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EDWARDS'S 

BOTANICAL REGISTER: 

OR, 

ORNAMENTAL FLOWER-GARDEN 

ANJ) SHRUBBERY: 

C0NSI8TIN0 OF 

COLOURED FIGURES OF PLANTS AND SHRUBS, 

CULTIVATED IN BRITISH GARDENS; 

ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR 

iPfjBlorSt Best MethoU of Vrefttmml in CuUibalion^ |lrava]|alion» fct^ 

AND 

MONTHLY CHRONICLE 

OF 

BOTANICAL awd HORTICULTURAL NEWS. 



CONTINUED 

By JOHN LINDLEY, Ph.D. F.R.S. and L.S. 

PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON, 

AND THE BOTAL INSTITUTION OP GREAT BRITAIN, 

VICE-SECRETARY OF TUS HORTICULTURAL 80CZETT, 

4*c. jrc. 4*0. 



1843. 



OR VOL. XXIX. OP THE ENTIRE WORK. 
OR VOL. XVI. OP THE NEW SERIES. 



-viret semper nee fronde caduca 



Carpitur. 



LONDON: 
JAMES RIDGWAY, PICCADILLY. 



M.DCCC.XLIII. 



1 



TALINUM teretifolium. 

Slender-leaved Talinum. 



POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 

Nat.ord* Portulacacejs. 
TALINUM. Adanaon. 



§ 1. Stigmas or lobes of the style short, conniyent. Perennial herbs, 
with a short thick and firm stem, and terete, subulate, fleshy leaves. 
Flowers in a terminal, dichotomous cyme, expanding for a single day. 
Phemeranthus Rafinesque. 

T. eiliatum ; caule simplid v. ramoso, foliis aggregate teretibus, pedunculis 
elongatis, panicul& cymosa, petalis purpureis ovato-subrotundis, stami- 
nibus 20. 

T. teretifolium. Pursh FL Bor. am. 2. 365. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 819. DeCand. 
Prodr. 3. 386. Gray and Torrey's Flor. 1. 196. 



A pretty little herbaceojus plant, seldom seen in cultiva- 
tion. It inhabits various parts of North America, from Texas 
as far north as Pennsylvania, trailing over naked rocks, its 
favourite place of resort. 

In our gardens it is treated as a greenhouse plant, and then 
it forms neat patches of lively purple flowers. It is, how- 
ever, rather rare. 

Our drawing was made in 1841, in the garden of the 
Horticultural Society, where it had been raised from seeds 
received from Mr. Otto of Berlin. 

Fig. 1. represents the calyx and stamens, magnified, the 
petals having been pulled ofiT. 



Januai'i/t 1843. 



STENOMESSON vitellmum. 

Yolk'Of'Egg Stenomessan. 



HBXANDRIA MONOQYNIA. 
Nai.ord. AMARYLLIDACSiS. 

8TEN0ME880N. Herbert. 



S. mtellmum ; foliis hysteranthiis oboyato-oblongis d-nerviis petiolatis mar- 
gine rerolutiB snbtus glands, nmbell& 6-floril, perianthii laciniis erectia, 
stamiiiibus exaertiB, coronie dentibaa obtoaia indivisia. 

Bolbua plaeentiybrmis, eoUo constrieio, Florea ante/oUa. Scapo epi- 
tkamaue fflaueue. TedioeVaJlarum brevea, ovariopaidulum Umgiaree. Stamina 
altemh hretiora» Stigma Z-lobum eapitatum. 



A bulbous plant from Lima, wbence it was sent by Jobn 
Maclean, Esq. to the Horticultural Society, with whom it 
flowered in February 1812. 

The yellow flowers, and their general appearance, remind 
one of the yellow Calostemma of New Holland ; only they are 
larger. 

It is essentially distinguished from the other known species 
by its broad leaves, depressed bulbs, and the intermediate 
teeth of the cup being obtuse and undivided. 

The plant flowered in a cool stove, where it had been kept 
warm and moist while growing, but cooler and drier while at 
rest. 

It is among the prettiest of the Western American bulbs ; 
but is at present extremely rare. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM citrosmum. 

Lemon-scented Odontoghssum. 



OYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 

Nat, ord. ORCBiDACSiB § Yandeje. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM. Kunth. 



0. citrosmum (Lindl.Bot. Beg« 1842. miflc. 68.) ; pseudobolbis subrotondis 
conipressiB InnbiiB monopbyllisy folio oblongo-ligulato obtn&o racemo 
paolo breviore, sepalis oblongis obtusia petalisque conformibus subse- 
qualibns, labello ungniculato renifonni basi bituberculato, columnse alls 
lateralibus subtruncatis dorsaliq. rotundato denticulatis. 



Although such plants as this seem as if they weakened the 
genus Odontoglossum, on account of their similarity in habit 
to Oncidium, yet in truth they rather confirm that genus by 
showing that although the appearance of Oncidium may be 
assumed, yet the main points of structure remain unaffected. 
One of the most important of these points is the partial paral- 
lelism of the base of the labellum with the column, and the 
presence of a pair of parallel raised plates at that part. This 
occurs in the original Odontoglossum, and runs through 
a]l the numerous species published and unpublished with 
which I am acquainted ; and it does not occur in any Onci- 
dium. 

While however, notwithstanding its habit, this Odonto- 
glossum citrosmum confirms, rather than diminishes, the pro- 
priety of separating Odontoglossum from Oncidium ; it has a 
peculiarity of its own, which may possibly suggest to some 
minds the propriety of forming it and such plants as 0. brevi- 
folium and pulchellum into a separate genus, characterized by 
the presence of a toothed wing or membrane at the back of 
the anther ; and the similarity of these plants in habit might 
seem to justify the measure. In that case the generic name 
of Trymenium might be taken for them. I do not however 



at present see tbe necessity of regarding them as more than a 
section of Odontoglossum. 

It was imported by George Barker, Esq., of Birmingham, 
from Mexico, and given to Thomas Brocklehurst, Esq., of 
the Fence near Macclesfield, by whose gardener it was exhi- 
bited at one of the great meetings of the Horticultural 
Society at Chiswick in 1842. It has large snow-white and 
rose-coloured flowers, of great beauty, exnaling a delicate 
smell of lemons. 

Fig. 1. represents the column with its three wings and 
the base of the lip. fig. 2. shews the masses of pollen, their 
strap and gland. 



iW ^ / fL^^r Mf ^.m-^ fan't fHit 



HOVflA racemulosa. 

Spikeletted Havea. 



DIADELPHIA DECANDHIA. 

Nat. ord. PXpilionaceje. 
HOVE A. Supra, wd. 4./ol. 280. 



H. raeemulasa ; foliis oblongo-linearibuB sublanceolatiBve supr^ tenniter reti* 
cnlatis glabris snbttlB tomentosifl, racemis axillaribus laxis pluiifloris rariiis 
apice foliifens, calycis longiuscoH pedicellati labio Buperiore maximo. 
Beniham tuprhy 1842, mMC. no. 36* 



Although this cannot be said to rival such species as 
Hovea pungens or Celsi in the brightness of its colours, it 
is by no means unattractive, when well contrasted with plants 
whose colours are not bright enough to kill it. It belongs 
moreover to a set of greenhouse shrubs of easy cultivation 
and small size, which are well adapted for decorating the 
shelves of the conservatory. 

« 

It is a native of the Swan River colony, whence the 
seeds were obtained by Capt. James Mangles, R. N. It first 
flowered in the garden of Robert Mangles, Esq. of Sunning 
Hill. 

Among the species of this genus from the East coaj»t of 
New Holland is one, called Hovea ramulosa by Allan Cun- 
mngham, which aDproaches this very much in several respects. 
But that species has solitary axillary flowers, more obtuse 
leaves, and a still more shaggy surface. As it does not seem 
to have yet found its way into books, I may as well take the 
present opportunity of stating its characters. 

H. ramulosa (A. Cunn. mss.) mollis, villosa, foliis oblongo- 
linearibus apice rotundatis supra glabris gross^ reticulatis 
subtus ferrugineo-tomentosis, floribus axillaribus subgcminis 



raro in ramulos foliosos dispositis, calycis sessilis villosi labio 
super iore maximo. 

It was found by Mr. Cunningham along the upper branches 
of the Brisbane River in More ton Bay, in the year 1829. 



*li^ (^ f St.*^9~i^ Mf iijo 



r 



VAN HOUTTE'S PHLOX. 



Garden Variety. 



For a knowledge of this remarkable plant we are indebted 
to M. Louis van Hputfe, nurfteryman of Ghent, who sent it to 
US in October last, in full flower ; but without any account of 
its origin. 

It is a variety of remarkable beauty, looking as if P. sua- 
veolens had been crossed with P. caroliniana, leaving on a 
white ground a crimson evidence of its paternity. The ap- 
pearance of the plant is beautiful, far beyond any thing yet 
seen in the genus Phlox ; and we were almost going to say, 
beyond any uiing among the hardy perennials in cultivation. 

An approach to it was exhibited last year by Mr. Mount- 
joy, nurserymstn of Ealing, but it was only an approach, with 
a much paler stain on the corolla. That, however, was very 
pretty ; and well worth the acquisition of the lovers of gay 
flowers. 



DENDROBlUM sanguinolentum. 

Blood-stained Dendrobium. 



GYNANDRIA MOyANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Orchidacejs, § Malaxed. 
DENDROBlUM Swartz. 



Sect. EuDENDROBiuM . Caulis teres. Folia plana. Flores membra* 
nacei patulL 

D. »anguinolentum (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1842. misc. 73.) ; caulibos teretibus 
pendulis, foliis ovato-lanceolatiB, floribuB gemelUs^ sepalis petalisque 
ovatia obtusiuBcolis patolis, labello trilobo glabro : lacini& intermedia 
retu84 nunc utrinque plicatft ; ungue concavo brevi appendice comu- 
formi pubescente retrors^ aucto. 



Probably there is no plant among all the species of 
Dendrobium now known to our gardens which is more deli- 
cately beautiful than this. Its colours too are so singular as 
on that account alone to render it an object of much interest ; 
for here we have the cyanic and xanthic tints in one and the 
8ame flower. We are always prepared to find red spots on a 
yellow ground, or vice versa, but it is a most unusual thing to 
find clear pure violet on petals the whole remainder of whose 
tint is yellow. In this plant, however, the combination oc- 
curs, producing a very gay and unexpected efiect. 

It was sent from Ceylon, to His Grace the Duke of Nor- 
thumberland, by Mr. Nightingale, and flowered at Sion in 
August last. It has pendulous stems like those of D. 
Pierardi, but of a delicate purple when young ; the leaves 
too are stained underneath and at the edges with the same 
colour. The flowers are as large as those of D. aggregatum, 
of a clear fawn colour, with the tips of the segments and lip 
stained with a deep rich violet. There is moreover a scarlet 
spot in the middle of the lip. 

Fig. 1. represents the outline of the lip of this plant. 
Fig. ^ shows the form of what I take to be a variety, larger, 



and baving the middle scarlet spot, but destitute of the violet 
tips. This is not distinguishable from the other in foliage, 
nor in any other way than in the manner now indicated. 

Both species have a strong downy tooth near the base of 
the lip, parallel with the surface and directed towards the 
foot of the column. 



AGAPANTHUS umbellatus; var. maximns. 
Large*flowered African Blue-Lib/. 



HKXANDRFA MONOGYNIA. 

Nat, ord. LiLiACRiC. 

AGAPANTHUS. Botanical Rerfister^ voL 9./oi. 699. 



A nmbeUatus. Bot, Reg. L c. 

Var. maximns ; foliis latioribus, iloribus multo majoribns. 



Since the days when the commerce of the Dutch revealed 
to Europe the vegetable riches of the Cape of Good Hope, and 
filled the gardens of Holland with crowds of unknown forms, 
the African Blue-Lily, or as it was formerly called the African 

1 tuberous Hyacinth, has been a favourite object of cultivation. 

I It has now, however, become common, and, discarded from 
the gardens of the great, to their own loss, has sought refuge 
with humbler cultivators, with whom it still is, and we trust 

I always will be, a cherished favourite. 

We do not find in such authors as we have an opportunity 
of consulting, any precise information as to the favourite loca- 
lities of Agapanthus. Mr. Harvey says, that one species is 
very common on the sides of Table Mountain, but which 
species, or what the kind of places it is found in, he does 
not state. 

With regard to the species, these are so little understood 
that, although this may well be distinct from A. umbellatus, 
we have no materials for defining it, and therefore we leave it 
to our successors; possibly it may be the A. multiflorus of 
Willdenow. Mr. Harvey says there are several species in the 
t^ape Colony; it would be well worth any one's while to collect 
and compare them, so as to settle the distinctions that exist. 

The accompanying drawing was made in the nurser}' of 

Ptbrmry, 1843. d 



Mr. Groom, of Clapham Rise, in September last. It is a 
beautiful plant. 

Those who wish to grow these African Blue-Lilies in the 
best manner, should proceed with them thus : — About the end 
of February the plants should be fresh potted, in a mixture 
of rich loam, and well . decomposed leaf-mould, or well rotted 
dung, and placed in a warm part of the greenhouse, where 
they will soon begin to grow freely. They will then require 
to be abundantly supplied with water, and about the end of 
May should be removed to the open air, if it is intended that 
they should flower out of doors. The pots should be placed 
in a sheltered situation, in large pans filled with water, so that 
one-third of the pots is immersed ; or the pots may be placed 
by the side of a pond, and the plants treated as subaquatic, 
in which situation they will flower freely during the summer. 
If they are retained in the greenhouse during the blooming 
season, they mu^t have plenty of air and water, or they will 
become weak, and lose that beautiful deep blue colour, which 
so much distinguishes them. 

