It is a fine variety, in some respects like the purplelipped Oncid (O. hcematochilurn)^ and requiring the same treat-ment as O. hiridum itself. 4. Adenostoma fasciculata. Hooker andArnott, Botamj of Beechey^s Voyage,p. 139, t. 30. Raised from seeds collected in Cali-fornia by Hartweg. A small heath-like bush, with erect weakbranches. Leaves linear, sharp pointed,concavo-convex, arising in fascicles from theaxil of primordial leaves of the same form,but dying early and leaving behind a pairof spine-pointed stipules ; in this arrange-ment they may be compared to Berberriesand similar plants. Flowers white, small,in terminal panicles, with much the appear-ance of the Alpine Spiraea. The leaves ofthe cultivated plant continually evince at
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