The American journal of horticulture and florist's companion . to Messrs. Hooper & Co. of Covent Garden, who offer plants andseeds of this Eucalyptus, for the opportunity of figuring it. ? Ophrys insectifera, van aranlfcra, Spider Ophrys (Bot. Mag., t. 5712).—Orchidaceae. A pretty terrestrial orchid from Mentone, and the one which Lin-naeus regarded as the typical form of that group of Ophrys which includes thelesser and common spider, the bee, and the drone, amongst British orchids. 364 Notes and Gleanings. Hypericum patulum, Spreading St. Johns-Wort (Bot. Mag., t. 5693). — Hy-pericineae. A h
The American journal of horticulture and florist's companion . to Messrs. Hooper & Co. of Covent Garden, who offer plants andseeds of this Eucalyptus, for the opportunity of figuring it. ? Ophrys insectifera, van aranlfcra, Spider Ophrys (Bot. Mag., t. 5712).—Orchidaceae. A pretty terrestrial orchid from Mentone, and the one which Lin-naeus regarded as the typical form of that group of Ophrys which includes thelesser and common spider, the bee, and the drone, amongst British orchids. 364 Notes and Gleanings. Hypericum patulum, Spreading St. Johns-Wort (Bot. Mag., t. 5693). — Hy-pericineae. A handsome hardy perennial, native of Japan, flowering in autumn,and forming a very valuable addition to the list of available border-plants. Angelonia grandiflora (Large-flowered Angelonia). — A pretty scrophuiaria-ceous plant from South America. It is of most elegant habit, freely branching,with lanceolate leaves, and showy spii<es of purplish-blue flowers, which are de-lightfully fragrant. It maybe easily raised from seeds; and, though usually. ANGELONIA GKANDIFLORA. reo-arded as a stove-plant, warm greenhouse-temperature will suit it in tliewinter, and it may be planted out in the summer months. For this, also, we areindebted to Messrs. Hooper & Co., who have re-introduced the plant to cul-tivation. Aristolochia Goldieana, the Rev. H. Goldies Aristolochia (Bot. Mag., t. 5672). A remarkable stove climber from South America. The leaves are cordate on Ion- stalks ; the flower is bent into two unequal portions : the lower Notes and Gleanings. 365 portion surmounting the ovary about eight inches in length; the upper portiona foot long, funnel-shaped, and dilated into a three-lobed limb. The wliole
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