When they have done flowering, in the autumn, they 
should be gradually dried, by withholding water, and finally, 
when the soil in the pots has become tolerably dry, and 
there is danger of frost, the pots should be removed for the 
winter, either into a cold pit, or under the stage of the green- 
house. Or they may be placed in a cellar, but then they must 
be kept very dry, and should be removed from such a situa- 
tion as soon as they shew signs of vegetation. 

These plants will also force freely if well supplied with 
moisture and bottom heat ; but in that case the flowers be- 
come very pale. They are easily increased by dividing the 
old plant when in a dormant state. They seldom require 
shifting when once established, if supplied once or twice, 
during the growing season, with a little liquid manure. 



8 



* HYPOCALYMMA robristum. 

Larger Peach Myrtle, 



ICOSANDRIA MONOOYNIA. 

Nat. ard. Myrtace^s. 

HTPOCALTMMA. Florea axillares, capitati. Calyx tubo cam pan u- 
lato, cam ovario coonato^ Umbo supero quinquepartito CoroUds petala 5, 
calycia fance inserta, ejusdem ladniis alteroa, breviter unguiculata, orbiciilata. 
Stamina 20*30, cam petalis inserta, iisdem longiora ; filamenta filiforma sub- 
ulata; anthera bilocolares, longitudiaaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium inferum, 
bilocolare (^•biloculare); ioeulis multi-ovalatis. Stylus ^Mformis. Stifftna ca- 

pitatum (simplex). Fructus Frutices iST. UoUandus awtro^oc- 

cidetUaliSf/oliis oppontis exstipulatis, line<iri-lanceolatis, mucronatist floribus 
axiUaribus sesnlibus v, breviuimi pedieellatis capitatis scarioso-bracteolatis, 
mseia 9. peraicinis, Endl. Genera Plantarum, no. 6306. 



H. robustum ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis mucronatis, floribus axillaribus brevis- 
sim^ pedieellatis, capitulis submultifioris. EndL tnutn, plant, 50. 



This is one of those beautiful little Myrtaceous plants 
peculiar to the South-west of New Holland, which might be 
easily mistaken for small Almond or Peach bushes, so much 
are the flowers like them, and so seldom do we find bright 
rosy blossoms among the .Myrtles. 

It is a native of the Swan River Colony, and has been 
raised by Messrs. Lucombe, Pince & Co. of Exeter. The 
leaves wnen bruised smell very agreeably of lemon. 

It is a greenhouse plant, and requires to be potted in a 
compost consisting of loam and heath-mould, with a small 
portion of silver sand. The pot must be well drained, so as 
to allow all noxious matter to pass oH. Water should be freely 



* From vTo under, and KoKv^fia a veil, in allusion we presome to the 
bracts that veil the calyx from below. 



given during summer, and plenty of air at all times, except 
during frost, i^hen the temperature should not he helow SS"*. 
It may he propagated hy cuttings in the ordinary way. 

Fig. 1. represents a flower-hud, with the hracts at its 
hase. Fig. 2. shews a section of the flower, made perpendi- 
cularly through the ovary ; the partition that divides the 
ovary into two cells, is seen to rise only half the height of 
the cavity, and to hear an ovule and half on each side, one 
and a half more heing removed from each side; hence the 
ovary is half hilocular, with three ovules in each cavity, two 
inserted near the apex on each side, and one in the middle 
near the base ; this is better shewn in fig. 3. which is a trans- 
verse section near the apex of the cavity of the ovary. 



CATASfiTUM planiceps 
Flat-headed Catasetutn. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 

Nat. ord. OacBiDACEiB § Vandb^. 

CATASETUM, Botanical Regitterj vol. 20. /o/. 1667. 



C. plameepa ; sepalis petaliBqiie ovatis conniTentibus, labello camoso galeato 
Totundato compiesso apicnlato indiviso margine aerrato. 



Notwithstanding our unwillingness to add to the doubtful 
species of this strange and changeable genus we can hardly 
hesitate about regarding this as new. It is true that its habit 
is that of C maculatumj tridentatum^ and semiapertum, from 
the second of which it differs in its serrated lip, from the first 
and last in its lip not having the edges incurved, and from all 
in the singular truncate form of tnis helmet-shaped organ, 
which is flattened from front to back and not laterally. 

It is a native of the Spanish Main, whence it was im- 
ported by Messrs. Loddiges, with whom it flowered in June 
1841. It is the No. 934 of their catalogue. 

It may be cultivated in a similar way to the other species ; 
by being potted in mossy turf and potsherds mixed with some 
small pieces of wood. Like other fleshy-stemmed Orchidacese, 
this requires three seasons, namely, that of growth, of flower- 
ing, and of rest. In spring, while in a vigorous state, plenty 
of water and a humid atmosphere is requisite, at a tempera- 
ture not less than 70^ at night, nor yet above 8(f in day, and 
shaded during sunny weather. As the flowering season 
advances, the water should be diminished gradually ; and in 
winter, when the plant is in a dormant state, withheld alto- 
gether for a few weeks, and the temperature not allowed to 
rise above 60*" or to fall below 50**. 



10 



» VRIESIA psittacma. 
Parrot'jhwered Vrima. 



HBXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 

NtU.ard* BROMSLiACEis. 

VRIESIA. Sepala 3, conyolutft, sequalia, petalis apice reTolutis bre- 
viora. SqiuMUB ciiique petalo 2» semiadnatae, indiTiBie. Stamina exserta ; 
3 libera petalorum basi inserta, 3 inter petala inserta iiaque basi connata ; 
aotherse lineares, planse, posticee. Ovarium semi-inferam, conicum ; stigma 

trilobum, lobis conTolutis et sinoatis villoMs. Folia /j/ana ereeta. Flores 

duHcM, distantes^ bracteia maffnis, jcanaliculatis, coloiatis. 



YnesiApntiaeina; foliiB oblongis acutis basi dilatatis, sepalis coroUa pariim 

breTioribas, staminibus exsertis. 
Tillandsia psittacina- Hooker in Bot, Mag. t, 2841. 



Although the limits of the genera of the Bromeliaceous 
order are much better defined than they were a few years 
ago, there are no doubt some distinct groups still concealed 
among the little known species crowded together imder the 
name of Tillandsia. The present instance we conceive to be 
one of them. 

Although referred to Tillandsia this has neither a supe- 
rior ovary, nor the scaleless petals that are essential to that 
genus. On the contrary, it evidently belongs to Endlicher's 
second section of the order, at present consisting of Pitcaimia 
and Brocchinia only. From the latter it differs in its revolute 
scaled petals, and distinct filaments ; from the latter in its 
distinct sepals, and regular revolute petals. From both its 
large channelled coloured bracts distinguish it at first sight. 

Along with it will have to be placed the Tillandsia heli- 



* We have taken the opportunity of thus commemorating the merits of 
^> W. de Vriese, Professor of Botany at Amsterdam, an excellent Botanist 
And Physiologist. 



amundes of Kutith, a plant with the same peculiar hahit and, 
as it appears from the description given of it by that author, 
the same peculiarities of structure ; but differing in its leaves 
being narrower, awl-shaped at the point, the bracts flesh- 
coloured, and the flowers white, or nearly so* 

This is an extremely pretty stove plant, for which we are 
indebted to C. B. Warner, Esq. It is said by Sir W. Hooker 
to be a native of the neighbourhood of Rio Janeiro. 

Fig. 1. represents a petal, with the two scales at its base; 
and it also shews how one of the stamens is inserted into the 
very base of the petal, between the scales, while the petals 
themselves are united by the stamens that are intermediate 
to them. Fig. S. shews a section of one of the scales, and 
indicates that they are adherent to the petals for more than 
half their length. Fig. 3. is a section of the ovary. 

In cultivation this requires to be potted in leaf mould, 
with a quantity of potsherds for drainage. Plenty of water 
should be given during the summer months, but sparingly in 
winter. Or it may be grown suspended in a wire basket, like 
an Orchidaceous plant. It is propagated by suckers. 



11 



LlLIUM testaceum. 

Yellow Japan Lily. 



HEXANDRIA M0N0G7NI4, 

Not, ord, LiLiACEJi. 

MLIUM. Botanical Register ^ tfol. 2./oL 132. 



Sect. Martagcn, Perigonii folioln sessilia^ revoluta, buIco nectarifero 

distincta. Endl.gen, 141. 

L. teetaceum ; folUs Bparsig lanceolatis, floribus cernuis tenninalibus pedun- 
eolis rigidiB breyioribat^ perigonii foliolis intilB laBviasculifl ▼. pariiin 
papillosig BtaminibiiB moltS longioribas. 

L. testaceum. Bot Beg. 1842, miee. 51. 



With the exception of the short notice in our work, last 
year, in the place ahove quoted, we find no account of this 
plant, our figure of which was made in the nursery of Messrs. 
RolUssons, of Tooting, in June last. 

It is said to be a Japanese species, and although very infe* 
rior in point of beauty to L. speciosum, Thunbergianum, and 
their varieties, is a plant that well deserves to be cultivated. 

It is a handsome frame or half*hardy bulb, growing best 
when planted out in a cold pit, where the bulbs can be kept 
dry during winter. 

It should be planted in the pit in autumn, or very early in 
spring, and when once established should not be afterwards 
disturbed, for all these plants suffer injury b^ removal, in 
consequence of the loss of their tender perennial fibres, and 
by the bulbs becoming dry. 

Whether planted or potted, the bulbs should be placed 
rather deep, because they make fibres above the bulb as well 
as below it ; and when they must be shifted it should be done 
while they are dormant. The greatest care should be taken 
during the operation of turning them out of the pots, and 

£ 



removing the crocks from amongst the fibres ; without shaking 
ofi^ much of the soil. They should be then fresh potted in a 
mixture of sandy peat, loam, and a small portion of well rotted 
dung or leafmould, with ample drainage. They should after- 
wards be kept dry till they begin to grow, when water should 
be given, but rather sparingly at first. Much damage is done 
to fresh potted bulbs by keeping them damp directly after 
fresh potting, and while in a state of rest. 

It is easily increased by separating the scales of which the 
old bulb is composed, which are to be placed in pots filled 
with very sandy soil and exposed to a gentle heat. They will 
be two or three years before they flower. 

The plant grows from one to four feet high, according to 
the strength or size of the bulbs and flowers, from July to 
September, according to the manner in which it is treated. 



12 



ONCIDltJM bicallosiim. 



Two-warted Oncidium. 



OYNANDRIA MONANDRIA, 

Nat. ord. Orchioacea § \avdem. 
ONCIDIUM. Swartz. 



EuoNCiDiuM ; Heteranthium ; Folia plana ; Pentapetala ; Micropetala ; 
labello pandorato ; i. e. medio conatricto basi angustiore. Sertum Or- 
ekidaceuvi sub t. 48. 

0. hkaHomm ; bracteia ovatis membranaceis obtusis, sepalis liberis obovatis 
concavia, petalis oblongis obtusis, labelli lobis lateralibns abbreviatis in- 
tennedio maximo transTeno emar^Inato subcordato, crista bicalloB&, 
taberculis diatantibus uno ante alterum posito rugosis subtrilobis, co- 
lumnee auricnlis linearibus falcatlm recurvis. Lindl, in Bent ham pi. 
Hartw.p. 94. 



Among the numerous fine things found in Guatemala by 
Mr, Skinner, there are not many which are more deserving of 
cultivation than this plant, which has so much the habit of 
0. Cavendishianum as to seem a mere variety of it, although 
in reality quite a distinct species. It was also met with by 
Mr. Hartweg, The flowers are fully two inches in diameter, 
which is four times the size of O. Cavendishianum; they 
appear in a dwarf erect raceme, not panicle ; they are of a ricn 
yellow, with the sepals and petals bordered with cinnamon 
colour ; the labellum has two very small lateral lobes, and for 
its crest it has a pair of distinct tubercles, the posterior 
double, the anterior S-lobed, and the two separated by a con- 
siderable space. The flowers are moreover slightly scented, 
which is not the case with O. Cavendishianum. Many plants 
are doubtless in the country ; but no one has succeeded in 
flowering them except Mr. Bateman, who sent a fine specimen 
to a late meeting of the Horticultural Society. 

The figure at the comer of the plate shews the peculiar 
arrangement of the warts on the crest of the lip. Besides 

3iai'ch, 1843. f 



which it indicates the unusual form of the narrow incurved 
wings of the column, and a thickening of the margin of the 
lip near its hase. 

It is a stove plant, and requires to he grown in a mixture 
of turfy peat and potsherds ; so that the whole may be effi- 
cienVdf^ed. rsmaller pot, inverted in the one in which 
it is potted, allows the warmth to rise through the soil, and 
makes the whole lighter than when it is drained at the bottom 
with potsherds. It may also - be grown suspended from the 
rafters of the house like other air plants, provided it is kept 
moist enough during the growing season. Like all these 
plants it requires a humid atmosphere, a liberal supply of 
water when growing, and partial shade during bright sun- 
shine in summer. A night temperature of 60"" in wmter and 
70° in summer will be amply sufficient for its growth. 



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PHILIBBRTIA grandifl6ra. 
Large-jhwered PhiHbertia. 



PBNTANDRIA MONOQYNIA. 

Nai.wrdm Asclbpiadacsa. 

PH/UBEBTIA. HvmhMt ei Knnih. Ctdyx 5-pariitag. CoroUi 
vrceolato-rotata, siniuito-qamqueloba, lobis acutia dendculU interyectia; tuhut 
bre?is, mediante toro camoso apici qnandoqae anmiliformi et undalato co- 
lumns Btamineae adnatus. Canna ttaminea eimpkix, 5-phyUa ; folioUs car- 
noaiB sanuno columnae insertis integris. Antkerm membrana temuDatae. 
MtusapolGmi daTato-cylindracefe, ad apicem fer^ affixae. Stigma breviaai- 
mam, t. breviter roatnttumv apioe biaiHCulatam.— -Fratioea volulnieg. Folia 
mpptrnta^ ban eordata. UmbeUas inierpeUolarei, Hooker & Arnott, Jour- 
nal of Botany, 1- 290. 



P. grandyiord ; undique tomentoaa, foliia aeami&atia anbimdulalia basi alt^ eor* 
datia, ombellia laxia multifloria, coronae atamineee lobia roatratia depreaaia. 
P. grandiflora. Hdoker in Bot, Mag. ^.3618. 
P. giracilia. Don fide Sieudel. 



This pretty twining plant is a native of Buenos Ayres, or 
rather of Tucuman, wnence its seeds were originally sent to 
the Glasgow and Glasnevin Botanic Gardens by Mr. Tweedie. 
ItTaries a good deal in the colour of its flowers and in the 
qaantity of down that covers it j in wild specimens it soon 
becomes woolly; but these difierences do not appear to be 
specific. In respect of colour, the variety now represented 
and that with pale yellow flowers, in the Botanical Magazine, 
may be taken as the two extremes. 

The PhUibettxa gracilis of the Gardens has been referred 
to this species by Steudel, and with reason. It is clearly no 
more than a variety of P. grandiflara. 



* i.e. Pbilibert, after whom tbia genua baa been named, waa tbe 
author of an Introduction to Botany publiabed in 1799. of a Botuiical Dic- 
tionary dated 1802, and of aome other elementary booka. 



p. Gilliesii, a species from Mendoza, not yet. that we know 
of in cultivation, is a much smaller plant, either smooth, or 
with an exceedingly short close down, and with the hase of 
the leaves almost truncated, instead of being deeply heart- 
shaped. 

The accompanying drawing was made in the Nursery of 
Messrs. RoUissons, in August 1838. The same individual 
had flowers of different colours, all however sweet-scented. 

A pretty slender greenhouse creeper, well adapted for 
training up the rafters of the greenhouse, or over ornamental 
trellis- work affixed to a pot. 

This, like most other plants belonging to the order Ascle- 
piadacesB, succeeds best when cultivated in friable loam and 
sand ; and if the loam is rather poor, a little leaf-mould may 
be added. The soil when used should not be sifted, but 
merely broken fine and mixed with the hand. The pots 
should be well drained, as the plant requires to be kept nearly 
dry during the season of rest. 

When the plants begin to grow in the spring, they should 
be fresh potted and cut back to the previous growth ; being 
afterwards placed in a gentle bottom heat for a few weeks, 
and having the supply of water increased. During the whole 
period of their progress, they should be kept in a rather moist 
atmosphere, as they are subject to the attacks of the red spider. 

This plant is easily increased by cuttings treated in the 
ordinary way, and it flowers freely during the summer and 
autumn. 

When it has done flowering, it should be allowed to rest, 
by gradually withholding water until the soil in the pots be- 
comes tolerably dry. The pots should then be kept in the 
warmest and driest part of the greenhouse during the winter. 



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INDIGOFElRA stachyodes. 

Long'Spihed Indigo. 



DIADBLPHIA DECANDRIA. 

Nat. ord. Leguminosjb, $ Papilionacejs. 
INDIGOFERA. Botanical RegUter, vol. 2.foL 104. 



!• 9taehyode$ ; fratescens, ramis pubescentibuB angulatis, foliis utrinque 
dense pubescentibus 18-22-jugiB : foliolis linearibus acutis margine re- 
cairis, lacemis erect is axillaribus sessilibus foliis subaequalibus, bracteis 
pilosis alabastris longioribus, calycibus cyathiformibus, ovario 7-oyulato. 



Among the crowd of species now found in the genus In- 
digofera it is not easy to say whether this is new or not \ we 
believe however that it may be so considered, although we are 
in ignorance of its fruit. 

Its seeds were collected inBhotan, one of the independent 
states in the North-east of India, by W. Griffith, Esq., at the 
height of 4CMX) feet above the sea, and sent to Richard Hors- 
man Solly, Esq., by whom they were presented to the Horti- 
cultural Society. It flowered in the Gardens at Chiswick, in 
September 1840. 

Fig. 1 . represents the calyx and stamens \ fig. 2. the ovary 
of this species. 

A handsome hardy greenhouse shrub, growing readily in 
a rich open soil, chiefly composed of sandy loam, with a little 
leaf-mould. 

It is easily increased by cuttings of the young wood, par- 
tially matured at the base, placed in sand, with a little bottom 
heat. The plant, when in good health, flowers during a 
greater part of the summer. 



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» BEClCTM bicolor. 
Two-coloured Becium. 



DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPSRMIA. 

Nat, ord, Labiatjs. 

BECIUM. Boi. Reg. 1842, mwe. 44. Calyx bilabiatus ; labio supe- 
riore diktato decuirente inferiore truncato pilis brevisBimis dens^ ciliato apicc 
biaeto. Corolla bikbiata, tubo recto calyce longiore intus pubescente, labiis 
eequalibus BQperiore 3-lobo lacinil^ media fiss^, convexo apice et margine revo* 
luto, inferiore oblongo eonca?o. Stamina libera, longiBfiima, declinata, aote 
anthesin cam stylo drcinata ; Buprema baai dilatata villosa inferiora laevia 
filiformia ; antherse oyatse, obtusse, glabrae. Ovarium disco 4-dentato om- 
nino immersum. Stigma 2-Iobam laciniis subulatis. 



B. bicolor. Idndl, I, c. 

Oeymum grandifiorum. VHerit. Stirp, 89. i. 43. 

O. abyssinicam. Hori. Par. fide Benth. 

O. filamentosum. Forak.Ji. jEgypt. Jrab. 100. Bentham Labial, p. 8. 

Fratex pub^^eens. Folia ofoato4anceolata, serrala, impunctata. Verti- 
cillastri iubbifloriy spicati, bracteUt eordatia vndulatis acuminatis deciduia colo' 
ratis calyce longioribus. Corolla alba venia lilacinis. Stamina lilacina. 



**From among some Abyssinian seeds sent to the Horticul- 
tural Society 9 from Paris, has been raised a plant of a genus of 
Labiatse, which does not appear to be described. It is a shrub 
with downy stems, ovate-lanceolate, serrated, slightly petio- 
lated leaves, and verticillasters of beautiful flowers arranged 
in short spikes. The calyx has a broad upper lip, like that of 
an Oeymum, the lower lip is deep, truncate, bordered with a 
close fringe of white hairs, and terminated in front by a pair 
of feeble teeth. The corolla is large, white, with lilac veins, 
and nearly an inch long. The upper lip is S-lobed, with the 
middle lobe split at tne point, and the points of all rolled 
back ; the lower lip is of about the same length, oblong and 
concave. The stamens are four, declinate, bright violet, and 



* From ftfiKtov, one of the names assigned by Dioscorides to the Sage> 
which this plant much resembles. 



about an inch long. The anthers are ovate, with a distinct 
pair of lobes attached to rather a convex connective. The 
ovary is almost entirely buried in a fleshy 4-lobed disk ; the 
style is long, violet, follows the direction of the stamens, and 
ends in a stigma with two equal subulate lobes. Both the 
style and filaments are twisted spirally before the corolla 
expands." 

''This plant evidently belongs to the Ocymoideous La- 
biate plants, but does not agree with any of the published 
genera. Its singular calyx seems by itself to mark it suffi- 
ciently, independently of which the plant differs from Plectran- 
thus and its allies in the equal size of the two lips of the 
corolla ; and from Ocymum and its allies in the long declinate 
stamens, distinctly bilabiate corolla, and whole habit." 

Such was the view we took of this plant some months ago. 
Since that time it has been suggested to us by Mr. Bentham 
that the plant is very near Ocymum filamentosum, and upon 
turning to the descriptions of that species we find them so 
much alike, that we cannot doubt their belonging to the same 
genus if not the same species. It is not however quite certain 
as to the latter point, because Mr. Bentham describes his 
plant with appendages to the longer pair of anthers, of which 
appendages we have no trace in our plant. 

Be this however as it may, we regard Becium as distinct 
from Ocymum for the reasons formerly given. 

Fig. 1 . represents the remarkable calyx ; 2. a portion of 
the corolla with the 4 stamens ; 3. the pistil, having its ovary 
plunged in a lobed disk. 

It is a half-hardy plant; but, coming from a warmer 
climate than many other kinds which we commonly find in 
greenhouses, it will not bear such a great degree of cold in 
winter. It will flower freely in the autumn and winter in a 
temperature of from 40^ to 4*5% and is adapted for conserva- 
tories which are kept about this temperature. When potted 
in any light common soil, it grows freely and is very easily 
multiplied by cuttings. 



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OXYLOBIUM capitatum. 

Headed Oxylobium. 



DECANORIA MONOGYNIA. 

Nat, ard. Lkgwivobm, § PAPiLiONACEiE. 

OXTLOBIUM. Jndr* Calyx semi 5-fidu8, bilabiatas, laBio superiore 
)>ifidOy inferiore tripartito. CarolkB Tezillam alls longiua, rotan datum, bre- 
Titer ongfiiicalatum ; ala oblongae ; carina ovato-oblonga sabFecta^ obtusa, 
jUbs aequans. Stamina Hbem, filamentis glabris. Ovarium subsessile, dens^ 
plarioYalatum. Stylua filifonnisy incurvus. Stigma terminale, tenue vel ca- 
pitatum. L^nmen OTatum, acutum, seasile^ coriacenm vel vix membrana- 
oemn, tuigidum, uniloctdare^ valyalis intuB laevibus. Semina estrophiulata. 
Frnticuli vel suffraticea Jxutralanei, Folia verticUlata out aparsa, simplicia, 
mtegrOf wbtiu sericea. Stipalp minutie vel nulUe, Infloresceptia racemoia, 
tenmnalii vel axillaris, Bracteae parva. Flores lutei vel erocei. Discus sta- 
madfer plerumque brevieaitnus'. Ovarium m7/o«tMtmMift.——— Genus characteri- 
bna et habitu VaUutaehyoe Talde affine, et nonnisi leguminibus absque septis, 
disco parroy et aeminibas estrophiolatis distinguendum. At in plerisque Le- 
gaminosis septa transversalia dum extant yalde fugacia et incerta sunt, nee 
in LoteU chanusteres solidos prsebent. Character e disco sumtus vix majoris 

Sonderis est, cum a sola majori ndnoriye ejusdem organi evolutione pendent. 
trophiolamm defectom in solo O. cordifolio observavi in caetens speciebus 
semina matara non yidi. Bentham Commentaiionee, p, 6, 



O. capitatum; foliis inferioribos oboyatis superioribus oblongis linearibusye 
mucrone recuryo, racemis densis capitatis paucifloris fofiis breyioribus. 
Bentham in plant, HugH,p, 28. 

Soffirutex hasi procumbens. Rami teretes glabri vel apice sericei. Folia 
altema vel oppoaita^ inferiora vix semipoUicariaj late ohovata vel ohcor^ 
data^ mperiora 1-2 poUices longa^ omnia apice obtusa vel emxirginata et 
tnucrone recurvo aucta^ supra reticulata glabra^ subtus, prasertimjunioraj 
pilis adpressis sericea^ nervo medio valtao, bast in petiolum brevissimum 
angustata* Stipnke setacea nigral petiolo kmgiores, Racemi 6-lO'Jlori 
aanUares et terminates, Pedicelli brevissimi ebracteati. Calyces campanu'^ 
iatif dense sericeij tuba IMis parum breviore. Petala et Stamina prope basin 
calyds inserta. Carina cUis vix breoior. Stylus glaber uncinatus acutus, 
Btigmate subobli^[uo capitato. Legumen siAsessile lignosum, ovoideum, 
utrinque acutum, calyee vix duplo longiut^ extus dense villosum, intus nu- 
dum,! Bentham 1. c. 



A greenhouse shrub of some beauty, imported from Swan 
River by Messrs. Lowe and Co. of Clapton, with whom it 
flowered in October last. 



It differs in nothing from the wild specimens in our pos- 
session, except that the flowers are less numerous in the axils, 
and therefore do not present an appearance to justify the name 
of capitate so much as they do. 

Fig. 1. represents the ovary, with the side removed to 
shew the three pairs of ovules. 

It should be potted in light heath soil, mixed with a little 
leaf-mould and sand ; the pot must be efficiently drained. 
When grown in the greenhouse, and subject to the same 
treatment as the generality of these plants, it succeeds admi- 
rably, and remains in bloom for several months in summer 
and autumn. Like all plants of this kind, it requires an 
abundant supply of water during the growing season ; but^ 
that quantity must be reduced at other times. It is easily 
multiplied by cuttings and seeds. 



was 



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DENDROBlUM rhombeum. 

Rhomb-lipped Dendrobium. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 

Nat. ord. ORCHiDA.CEiB, § Malaxea. 
DENDROBIUM. Botanical Register, vol. l.fol. 548. 



D. rhomhemn; caulibus teretibuB foliosis, foliis lanceolatis acutiB, racemis bre- 
vibus 4-floii8, sepalis ovaliboB obtusis, petalis dapl5 latioribus ovatiB, 
labello rbombeo undulato acuto medio pubescente, column4 utrinque 
tubercnlat^ pone basin comu deflezo auct&, antherft pubescente. 



This pretty species has much general resemblance to 
D. aureum, from which however it differs in having smaller 
blossoms, a labellum without serratures, and the flowers in 
short racemes instead of pairs. 

It is a native of Manilla, whence it was sent by Mr. Cuming 
to Messrs. Loddiges, in whose catalogue it stands as no. 319* 
and with whom it flowered in August last. 

The imported specimen is less vigorous than it may be 
expected to become hereafter, in which case the number of 
flowers will probably be augmented. * 

Here, as in some other cases, the column is furnished, 
near the base, with a deflexed horn lodged in a niche just 
above the insertion of the lip. This is a remarkable process, 
and is represented at fig. 1. of the accompanying plate; its 
nature requires to be investigated. 

Like Maxillaria, the whole genus Dendrobium, with those 
which are near it, requires a careful revision ; but in the ab- 
sence of more complete materials from the Indian islands, and 
especially of Dr. Blume's Java species, it seems premature to 
undertaKC the operation. 



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PERISTfiRIA Humboldti. 



HumboldVs Peristeria. 



OYNANDRIA MONANDRIA, 

Nat. ord. Orchidacka, § Yandbji. DIy. Maxillaridjb. 
PERISTSRIJ. Botanical Register, vol. 23. /ol. 1953. 



P. Humboldti s racemo elongato pendulo multifioro, calyce patolo, Bepaii* 
oblongis concavia obtasis, petalia rhombeia obtnaia plama minoribaa, 
labelii inflezi hypochilio camoao oblongo concaro, metachilio bilobo 
laciniia erectia coneatia carnoaia iqargine inferiore rald^ incnaaato medio 
appendioe bilobi camoaft diTaiicat& utrinque bidentat& aacto, epichilio 
nngaicolato canalicnlato apice dilatato truncato, column^ utrinque in 
nuu^nem rotandatum alatum productlL, atigmate et colamnae dorso 
villoaia, cmndicalft lineari, glandul& lunatd. 

Aogoloa Buperba. Hiimboldty Bonpland ^ Kunth, not. gen, ^ ep. pL 1 . 343. 
/. 93. LindL Gen. ^ Sfp. Oreh. p. 160. 



For this noble plant, which has a pendulous raceme a 
couple of feet long, we are indebted to John Wilmore, Esq., 
of Oldford, near Birmingham, who imported it from Porto 
Cahallo, in the province of Venezuela, about three years 
since. It flowered for the first time in March, 184S, and in 
April was exhibited to the Horticultural Society where it was 
distinguished by a silver medal. In many respects it has the 
habit of Peristeria Barkeri, but the leaves have longer foot- 
stalks. 
I 

j When the genus Peristeria was founded nobody suspected 

that the long sought Anguloa superba of Humboldt could 
belong to it ; still less did we imagine, when this noble spe- 
cies was sent from Birmingham, that it could be the very 

I same. Nevertheless, upon attentively considering Hum- 
boldt's figure, no doubt can be entertained of the fact; or that 

; Anguloa superba is nothing more than this Peristeria with 
the raceme made to grow erect instead of pendulous. The 
plant of that great traveller is described as an inhabitant of 

AprU, 1843. h 



trees in the temperate parts of the province of Tumbez, near 
Zaruma, in Peru» and a village called Catacocha; it was also 
found cultivated in the gardens of Loxa, at an elevation of 
hetween 6 and 7OOO feet above the sea. Its Spanish name is 
said to be Periquito. 

Upon comparing our plant with the original figure of 
Anguloa in the Flora Peruviana it is obvious that it cannot 
be referred to that little known genus, one of the most dis- 
tinctive characters of which is having what Ruiz and Pavon 
call a chrysalis-shaped lip (that is, we presume, a lip rolled 
up in the form of a chrysalis^ seated on a long stalk; by which 
circumstance in particular it is distinguished from Maxillaria^ 

Thus it appears that neither of Humboldt's Anguloas 
belong to the genus; A. superba being this Peristeria 
Humboldti, and A. grandiflora bring Stanhopea insignis. 
With respect to Poppig's Anguloa smialida, the figures of 
this author are so bad that it is difficult to say what it is ; it 
may really be an Anguloa. 

Fig. 1. represents a side view of a lip and column ; 2. the 
lip seen from above : 3. the column in half-face, the lip being 
cut off. 



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CAMPANULA Lceflingii 

Lo^fivn^s Bellflower. 



PE2CTANDRIA MONOQ7NIA. 

Nat.ard* CAMPANULACEii. 

CAMPANULA. Botanical RegUterj vol. 3./ol. 237. 



C. LcpfHngii ; catile ramosissimo maltifloro angulis scabriusculo, foliis crenu- 
latiB inferioribus oyatia reniformibus y. rotundo-cordatis, superioribas 
oyatifl amplexicanlibuB, calycis gbibri tabo obconico, lobis long^ acumi- 
natifl pattuia coroM Bubbreyioribas, capsuli obconica neryis eminenti- 
boa. Alph. DeCand. Momogr. Camp. p. 335. Brotero Phyt. Lusii. 
p. 41. /. 18. 

C. Brousaonetiaiia. Biimer ^ Sehulies syai. veg. 5. p. 104. 



A beautiful little annual, found wild in sandy places all 
over Portugal, also near Madrid, and in the country round 
Mogadon M. Alphonse DeCandoUe observes that it has 
the habit of C. patula, but differs in being more branchy, 
in having broader and less acute leaves, in its annual root 
and deeply furrowed capsule. The latter is indeed remark- 
able ; fig. 1. represents a transverse section of it ; the three 
carpels of which it is composed adhere only by the middle, 
a circumstance by no means common among plants with an 
inferior ovary, unless in the Umbelliferous order. 

The accompanying drawing was made in the garden of 
the Horticultural Soaety in July last. 

A pretty little half-hardy plant, growing from six to 
nine inches high, and requiring a light rich sandy soil. The 
seeds should be sown either in the month of August or 
March, and treated in the same way as Rhodanthe Manglesii, 
or similar half-hardy annuals. If sown in the autumn it 
should be potted singly, and kept in small pots placed in a 
dry situation free from frost during the winter — when sown 
in the spring they may be kept in a cold frame, but where 



they have plenty of air, as the plants are very delicate, and 
are apt to damp off. The autumn sown plants will flower 
about the end of May, those raised in the spring not before 
the middle of July. They continue a long time in flower. 

It may be grown in the open border, if planted in a 
warm and dry situation, after the danger of the spring frost 
is over. 



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» CENTRADENIA rosea, 

Sose-colaured Centradenia. 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNJA. 

Nat, ord. Melastomacxje. 

CENTRADENIA, O, Don, Calyx tubo sabtetragono-campanalato, 
liberOi limbi quadripartiti ladniis late triangolaiibas, acutis. Corolla pe- 
uda 4, calyda fauci insertai ejusdem laciniia altema, obovata. Stamina S, 
cam petalis inaerta, altenm iiadem opposita minora ; anthera ellipticse, uni- 
poroBfle, majores connectiyo in calcar elongato-cuneatum, minorea in appen- 
diceal glandnlsefonnem prodacttt. Ovarium libenim, yertice Betaram verti- 
dllo aimplici, qoadrilocnlare, locolia moltioTulatis. Styhu breyis; stigma 
rabcapitatmn. Capsula calyce yestita quadrilocolarisi locnlicide quadriyalyis. 

Semina plnrima, cUyato-eUipticay echinata, umbilico basilari. Suffirutez 

mesaeanua ; ramis tetragonia, pilosiSf foliis oppontis^ altero minimo, altero 
mdto rnqjore^ ramum ex axilla explieante^ oblonffo4aneeolatis, aeutia, valde 
waqmUUeris, mtegerrimisy eUiatia, membranaeeUj triplinermig, racemis axilla^ 
riiui paneijiom, Endlicber Genera, no . 6 1 78 . 



C. rosea;' foliis oyato-lanceolatia yald^ inseqoilateris, racemis snbcorymbosiB 
terminaliboB foliia Boprenus longioribuB, petalis oyario dapl6 longioiibuB. 



A pretty greenhouse half shrubhy plant, introduced from 
Mexico by Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., Nurserymen of 
Exeter, by whom it was sent in flower to the Horticultural 
Society in January last. 

When allowed to blossom quietly in a cool greenhouse it 
forms a deep green bush, studded all over with gay flesh- 
coloured stars ; but as the petals easily fall, the plant does 
not bear travelling well. 

It is a soft-wooded species, growing a foot or so high in 
sandy peat, and striking readily from cuttings. As far as we 



* Apparently thus called in allusion to tbe glandular appendage of 
the anthers ; from Ktyrpov a spur, and aitiy a gland. 



can judge from an experieuce of a few weeks it seems to 
require a sunuy station, but not a dry atmosphere. 

Mr. Bentham has pointed out its near affinity to the 
Rhexia inaequilateralis of Schlechtendahl, afterwards called 
Plagiophyllum by him, and Centradenia by Don. Upon 
turning, nowever, to an authentic specimen of that plant, wc 
find it different in some respects : its leaves are much larger 
and thinner, its flowers appear to be smaller, and are arraiiged 
in little terminal racemes much shorter than the leaves. 
Neither can this be the Plagiophyllum grandifolium of 
Schlechtendahl, which is described with leaves as much as 
six inches long. 

One of the most curious circumstances connected with this 
plant is the constant abortion, and frequent loss, of one of its two 
opposite leaves. This tendency to abortion always alternates 
along the branches, so that if the first imperfect leaf happens 
to be on the right of the branch, the next is on the left, and 
80 on. The smaller leaves readily fall off, and thus the others 
appear to be alternate, as is in fact shewn by the artist who 
prepared the accompanying drawing. 

Fig. 1. represents a larger stamen ; 2. a smaller; 3. the 
upper end of the ovary, style and stigma. 



21 
CROCUS insularis, 

Carsican Crocus. 



TRIANDRIA MONOQYNIA. 

Nat. crd. Iridacb^s. 

CROCUS. Carmu9 annuuB tiiiiicaram Taginacearum et foliacearam ba** 

•ibos cucQinnotatuBy ^ta Bublinearia dorso bicanaliciilato costato, 9eapi 1-5 

inrolucrati (rel inYolacro obsoleto nadi) trigoni uni- (rar6 bi-) flori vaginiB in- 

closi, 8patha tubata (vel rariiiB fissa tubum Bimulans) intUB bracteata (vel 

bractdi obsoleta ebracteata) germen Bobcylindrico-Bubovale, tubut cylindricas 

fitaoe ampliat&y limbus regalajriB, filamenia ori ipsi vel infra faucem tubi in- 

terta, onthertB connectiyo subdonali superne minore erectse Bagittatse loculis a 

rertice Bublateraliter BciBBis, poUen auream, stylua gracilis Bapeme trilobus 

(lasu interdom 2-4-loba8) BtigmatibuB Bensim dilatatiB BubtruncatiB vel fim- 

briato-plicatis Tel pauci- multi-fidiB, capnila cbartacea oblonga tngona apicu- 

kta triTftlyiB trilocalaris reflex^ dehiBcens, semina raphe nig08& Bubspheerica 

tcst4 darii colore bnmneo, pallescente^ rufeBcente Tel rufo-purporaBcente. 

ObaerT. Tunica vaginaeea subtruneata vaginarum 3-9 extrafoliacearum^ foli' 

««e 9(Bfe longh apiculata /oliorum «ti5-12, bases sunt inflato-tubata ;foliaee<B 

penistunt et saphu vaginaeea interior ^ exterior es humiditate sape depereunt; 

ttma radiealis {i.e.fibras radicates endttens) unica est inter tunicas vaginaceas 

(lit faUor^ semper inter interiorem et interiori praximam) sita; vagince extra-- 

/id. eormoJUturo in/eme, folia gradatim altiusy diversis in diversis speciebus 

ipo/itt, basi inftato-tubatd inseruntur. Habitant intra mare Caspium et At- 

lantieum gradttsgue, quoad novimus, latitudinis terrestris 35 et 49. W. H. 

YideBot. Mag. 67.3861. 



C. iniularis; c. inn. Tag. interiore fibris oonfertiB parall. sap. retic. conflaenti- 
boB infra demum liberiB, foliac. exter. laeTiore paullum infra Tel anpra 
med. affixi, acapo inTolucrato, Bpath& plerumque imiflor& ebracteatl^ fl. 
Temo tubi longitudine Tariabili limbo f-1^ unc. Tel infra lilacino aepaliB 
exti^ plila miniiB lutescentibua Tel pallid^ Btramineia pltia minima plu- 
meo-3- (rar. 5- Tel 1- Tel e-) atriatia, fauce leeTi pallidiore {nunquam luted) 
fil. albia leenbua infra faacem inaertis, antberia atylo coccineo aubaeq. 
stigm. aimplicibuB fimbriato-truncatia Tel pluries incisia, eermine atriato 
aapeme porpnreo, aeminibua badiia rhaphe et cbalaza pallidiB, foliis an- 
gUBtia IsTibna auberectis, canalicolia enerTiboa Tel uninerTibaa. Yariat 
fibris plhsminhs reticulata confiuentibus^pruBsertimJlorum wagnitudine 
et sepalorum striis ac colore exterior e^ stigmatibusque ferh integris vel 
pluries incisis suberectis, vel reflexo-patulis. In Corsicdf orientem 
versus pr^ecipuk, et in Sardinid; quoad vidi, unigemmatus. 

Var. 1. major; limbo aeaquinnciali. 

Var. 2. mediuM ; limbo drdter tmciali, tubo interdnm Talde elongate. 

Vir. 3. minimus ; G. minimua, Decand. limbo f nnc. Vidi etiam apecimen 
magia pusillom prope Ajaccio lectam limbo Tix aemunciali. 

Tar. 4. geminiflorus ; tubo fortiori inTolucro geminifloro, apath^ interdum 
sed rar6 lorat^ bracteata. Var, rara in m/>nte Pigno, ton. Tag. ext. 
tennibna membranaceia, interiore fibr. parall. aupeme confluentibna prope 
baain aff. foliac. aup. med. fibria confertia confiaentibna, proximo idtiiiay 
terti4 aummo cormo aff. C. versicolori aliquantolnm approximataa. 

C. insularis; Gay Ball, de Fer. 15. 221. Bot. Mag, 3871. p. 2. 3954. p. 2. 

C. minimus; Dec. Red. Lil. 2. 81. quoad, var. minimam. 

C. corsicus ; Vanucci Tabl. Top. Bast. 1838. W. H. 



Many bulbs of this pretty and variable Crocus were sent 
to Spoffortly in 1840 and 1841, at my request, by Mons. Pal- 
medo, the British Consul at Bastia, having been procured 
through his kind offices by Signer Romagnuoli from Turiani, 
and the Bocca di San Antonio, three or four leagues firom 
Bastia, from Corte, Mount San Lionardo, Pigno, Capo Corso, 
and the Torre di Seneca. The greatest pains were taken to 
discover the C. minimus of Decandolle ; it is certainly one 
of the smaller varieties of insularis, which name, given by 
Mens. Gay, though posterior, must be preserved to the species, 
because minimus is only applicable to the smaller varieties. 
The species, which has sometimes a faint smell of primrose, 
approaches most nearly to the Italian C.suaveolens,from which 
it may be distinguished, in all its varieties, by the absence of 
yellow in the throat, which is deep in both Suaveolens and 
Imperatonianus. The absence or presence of yellow in the 
throat seems to be an invariable feature in Croci. Insularis 
produces usually only one shoot and flower, and no bract; 
but the fourth rare variety found on M. Pigno and M* 
d'Oleastro, approaches to C. versicolor, by a two-flowered invo- 
lucre, and sometimes, though rarely, a lorate bract, and the 
leaf one- (if not two-) nerved; but it conforms too closely with 
its compatriots in other respects, to be separated as a species. 
They grow on the hills of schist, (talq schisteux di^com- 
posee, Momagn.) and are rare in the W. of the island. Ac- 
cording to Mons. Gay they extend into Sardinia. The genus 
reaches from the Atlantic to the Caspian ; the roots of the 
Pyrenees in Aquitania, Cevennes, the Swiss Alps, the Danube 
to about Trajan's bridge, the high ground of S. Podolia, in 
lat. 49, that N. of Odessa, Tauria, and Caucasus to the Cas- 
pian Sea form its northern limits. Tangiers, Malta, Cyprus, 
Crete, and Aleppo are the lowest ascertained S. limits of the 
race, about lat. 35. I cannot ascertain whether it extends to 
the high grounds near Damascus ; nor have I been able to 
learn where or by what geological formation it is stopped in 
Persia and S.E. of the Caspian. The alluvial tracts of Poland 
and the Ukraine, and the salt plains arrest it on the N. and 
N.E. Naturalized in some parts of England, it is certainly 
not indigenous. The involucre of C. imperatonianus usually 
contains a secondary involucre to the second spathe.^W. H. 

For the foregoing account, and the accompanying drawing 
we have to return our acknowledgments to the learned Dean 
of Manchester, bv whom these charming plants have been 
studied with peculiar care. 



22 

CYCNOCHES pentadactylon. 
Five-fingered Swan-neck. 



OYNANDRIA MONANDRI4. 

Nat. ard, Orcbidacea § Yandea. 
CYCNOCHES. Botanical Begiater^ vol. 2i. fol. 1742. 



C. pentadactylon ; racemo brevi stricto, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis reflezis 
supremo mcuryo> labelli unguiculati margine revolato dorso adnato, hy- 
pochilio corna recto incurvo aucto, metachilio 4-lobo medio foyeato la- 
ciniis 2 posticia obtosis camoaiB incurvis anticis subulatis, epichilio lin- 
goiformi acato laeyi. Supra misc. no. 26. 



The fleshy-stemmed OrchidacesB, consisting of Catase- 
tum, Cycnoches, Mormodes, and Cyrtopodium, probably form 
a group (Catasetidee), among which we find the most astonish- 
ing deviations from ordinary structure, and the most startling 
variations from what appears to be the rule in other parts of 
m organic world. If we were informed that the Camelopard 
in the Zoological Gardens had shortened the vertebrsB of its 
neck till it was no longer than a cow's, or that a Kangaroo 
had exchanged its tail for the switch of a Shetland pony, a 
more surprising thing would not be announced than those 
changes with which we are now familiar in this group of 
Orchidacese. 

How Myanthus, Monachanthus, and Catasetum have been 
seen to change into each other has been already told in this 
work, (Vol. 23, t. 1951.) An instance is also mentioned at 
the same place, of Cycnoches Loddigesii having been caught 
in the very act of playing similar tricks ; and with the forth- 
coming number of Mr. Bateman's Orchidacese of Mexico and 
Guatemala, a yet more startling case will be recorded. 

All these things are here mentioned for the sake of shew- 
ing how difficult it is in such plants to judge correctly as to 
what may be a species and what a sport. Influenced by these 



considerations I have till lately refirained from saying any 
thing about the plant now figured. It has in some respects 
so much the appearance of C. maculatum, that when 1 first 
received it from Mr. Veitch of Exeter, in March 1842, I 
hesitated whether to regard it as a variety or a distinct 
species. A plant, however, obtained from Brazil direct by 
Messrs. Loddiges (Cat. no. 890) has given me courage to 
regard it as the latter. It has a short raceme of much larger 
greenish-yeUow flowers, with broad chocolate-brown blotches, 
and its hp is quite remarkable, having 5 finger-like lobes, 
and no more, instead of the lateral comb-like fringes of 
C. maculatum. 



23 



ONCIDICTM microclnlum. 
Small'lipped Oncidium. 



OYNANORIA MONANDRIA. 

Nat. ord. Orchidacea $ Vandka. 
VNCIDIUM. Swartt. 



Euoncidium; Heteranthium ; Folia plana; Pentapetala; Micropetala; 
labello bilobo. Settum Orehidaeeumy vud t. 48. 

O. Mtcfo^ili/iiiii (Bateman in Bot. Beg. 1840, miac. 193.); pseudobulbia len- 
ticnlaribna brevibus monophyUits, folio oblongo carinato caroosiasimo 
acnto qnam acapos erectoa yeraus apicem panicidatna quadnipld breviore, 
sepaliB liberia latendibus longius ungoicnlatiBy petalis oblongis aabun- 
ddatia retuaia, labello dupl5 lattore qnam longo lobo intermedio nano 
tiiangnlari lateralibua rotnndatis plania, crista reniformi crenat^, co* 
lamnie nane alia anbalatia apioe glandnloaia. 



This most curious plant was introduced some years ago 
from Guatemala by Geo. Ure Skinner, Esq. and was after- 
wards found in the same country by Mr. Hartweg. When I 
first published it I knew it only from report, and a single 
damaged dried flower, and consequently several inaccuracies 
crept into its description, which led to its being misplaced in 
the enumeration of the genus published in the Sertum Orchi- 
daceum. Its real situation is near O. deltoideum. 

Although not a very splendid plant, it is far from being 
undeservii^ notice. Its very glaucous flower-stem, the snow- 
white lip smd crimson petals, lyin^ as it were in the middle 
of dusky brown sepals, produce a smgular and pleasing efl^ect 
For the opportimity of figuring it, we are indebted to J. C. 
Huter, Esq. of Broughton, near Manchester, who was so 
obliging as to forward specimens, along with a drawing by 
Mrs. Powell, in September last Mr. William Ashton, the 
gardener to Mr. Harter, also deserves to be mentioned, as 
having succeeded in flowdring the plant before any one else. 
We understand that the Orchidacese of Mr. Barter's coUec- 

Jfay, 1843. k 



tion are hardly surpassed in health hy anybody's. Arpp- 
phyllum is reported to exist there, witn many new species 
from Oazaca. 

Mr. Skinner, who discovered the species, has been so kind 
as to give us the following information upon that subject* 

" The Oncidium microchilum I first found on the top of 
the 'Cuesta' of Puentezuelas, some thirteen leagues from 
Guatemala, and sent it to Mr. Bateman in 1838. It was 
growing on a bare rock, with a quantity of dead leaves and 
grasses about its bulbs, and its roots woven into the interstices 
of the rock and mould about it ; very much exposed to the 
sun, except during the middle of the day, when a ledge of 
rock seemed to afford it a little shade. I afterwards found 
it in great abundance on the rocky banks of the river Micha- 
tayal, £rom whence the present one now flowered came ; it 
was sent to Mr. Harter alid Mr. Clowes in 1840, and arrived 
in June of that year. I never saw it except in such situations, 
generally exposed, and always among rocks. It is very 
fragrant ; and in its native habitat I have always observed 
the sepals and petals darker and more marked than this now 
flowered here. The temperature generally of the above habi- 
tats is 68** to 70** ; and, from being exposed, cold at nights." 

Fig. 1. represents a side view of the lip ; 2. a front view 
of the same part. 

It may be potted in turfy heath-mould, mixed with a few 
pieces of small potsherds, which will cause superfluous water 
to pass off freely , The pot should be half filled with potsherds, 
broken smaller towards the top, and the soil considerably 
elevated above its brim. During the summer months, while 
the plant is in a growing state, plenty of water should be 
given, and the temperature allowed to rise to 80^ by day, and 
fall to 68"" at night — giving a slight shade in bright sunny 
weather. In the winter season very little water is required, 
and the temperature may be allowed to fall as low as| 50" 
or 55\ 



Wy.^ IG3fi"-^JlyMj /./ajf3 



24 



IPOMCBA cymosa. 
The White-cluster IpamoBa. 



PBNTANDRIA MONOOTNIA, 
Nut. Ord. CONTPJ^VULACEA. 

IFOM(EA. CAouy. 



L eyMOM ; canle tereti, foliiB ovato-cordatit apice acutis etiam acuminatia 
eUmgatiB saperne nigresoantibus, pedancnlu axillaribiiB bifidcHKmltifloria 
brenbusy aepalis coriaoeia obtusis aut raniis acutiusculis flavo-nigreB- 
centibuB ezterioribns aepe breTioribas* Choisy Conoolv^ orient, p. 80. 

Contohuliu cymoausj BeBrauHtaiue EncycL botS. 556. 

ConyolviilaB pentagonuB, Baxb,Ji, ind. 1. 485. WaJl^.fi. ind. 2. 72. 

Conyolndus bifiduB, Fahl. eymb. 3. 31. 

ConvolyiiluB Bothii> Spreng. sysi, 1. 600. 

CoiitoItqIiib Iseyia minor, Bumph. amboin. 5. 431. t 158. 

CodtoIyuIub blandoB, Baxb. Fl. ind. 1. 470. WaU.Jl. ind. 2. 50. 

Iponusa cymoaa^ Bl&mer ^ SehuUea $jfst, veg. 4. 241. 

Ipomoea bifida, Both, nov. sp. 118, 

Ipomoea oorymbosa? Id. 109. 

Ipomoea Heynii, BSmer ^ Sehultes jyi^. veg. 4. 237. 

Ipomoea Bothii, Id. 237* 

Ipomoea blanda. Sweet Hort. Sub. Land. ed. 2. 288. 

Ipomoea radicans? Blume Bijdr. 712. 



If all the above names are really, as M. Choisj states, 
synonyms, it must be confessed that the Botanists who have 
invented them have much to answer for. Thirteen different 
names for the same plant form rather an unusual supply of 
confusion even in the bewildering nomenclature of Botanists. 
It is however to be said in justification, or at least palliation, 
that the plant is variable in appearance, sometimes smooth, 
sometimes hairy, and that, like other Ipomceas, it occasionally 
indulges in throwing out angles from its leaves. 

It appears to be wild all over the tropics of Asia ; the 
Circars and the Moluccas according to Roxburgh, Amboyna 
according to Rumphius, and apparently Java, are its favourite 
countries. According to Rumphius, the flowers open about 



nine in the morning, and close at two in the afternoon. The 
same author tells us, that if the leaves are hruised they stain 
the skin a red colour, which can only he removed byrscrubbiiig 
with sand and water. He adds, that the leaves are boiled 
and eaten as kitchen-garden stuff ; and that they are applied 
to ulcers and tumours in the manner of poultices. 

It is a perennial, of great beauty, flowering most profusely 
in the stove. The specimens from which the accompanying 
drawing was made, and for which we are indebted to Mrs. 
Lawrence, were tbe most lovely one can imagine, in the 
month of December, when it is most difficult to procure such 
things, forming festoons of snow-white yellow -eyed flowers 
resting upon a deep green shining foliage. 

Fig. 1 . represents a stamen, whose filament is covered over 
the base with yellow glands ; 2. is the style and stigmas j 
3. the ovary cut across. 



25 



RHODODENDRON Rollissonii 



Garden Variety. 



In many respects this very striking plant so much resem- 
bles Rhododendron nobile, the Ceylon variety of R. arboreum, 
especially in its deep red flowers, and the closeness with which 
they are arranged, that we supposed it must be it. But upon 
comparing it with wild specimens from Ceylon we find that 
the Rhododendron of that island has leaves silvery under- 
neath, while in the plant before us they are rusty. It is there- 
fore clear that R. Rollissonii has had some other origin, but 
what that origin was we do not know. 

It is among the handsomest of the crowd of varieties, 
called hybrids, which tempt the buyer at every shop, and 
seems in colour to resemble most a plant called Mars by 
Mr. Lee» of Hammersmith ; but its flowers are much more 
compact. 

And now a word or two concerning the habits of the 
Indian Rhododendron. There is a common belief that the 
plant ought to be hardy, because it is found in Nepal. But 
Dr. Rovle tells us (^Illustrations^ p. 258) that it is only found 
at the lowest elevations and in the most southern latitudes of 
the Himalava. It is true that it sustains considerable cold in 
winter in these places, but the rise and fall in temperature 
are gradual, and better enable a plant to resist the climate. 

If the most northern stations for the Rhododendrons are 
thus comparatively mild, how much more so must those be 
to the southward, and how small the chance of acclimatizing 
R. nobile ; notwithstanding that Mrs. Walker assures us that 
the shoots of the Rhododendron are shrivelled up in Ceylon, 
as if they were scorched, in consequence of continued cold 
mornings which blight every thing. 

This variety is rather more tender, and requires a much 
warmer situation than the old R. arboreum. 



It grows freely in a mixture of sandy peat and loam. The 
plants after flowering should be kept in a warm pit, and 
rather close, to encourage the growtn of the young shoots, 
afteiKrards they may be placed out of doors during the sum- 
mer, and the pots should have a top dressing of firesh cow- 
dung and plenty of water. 

Increased by grafting in the same manner as Camellias. 



26 



ECHlUM petraeum. 
The Rock Bughss. 



PENTANDBIA MONOQYNIA. 

Nat. crJL BoRAGiNACBiS. 
ECHIUM. L. 



E. petrigum ; caole erecto nOBOsiBsiino, foliis lineaii-lanceolatis obtoBis pnbe- 
Bcentibus subti^B albis tvfolatis. ** Tratteniei enum. t. 8." Dietrich 
Synopsis, 1. 600. 



This is a beautiful herbaceous plant, native of rocks in 
Dalmatia, where we believe it was first discovered by General 
Baron v. Welden. 

It is apparently a genuine Echium, having an irregular 
corolla, with an erect limb, and perfectly even throat, without 
any appendages. Nevertheless Reichenbach, in his Flora 
excursoriaj not only refers it to Lithospermum, but regards 
it as a synonym of his L. rosmarinijvliuvh which although 
apparently not the true plant of that name is still a genuine 
Lithospermum. 

The plant from which our drawing was taken, was raised in 
the Garden of the Horticultural Society, from seeds presented 
by Baron Welden, and flowered beautifully in a cool green- 
house in May. At that time it was the gayest little plant 
possible, with its neat clean leaves, stiff stems, about nine 
inches high, and pale blue flowers, which are pink before 
they open. 

Fig. 1 . represents a corolla cut open ; 2. shews the ovary, 
style and stigma. 

A pretty little hardy evergreen shrub, growing from one 
to two feet high. It succeeds best in a mixture of sandy 
loam and rough peat, that is rather poor. It must be kept 



in a dry, airy situation, in a cold pit, where there is plenty of 
light at all tiroes, but particularly during the winter. 

It flowers freely during the months of April and May, 
but is difScult to preserve through the winter, as it is very 
subject to damp off, even when the plants are old. 

It is increased by seed freely, or by cuttings of the young 
wood. 



27 
ECHITES atropurpurea. 

Dark-purple Mchites. 



PBNTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 

NaLcrd. Apocynacejs. 
ECHITES. I^ 



B. aircpurpurea ; glabra, foliis petiolatU ov^atis acutisy pedunculis biflorii 
ajdllaribiu foliis longioribas, sepalis lineari-oyatis, corollee glabrae lobis 
triangularibus trnduktiB patentissimis, disco biglanduloso. 

E. atropurporea. lAndley in Paxtont Magazine of Botany, 1842. 



This is a handsome greenhouse climber, introduced from 
South Brazil by Messrs. Veitch of Exeter. It is nearly allied 
to the E. MartianOj from which it diflfers in having smooth 
shoots and leaves, and a corolla whose lobes are not crisp. 

We find the following popular account of the plant in 
Paxton's Magazine of Botany. 

*^ The blossoms of this plant are borne on long and grace- 
ful axillary peduncles, two or more appearing on each. They 
have a tube nearly two inches in length, expanding, about half 
way from the base, into a wide thrpat, which has an ample 
and spreading limb, an inch and a half across. In the earlier 
stages of their development, they have a pleasant odour, which 
enhances the interest of the species. 

" It was exhibited by Messrs. Veitch at one of the great 
meetings in the Horticultural Society's gardens, and a Banksian 
medal was awarded for it. The dark tint of its flowers seems 
to contrast finely with the lightness and airiness of its habit. 

" In cultivation, it requires the temperature of the stove, 
and may be trained to the rafters of the house, or to a wire 
trellis spread entirely over the roof. If the branches are in- 
termingled with those of E. suberecta and Stephanotis flora* 
bundiLSt their flowers make a very harmonious and delightful 



combination. The plant may either be kept in a large pot, 
or planted in a prepared pit or compartment, which is duly 
exposed to light, and not liable to become too wet. For soil, 
the ordinary mixture of sandy loam and heath-mould will be 
appropriate. From the weakness of its shoots, it will need 
pruning in the winter, and may perhaps be improved by 
having its branches stopped while they are growing. It is 
not till after a specimen nas been established for two or three 
years that it acquires the ornamental character which natu- 
rally belongs to it, and it then blossoms throughout the sum- 
mer in the greatest prodigality. 

" Like JE. suherecta^ it can doubtless be trained on a barrel- 
shaped trellis. The shoots must, however, be twined very 
closely, on account of the scantiness of foliage ; and if, after 
they have reached the prescribed height, they are turned back 
over the previous coils, the trellis will be well covered, and a 
good display will assuredly be the result. 

"Cuttings of the young wood root with facility, when 
treated in the usual way." 

Fig. 1. represents the stamen, arising from the throat of 
the corolla ; ^. is the ovary, with the two fleshy glands at the 
base. 



28 



DENDROBlUM taurinum 

Bull'headed Dendrobium. 



QYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Not. Wi. OrCHIDACEJB § YANDEiB. 

BBNBEOBIUM. Swm. 



Spahdata (Lindl. in LoDdon Joarn. of Botany, 2. 235.). Cornu breve. 
Petala elongata. Racemos pedonculatos oppositifoliuB. Caulis erectiw 



B. tanrinom. 



Whether or not it is possible to divide the great» and un- 
natural genus Dendrobium by any really stable characters is 
uncertain. It certainly c^pears to coqtain several distinct types 
of structure^ but up to the present time I have sought in vain 
for any thing sufficiently precise on which to found generic 
characters. 

Among the sections of the genus no one is better marked 
than this, which consists of species with a stiff erect habit, 
racemes of flowers placed on a long peduncle opposite the leaves, 
large showy flowers, and the petals remarkably longer than the 
sepals. But beyond this I can find nothing that differs from 
Dendrobium ; and as the three first characters are merely of 
babit, the last can hardly be regarded of enough importance 
to authorise the establishment of a genus. For this reason I 
proposed in the London Journal of Botany to combine them, 
under the name of Dendrobia spatulataj into a new section of 
the genus* 

Of plants with this structure I know six completely ; and 
a seventh is probably to be added. Of these the following 
is an enumeration. 

i. D. tammun (the subject of the accompanying plate) ; foliia oblongis ob- 
liqnd emargioatiB, racemo oblongo> sepalis ovatis obtaBiosciilis, petalia 

JwMy 1843. H 



linearibiiB oontortis dapl6 longioribus, kbdlo oblongo apice crispo per 
azin lineiB 3 elevatis intermedia apice flexuoB& aucto. 

A native of Manilla, whence Mr. Gaming sent it to Messrs. 
Loddiges. It has large flowers, with yellowish green sepals, 
rolled back at the points, very long deep purple twisted petals, 
and a paler purple lip, with three elevated lines along the 
middle, and a few small tubercles near the apex (fig. 2.)- '^^ 
column (fig. 1.) is short and somewhat pouched at the base, 
in consequence of the lip being adherent to it at that place. 
The plant is five feet high. It flowered at JHackney in Octo- 
ber last. I have wild specimens from Mr. Cuming ; but they 
are not nearly so handsome as that now figured from Messrs. 
Loddiges. 

2. D. Mirbelianum (Gaudicli. Voyage, t. 38.) ; foliia oyato-oblongia obtuaiflr 

racemiB ovatis loDg^ pedonculatiB, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis acutis erec- 
tis, petalis spathulatis unguicolatiB obtuais longioribusy labelli trilobi 
ovato-lanceolad subBeBsilia lobis lateralibus rotandatis intermedio lan- 
ceolato undulato acuto, lineia tribus elevatis lateralibus yersus basin 
duplicibas. 

A native of New Guinea, whence I have specimens from 
Mr. Hinds. Its racemes, including their peduncle, are more 
than a foot long. The petals are an inch and half long. 
Gaudichaud's figure is not a good one. 

3. D. veratrifoliMm (Lindl. 1. c. L.) ; foliit oblongis obtosis aBwIexicaalibiis 

9-ll-nervii8j» racemo terminali elongate multifloro, Bepaiis undulatis 
aoutis, petalis spathulatiB obtusis planiB yix dupl5 longioribas, labdle 
obloQgp obtuso membranaceo yenia tribus eleyatia per axin dttabwqve 
minoribus lateralibus : lobis lateralibus uanis obtusie iutennedio ob- 
longo undulato. 

Another species from New Guinen, where it was found by 
Mr. Hinds, it is a most beautiful plant, with racemes a foot 
and a half long, loaded with flowers, whose spatula-shaped 
petals are an inch and more in length* The inflor^cence is 
very loose in this ; in D. Mirbelianum it is far more compact. 

4. D. macrantkum (A. Bicb. Sert. Astrolab.p. 15. t. 6.) ; foliis ellipticiB apice 

obliquo subbilobis, racemo longipedunculato yersus apicem monophyllo, 
sepalis ovato-lanceolatis, petalis paul6 longioribus unguicuktis lanceola- 
tis acutis, labello lanceolato trilobo per axin tricarinato lacinift inter- 
medid. acuminata lateralibus nanis rotundatis. 

A native of the island of Vanikoso. The stem is de- 
scribed as two feet and more high ; the leavea from three to 
four inches long, the raceme about a foot long^ the flowers 



three inches in dameter. It is very near my D. veratrifolium, 
but differs in haying much shorter petals and a very acute lip. 

5. D. aniemiMlum (lindl. I.e.); foliis lanceolatis camosis obliqa^ emarginatis 

incemo oppositifolio brevioribus, sepalis acuminatis, petalis linearibus 
dnpl6 loDgioribos reflezis, labeUo tnlobo TeniB 5elevati8 rectis per azin; 
lobo medio ovato acuto piano 3-coBtato. 

Also among Mr. Hind's New Guinea collections. It is a 
most curious thing, with flowers having their long horn-like 
petals directed backwards, and their sepals forwards. The 
petals are two inches long, and scarcely half a line wide. The 
leaves are succulent, brittle, and veinless when fresh. 

6. D. undulatum (R, Brawn Prodr. 332. L, no. 62. D. discolor, LindL in 

Bot. Beg. 1841, U 38.) ; foliis ovato-obloDgis emarginatis, racemis Ion- 
gissimiB, sepalis petalisque undulatis, labelli trilobi lobis acutis interme- 
dio lanceolato, bneis quinque elevatis intermedili apice flexaoB&. 

A tropical New Holland species, with singular dingy yel- 
low-brown flowers, of little beauty. It has also been found 
in Java. 

7. ? D. qfine (Onychium affine, Deeaisne herb, timor. 37.) ; ''foliis lineari-ob- 

longis acatiusculis coriaoaisy pedanculo foliis triplo longiore oppositi- 
folio ? lazifloro, floribus spicatis ; perianthio erecto, segmentis ezterio- 
ribns lineari-lanceolatis acutis, interioribas subobovatis rotandatis macro- 
nnlatis ; labelli imgoiculati lobis 3, medio lineari-lanceolato, lateralibos 
snbrotandis." 

As M. Deeaisne compares this with D. Mirbelianum, it 
probably belongs to the present section, notwithstanding that 
he conjectured the stem to be bulbous. The petals are said 
to be obovate and mucronate. It is a native of Timor, with 
acute linear*lanceolate leaves. 



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♦ BARNADESiA rosea. 



Rose-coloured Bamadesia. 



8TNGENBSIA POLYGAHiiA. 
Nat. Ord. CoMPOSITjB, § LABIATIFLORiE. 

BARNADESIA. L, d^'/u/um multifloram homogamum. Intfot.taV' 
binatam multiseTiale imbricatam^ squamiB interioribus radiantibus. Reeept. 
paleiB tenaissimis pilifonnibua apiraliter tortis denad Testitnm. Flore9 ant 
dissimflea ezteriorea bilignlati* labio externo amplo 4-dentato« int. filiformi, 
eentralea tubalosi 5-deiitati, ant omnea bilabiati. Stam. filam« sut omnium 
tut ezteriorum monaddphal Anthera ecaadatie. Aehamum turbinatam 
dena^ aericeo-Yilloaam. Pappus l-aeiialia, nnnc nbiqae plumosua^ nunc in 
perip1i8eri& plomoana in diaco aetia hirautia anbrigidia conatana.— ^Fruticea 
in Amer. auatr. kahiianieB. Acnlei 9(Bpiiu Mtipularea tubulaii gemxni. Folia 
alterna integerrima mueronata. Gapitola terminalia. Cor. purpurem viUato* 
$eneea. Pappna et recept. piUJiUm, DeCand. Frodr. 7. 2. 



B. ro§ea; capitnlia aolitariia ovato-cylindraceia pnbeacentibna aeaailibna, floa- 
colorom labio altero oblongo emarginato eztna Tilloao altero filiformi, 
flore tnbnloBO centrali nnllo, filamentia liberia, pilia receptacali hand 
tortiUbaa, pappo rigido plnmoao. 



The singular genus Bamadesia consists of South Ame- 
rican spiny bushes, with so very similar a foliage that they 
can hardly be distinguished ; but differing in the size, and 
form, and number of their flower-heads. That now figured, 
for which we are indebted to the kindness of His Grace the 
Dnke of Northumberland, is of the greatest rarity, and, as 
far as we can discover, undescribed. 

According to DeCandoUe all the species are monadelphous, 
except B. laxa^ and in that plant there is a solitary tubular 
floret in the disk ; but here the stamens are not monadel- 
phous, nor is there a solitary tubular flower in the disk ; in 
the place of the latter there is a space which pours forth 



* So called by the younger Linnsena, after Michael Bamadez, a Spaniah 
Botaniat. concerning whom we have no information. 



honey in abundance. It also appears that the hairs of the 
receptacle are not twisted spirally as in other Bamadesias, 
but are soft and straight 

The dissections at the bottom of the plate fully explain 
the structure of this plant : 1 . is a perpendicular section of 
the receptacle and involucrum, shewing the straight short 
hairs of the former ; 2. is a floret with its shaggy ovary, stiff 
unequal feathery pappus, and two-lipped corolla ; 3. is one 
of the feathers of the pappus ; 4. shews the stamens, with the 
five filaments and syngenesious anthers ; 5. is the style and 
simple stigma. 

It is a warm greenhouse plant, and should be kept during 
winter in an intermediate house, between a stove md green- 
house, where the temperature averages A^T^ ^ &s near as pos- 
»Ue. It may be grown in a compost consisting of peat, 
learn, and sand, in equal proportions. Water should be libe- 
rally given in summer, but sparingly in winter, otherwise the 
plant would naturally suffer from damp, being a native of 
elevated situations. It is propagated by cuttings, or seeds, in 
the usual manner. 



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COMAROSTAPHtLIS arbutoldes. 

Arbutus-like Oritherry. 



DBCANDRIA MONOQYNIA. 

Nmi. ord» EaiCACSiB. 

COMAROSTAPHTLIS. Zuce. Calyx quinquefidas. Corolla hypo- 
gynftfe globoso-campanulata, limbo quinquefido, reflezo. Siannna 10, imae 
coroDft inserU ; Jilamenia breyia ; onthenB a latere compresMe, dono infra 
apieem alBzse^ reflezo-biaristatae, apice biporosse. Ovarium disco hypogyno 
cmctaaiy qninquelocalare, rariiis sex-noTemloculare, localis uniomlatis. Sttf' 
hu nmplex ; $Hffma obtusam. Drupa globoia, papillosa, inoiiop3rreiia, pu- 
tamine oBaeo^ qaaiqiielociilari, rariua aex-noTemlocttlaii, loculiB monospermis. 
Semina inYersa.'-*^-*Fnitice8 mexieani: foliia altemi$, eempemiretUibuSf inte- 
fferrimu v, argute werratiSf racemiB terminalibus nmplicibua. Endl. gen. 
no. 4328. 



C. arhuioidm; erecta, immtllk foliia subter paniealiBque tomentoaisy foliia 
lineari-oblongis integerrimis mucronulatia virentibua aubtua ferrugineia^ 
bracteia acaminatis pedicellia brevioribua. 



A native of Quezaltenango in Guatemala, this plant has 
been raised in the garden of the Horticultural Society from 
seeds received from Mr. Hartweg. It produced its flowers 
for the first time in October, 1842 ; and is now (May, 1843) 
again in blossom. 

In some respects it is rather like Comarostaphylis polifolia, 
but its leaves are much broader and larger and thinner, and 
they are covered beneath with ferruginous down ; the flowers 
are in panicles, standing high above the leaves, are four times 
as large, and are white not crimson. 

In appearance it resembles an Arbutus, but it has a dru- 
paceous fruit, covered with the tubercles of that genus. It 
differs from Arctostaphylos in the fruit not being smooth, 
and in having a five-celled drupe, and from Arbutus in the 
fruit not being many-seeded. It appears, with some other 
plants, to form a perfectly well marked genus. 



A pretty shrub, which proves rather tender for the climate 
of London* It grows five or six feet high, and like the com- 
mon kinds of Arbutus, thrives well in a light sandy loam, 
mixed with a small portion of leaf*mould. It is increased 
either by seeds or by budding. The seeds should be sown 
directly they are ripe, in pans filled with light sandy loam, 
and kept rather dry, until vegetation commences. If sown 
in a pea^ soil they vegetate qmcker, but they then invariably 
shank off when above ground, if not immediately transplanted 
and kept rather dry. It may be budded in the usual way on 
the common Arbutus, in July or August. It flowers freely 
from October to May. 

It was raised from seeds received from Mr. Hartweg, and 
a large portion of which was distributed by the Society, under 
the name of ** Arbutus sp., a half-hardy evergreen shrub, five 
or six feet high, in 1840.'' It is said to have been collected 
at the foot of the active volcano, Xetic, near Quezaltenango, 
in Guatemala. 

Fig. 1. represents the transverse section of its ovary» 



»,V-^ Ih I '^..a^tty *.-«, / /(Its S IPU.*.! 



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*^ MARCETlA excoriata. 



Loose-harked Marcetia, 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 

Nat, ord. Melastomacea. 

MARCETlA. DC. CalycU tubas oblongas aut cylindraceus, lobis 4 
lanceolatis. Pet, 4, ovalia acuta. Stam. 8, s&qualia, antheris basi bituber- 
colatia oblongis 1 -porosis. Ovarium liberum glabnim. Siylus filiformis. 
Stigma punc^orme. Capwla 4-yalTi8 4-loc. calycis tubo circiter eequalis. 

Semxna cocUeata. Suffirutices Branlieruis. Rami teretes. Folia subcar' 

luwoy oblonga^ margine Btspiha revoluta, ban eordatOy brevisnme aut vix petio- 
latOf ifUegerrima, S€spi enervia* Flores axillare^, tolitarii, subsessiles, bibrac- 
teatiy albi aut tubrubentes, DeCand. Prodr. 3. 124 



M. excoriata; Boffruticosa, ramosiBsiinay foliis sab-sessilibus oblongis basi sub- 
cordatis apice obtusis mucronulatis dens^ pabescenti-Telutinis SQb-3-iier- 
Tiis, floriboB axillaribus pedicellatis Sandns in racemnm foliaceum sub- 
digestis, antheiis basi bitubercnlatis. DeCand. prodr. 3. 124. 



This genus consists of a group of curious little Melasto- 
maceous plants, having almost the habit of Heaths. They 
are aU found in tropical America in mountainous places, or in 
elevated sandy deserts, and give a peculiar feature to the 
places where they grow. In our gardens they are almost un- 
known ; that which is now represented, from the collection of 
His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, at Sion, being the 
first that we have met with in cultivation. DeCandoUe de- 
scribes eleven species. 

They are warm greenhouse plants, difficult to manage, and 
multiplied hj cuttings. Their names occur in some of the 
continental Catalogues, as for example in that of Mr. Makoy 
of Liege, who has this and another, the M. rosmarinifolia ; 
the price of the first being 20 francs, and of the second 15, 
but he regards them both as stove plants. 



* Named after Dr. Mareet of 6ene?a, a chemist who was the author of 
ft corioui paper concerning the effect of poisons upon plants. 

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Fig. 1. is a view of the caljrx and stamens, the petals being 
removed ; 2. is one of the anthers, with its two tuhercles at 
the hase. 

In some herharia M. decussata is marked M. excoriata ; 
but it is a very different species. 

It will succeed best in a stove, potted in one half leaf- 
mould, mixed with loam and sand in equal parts. A good 
drainage is necessary, and plenty of water at the roots at all 
times. While in flower, syringing should be dispensed with 
altogether, for the moist atmosphere in a stove is quite suffi- 
cient. After the flowering season is over, the plant should 
be cut back, at least all slender branches should be removed, 
in order to produce a supply of young wood for flowering the 
following year. It is propagated by cuttings in the usual way. 



■7.nLj^ay 163 .I'.irrjiA.iJy : 



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TROLLIUS acaulis. 

Stemless Globe/lower. 



POLYANDRIA POLTGYJSfJA. 

Nat. ord. RANUNCULACEiS. 

TROLLIUS. L. Calyx corollinus^ penta-pendecaphylluB, foliolis sesti- 
vatione imbricatis decidais. Corolla petala 5-20, bypogyiia, minima, tuba- 
loaa, nnilabiata. Stamina indefinita, bypogyna. Ovaria plurima, libera, 
onilocQlaria, oTolis ad suturam Tentralem pluribus, biseriatis. Capsula fol- 
Hcnlaresy coriacese, cylindricse, seBsileB, stt^lo dorsali acuminatse, transversim 
nenross^ intus longitudinaliter debiscentes, polyspennee. Semina angulata. 

Herbse in praiis montanis, frigidiusculia hemisphcBrce borealis mgentesy 

RaDonculi facie : foliis palmatim-multifidiSi floribus terminalibtis, lutein, ex* 
inrolucratis. Endl. gen. 4787. 



T. acaulis ; foliis digitato-palmatis laciniis tripartitis pinnatifidis, pedanculo 
brevissimo unifloro, fiore stellato, sepalis 9 lanceolatis subincisis, petalis 
Uneari-caneatis apice rotundatia. LindL Bot. Rey. 1842, misc. b^.' 



This is among the most curious plants that have been pro- 
cured for our gardens by the liberality of the East India 
Company. It has, in many respects, the appearance of a 
little Eranthis, of which it will probably prove the summer 
rival ; for it does not flower till July. 

Whether or not the flowers will always preserve their 
dwarf stature, or whether as it becomes stronger this species 
will elevate itself a little more, cannot at present be ascer- 
tained, for we know nothing of it in a wild state. 

This is remarkable in it, that the flowers are not globose 
as in the old species of TroUius, but spread open, in a starry 
manner, like those of an Anemone. The petals are deep 
orange ; the carpels are fifteen in number. 

If Don had not compared his T.pumilus with T. Ameri- 
canus, and described its sepals as roundish oval, we should 
have thought that plant might be the same as the present. 



But if his description can be at all relied on, his must be a 
very diflferent species. 

A neat hardy herbaceous plant, growing freely in a mix- 
ture of sandy loam and peat, and in rather a damp situation. 
It is increased either by seeds, or by dividing the old plants ; 
but the young plants grow but slowly at first, and will not 
flower before the second season. 

It flowers in July, and was raised from seeds received 
from Dr. Royle, and stated to have been collected in Cash- 
mere J but the seeds are frequently to be found in the collec- 
tions of seeds sent from the North of India. 



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MORMODES luxatum. 
Dislocated Marmodes. 



OYNANDRIA MONAl^BRIA, 

Nai, ard. Orchidacbjb $ Yanoxa. 
MORMODES. Supra voi. 22. /<^IB61. 



M. butaitim. (See the enumeration farther on.) 



The genus Mormodes has so entirely the habit of Catase 
turn that we have no means of distinguishing those two genera 
except when in flower. At that time Mormodes presents 
some peculiarities of so strange a nature that, if they were 
not found constant in several distinct species, we should he 
tempted to regard them as monstrosities. In particular the 
column, instead of being straight and standing erect in the 
centre of the flower, is bent over to one side, just as if it had 
been subjected to violence. There is also a great irregularity 
of direction and proportion in the parts that surround the 
colunm. 

No where are these singularities so strongly marked as in 
the plant now before us, whose sepals and petals, instead of 
standing in an obviouslv alternate position with respect to 
each other, are so completely broken up and twisted out of 
their places that they can hardly be recognised, and the whole 
floral apparatus is as it were dislocated. For example, of the 
three sepals, the back one is placed almost opposite one of 
the petals ; the other petal is shifted to one side, so as to 
stand half behind the first ; and the lip, instead of being 
stationed exactly between the two petals and two lateral sepals, 
turns its back to the left-hand sepal, and its £Bice to the right- 
hand petal. And then the column is bent to the left as well 
^ the lip, but not in the same degree, so that even these two 
organs are not, as they usually are, opposite each other. 

In mentioning the existence of this singular plant we 
''Wy, 1843. o 



curvis, labello hemispherico concayo obsolete trilobo api- 
culato supra columnam cucullato, polliniorum caudicula 

apice tuberculato. Mexico. Flowers large, as much 

as 3^ inches in diameter, pale lemon-colour, powerfully 
aromatic. 

6. M. buccinator (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1840, misc. 9*) ; racemo 
stricto oblongo, sepalis lineari-oblongis lateralibus reflexis 
dorsali petalisque ovali-lanceolatis erectis, labello ungui- 
culato camoso nudo subrotundo-cuneato apiculato utrinque 

emarginato lateribus in buccinse formam revolutis. 

Mexico. Flowers pale green, with an ivory-white lip, 

whose sides are so rolled back as to give it the appearance 
of a trumpet. The column is twisted sometimes to the 
right, sometimes to the left. The habit and general ap- 
pearance of the flowers, except in colour, is mat of 
atropurpureum. 



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PORTULACA splendens. 



Garden Variety. 



We presume this to be a mere variety of Portulaca Thel- 
lusonii, figured at plate 31 of our volume for 1840 ; but if so 
it is one of singular beauty. Its origin is however unknown to 
us. Seeds of it were purchased of Mr. Charlwood, in Covent 
Garden, for the Horticultural Society, and in the Chiswick 
Garden it flowered in the autumn of 1842. 

It is a charming tender annual, about a foot high, which 
flowers most abundantly from July to September, if treated in 
the following manner. 

The seed should be sown about the middle of March in 
pots filled with a mixture of sandy loam, old lime rubbish, 
and well decomposed cow-dung in equal portions. The 
plants should be raised on a hot-bed, and when large enough 
should be potted off singly into small sixty-pots, filled with the 
same kind of compost as that in which the seeds were sown. 
The young plants when potted should be again returned to the 
hot-bed, and when well established, their pots being well 
filled with roots, should be re-potted into upright thirty-twos, 
draining the pots well, and covering the surmce of the soil 
with a thin covering of fine sand. 

After this the pots should be placed on the front shelf 
of a greenhouse, where they are freelv exposed to the sun, 
bat guarded from wind and rain, the first of which destroys 
the flowers, and the latter the plants. Care must also be 
taken in watering the plants; as on this much depends 
of the success in their management ; for they are very sub- 
ject to damp off close to the soil. 

It is also possible to grow this Purslane in the open 
ground ia a fine dry season, if it is planted in a hot situation, 
where it can be protected from heavy rain and wind, but it 
will not, under such circumstances, display all its beautiful 
effects. 



JV-^J.%1^ miSlaaiUliy July I. ISit5 . 



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* LYCASTE plana. 

Even-flcwered Ly caste. 



QTKANDRIA MONANDRIA. 

Not. ord. Orchidacxa9 § Yandejs. Maxillaridjb. 
LYCASTE. lAndl. in kufuivolmmuiknMeeU. p. 30. 



h. plana (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1842^ misc. 96.) bnustesl 8uprem& cacnllat4 
OTario longiore, sefwlis oblongs planis biuii in coma brevi conico con- 
natisy pet^ conformibuB apice tantiim recorvis, labelli trilobi lobii la- 
tendibos apice crennlatis intermedio subrotundo Berrato callo elevato 
obtoso obBolet^ triloboj column^ pubeBcente^ anther& villoB&. 



A Bolivian plant imported by Messrs. Loddiges, with 
whom it flowered in October last. It is conspicuoiis for the 
large size of its leaves, and is in fact very near L. macrophylla, 
from which it differs in the petals being quite even, not un- 
dulated, and in the lateral sepals being much more exactly 
oblong. Added to which is a greater degree of bluntness 
on the tubercle of the lip. The beauty of the flowers of L. 
plana is far greater than in L. macrophylla, which wants the 
rich red-wine colour of the plant before us. 

Fig. 1. represents the lip spread open; 2. the column, and 
S. the pollen-masses with their slender caudicula. 

Like other species of Lycaste this requires to be grown 
in turfy peat; the pot to be naif filled with potsherds, and the 
soil considerably elevated above its brim. Care must be 
taken not to have its pseudobulbs imbedded in the soil, or 
they will damp off. In summer, after the plant has com- 
menced growing, plenty of water should be given to its roots, 
and a slight syringing over head once or twice a day as the 
weather permits. The house should be shaded in sunny days, 
and the temperature kept about SO"" by day, and 70^ by nignt. 



* A fanciful name. Lycaste was a beautiful woman. 



In winter, for a few weeks, very little water is required, espe- 
cially in cloudy weather i if the house is kept moist it will be 
quit^ sufficient, and the temperature may he allowed to fall 
as low as 58"" hy day, and 5(f hy night 



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JL.^ ;*toA. ri'i, %!.■ ly J^.Jpm/ 16'i %n,<Hly. }.ily I. /fi^S . -f i)"*^ ■ 



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OXYLOBIUM obovatum. 

Wedge- leaved Oxylohium. 



DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 

Nat. ord. LsGUMiNOSiE, § Papilionacea. 
OXTLOBIUM. Botanical Register, vol. 5./oL 392. 



0. ohooatum; foliis lat^ obovato-cuneatis obtusis truncatis retosisye mucro- 
nulatis craasis coriaceis, racemis axillaribua dens^ capitatis multifloris, 
calycibas sericeo-Tillosis subferrugineis^ ovario 4-oYiilato. Bentham in 
lAndleya Swan River Vegetation, p. zii. 

0. caneatam. lb. 



As an addition to the hardwooded Australian shrubs with 
yellow pea-flowers this is acceptable, for it forms a pretty 
greenhouse plant which lasts in hlossom for some time. It is 
the species intended by Mr. Bentham by his O. cuneatum, 
as we have ascertained by comparing it with one of the original 
specimens from which his specific character was framed; but we 
cannot regard it as distinguished from O. obovatum , and, as 
that name has been applied to it in the nurseries, we adopt 
it in preference. We have not seen the finiit. 

Fig. 1. represents the calyx, and 2. a section of the ovary 
of the plant. 

It is best cultivated in a soil which is rather poor \ com- 
posed of very sandy loam and peat, and should be kept in a 
cold pit where it is quite secure from frost during winter. 
The pot must be well drained, and the plant should be seldom 
shifted after it is once established : when the shifting does 
take place, it should be a liberal one. Great care must also 
be taken that the plant never suffers for want of water ; if 
this happens it hardly ever recovers; moreover, it should 
never be placed out of doors during the summer, but always 
be kept in a cold pit where the lights can be put on in wet or 
windy weather. 



It is increased freely by seeds, or by cuttings, put in sand 
and placed on a gentle neat in the usual way. 

The accompanying figure was made from specimens com- 
municated by Messrs. Low and Co., of the Clapton Nursery, 
in April last. 



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DENDROBIUM cucumemium, 



(Jucumher Dendrobium. 



OYNANORIA MONANDRIA, 

Nai. ord. ORCHiDACEiB» § Malaxidea. 
DENDROBIUM. Swartz. 



D. cueumenmtm (W. MacLeay in litt. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1842, miflc. 63.); 
nanmn, intricatum, csespitosnm, ramis breyissimia articulatiB cylindra- 
ceis monophyllis, foliis oblongia teretibus seriatim tubercalatiB, pedun- 
cnlis brevissimifi trifloris, sepalis petalisque linearibas acaminatia obtuaia, 
labelli trilobi lobis lateraliboa triangulahbua intennedio OYato criapato 
lamellia 5 undulatia in medio, clinandrio denticulato. 



A native of New Holland, whence it was sent to Messrs. 
Loddiges from Mr. Wm. MacLeay. Of the locality for it in 
that country we are uninformed. It very much resembles a 
heap of little cucumbers, whence the name has been derived. 
Those bodies are apparently leaves, terminating the short 
articulated stems : but they require further examination, for 
they may be of the nature of pseudobulbs. This, however, is 
a point our opportunities do not permit us to settle. 

The flowers appear from the base of the cucumbers in 
threes. They are dirty white, with long narrow sepals and 
petals striped with pink, and a three-lobed lip, whose middle 
division is crisped very much, and five wavy elevated ridges 
along its middle. 

Fig. 1 . represents the inside of the lip ; 2. the column ; 
and S. the pollen- masses. 

It is very much to be wished that the genus Depdrobium 
could be subdivided upon some such principles as have been 
lately applied to Maxillaria ; for it consists of plants having 
an extraordinary diversity of appearance ; and the New 
Hollanders in particular are quite a set apart. But we have 
Sought in vain, up to the present time, to find good generic 



characterSi unless the surface of the labellum is taken advan- 
tage of ; and for such a measure Botanists are hardly yet 
prepared. Instead, therefore, of speculating upon what may 
possibly be done hereafter with the genus, we take advantage 
of the present opportunity to print a sketch of the geogra- 
phical distribution of New Holland Orchidaceae by the late 
Allan Cunningham, the well known and lamented New 
Holland Botanist. 



NoteSy for the most part geographical^ on the Orchidaceous 
plants of Australia. By the late Allan Cunningham. 

In viewing the limited number of Orchidaceous plants 
hitherto observed by Botanists in Australia, and their geo- 
graphic range on that extraordinary continent, as far as its 
coasts and internal country are known, I have, in order to 
account in some measure for the fact of a country, possessing 
so considerable an extent of intertropical coasts, which as far 
as temperature goes, may be said to be favourable to the pro- 
duction of the order, furnishing nevertheless so few of its 
epiphytic division, been led to consider the general configura- 
tion of the surface of the country ; the open character gene- 
rally of its forests ; the attenuated ramification of its preva- 
lent timbers; and the geological structure of the several 
coasts and regions in their vicinity — considerations equally 
referable to FiUces and other portions of its cryptogamic vege- 
tation — the same physical causes, that limit the existence of 
the one, especially of its Epiphytes, maintaining doubtless 
a like influence in regard to the extent and diffusion of species 
of the other. 

It has been ascertained by Navigators and inland-travel- 
lers that the highlands of that continent are situated upon or 
near its shores, and that the most elevated country is upon 
the eastern coast. There they present a range of mountains 
which extends in the direction of the meridian, and stretch- 
ing from Wilson's Promontory on the south (lat. 39") to about 
Cape Weymouth of Cook on the north (lat. 12^*), exhibit a 
continuous chain, which has been happily termed, the spine or 
backbone of the continent. This main range, in some lati- 
tudes, closely invests the coast-line, whilst in other parallels 
it retires to some distance from the shore, and there gives 



space for the windings of streams which originate in its 
eastern flanks, ere they are discharged into the ocean. On 
other coasts, as upon one part of the north — upon the western 
(as inland from the Swan River) — and on parts of the southern 
shores of that continent, have heen observed, ridges of hills ; 
but these are isolated, or rising from the surface of a compa- 
ratively level country, present no trace of connexion, either 
with the great eastern chain, or with each other : and they 
are all of inferior elevation, no one exceeding 3000 feet of 
perpendicular height above the level of the sea, and most of 
them of not half that elevation. It may be here remarked, 
moreover, that with reference to the face of the interior, every 
observation of the traveller goes to support the theory, that 
although detached hills and even some ridges have been 
noticed on its ample surface, neither a chain of mountains, 
nor any elevated points to form the nucleus of a second main- 
range exist in the central regions of the continent, which will 
one day be rather found a vast level, through which its 
rivers, if they exist far from its eastern side, have, from the 
prevalent disposition of the country generally to drought, 
much to combat in their efforts to gain any sea coast. 

From these brief remarks of the structure of the Austra- 
lian continent, it will be seen that the eastern coast, or that 
of New South Wales, within and beyond the tropic, is the 
only shore to which we can look for Epiphytic Orchidaceae and 
for Filices and other of the Cryptogamic class — in fact, the 
only one (if we except one or two points of the north coast, 
strictly so called) on which these orders of the vegetation of 
that great country have hitherto been found — its main chain, 
which in some parallels has been found to measure 6000 feet 
above the sea shore, furnishing in its ravines and rocky 
flanks, ample shade and humidity to the sustenance of those 
families ; but in several islands in the Gulf of Carpentaria, 
says Mr. Brown, " having a flora of phcenogamous plants ex- 
ceeding 200 species, I did not observe a single species of 
moss" — and this, evidently, because of the ordinary elevation 
of those isolated spots ; the consequent little shade they 
afford ; and the extreme dryness of the circumambient atmo- 
sphere. 

With the requisite conditions of high temperature and con- 



siderable humidity, which the' country on its eastern coast, 
especially within the tropic, provides, it is very remarkable 
that so few of the Orchidacese growing on trees or rocks, 
should have come within the observation of botanists attached 
to voyages of discovery along that lengthened shore. In the 
whole line of eastern coast, only eleven Epiphytes were re- 
marked by Sir Joseph Banks and Mr. Brown ; and these 
have been referred by the latter able botanist to three genera ; 
viz. Cymbidium, Dendrobium, and to a genus intermediate to 
them, named Sarcochilus. It may, however, be observed, 
that in the voyages of both Cook and Flinders, and indeed in 
that more recently, of King, upon that extensive coast, 
although landings were effected on many of its head-lands, 
and opportunities afforded for an examination of the botany 
of the immediate shores or adjacent country, yet perhaps no 
instance occurred of the remoter mountainous regions having 
been visited, where for the most part those remarkable vege- 
tables are more probably to be found ; and that many, yet to 
be discovered do exist, may be perhaps fairly inferred from 
the fact of there having been found at the lUawarra— a coast 
district on the south of Port Jackson, — and at Moreton-bay 
(in 87^ S°.), nine Epiphytes not known to botanists, prior 
to the exploration and examination of those most interesting 
points on the coast. 

Of the terrestrial portion of the order, 104 species (now 
including Pbajus grandifolius, Lour.j and Calanthe veratri- 
folia, R. Br.^ lately found in the districts just mentioned) are 
known to be indigenous to the Australian continent ; and of 
these three-fifths are natives of Fort Jackson and the neigh- 
bouring country. 

But ten species, of the genera Habenaria, Thelymitm, 
Microtis, Caladenia, Pterostylis, Cymbidium (Geodorum) and 
Phajus, have been detected in the warmer or intertropical 
parts of the shores of New South Wales ; and as these plants 
are only to be met with] during the rainy season, or in the 
period immediately subsequent, when every vegetable be- 
comes reanimated and exerts fresh life, not a single terres- 
trial individual of the order was found on the north-western 
coast during the several visits of Captain P. P. King, whose 
surveys could alone be carried on during the easterly or dry 



Monsoon, when the wind blows steadily off shore, and when 
all minor vegetation is wholly burnt up. Such however is 
the extreme aridity of that particular Ime of intertropical 
coast, that not a single Epiphyte was observed, and but 
two ferns ; a Blechnum and a Gleichenia ; and one Palm, a 
Livistona of Mr. Brown. Of the West coast, properly so 
denominated, little or nothing is known of its Orchidaceous 
vegetation. We however learn from the correspondence of 
Mr. Drummond, who has charge of the public garden at the 
Swan River colony, that many fine terrestrial species have 
been observed, in their respective seasons, in the vicinity of 
Perth and other parts of that settlement; but of what 
genera, we have yet to be informed. [This was written long 
before the publication of our Sketch of the Vegetation of Swan 
River. 3 

During the voyage of the Investigator in 1802, Mr. 
Brown discovered twenty species on the south coast belong- 
ing wholly to genera n-equent at Port Jackson, with the 
exception of the beautiful Epiblema — a genera closely allied 
to Forster's Theljrmitra. No Epiphyte has been seen upon 
that, generally speaking, very arid coast. 

From what I have advanced, it will readily appear that 
the existence of Orchidaceous Epiphytes is confined to the 
eastern and perhaps to the northern shores of New South 
Wales ; and as not the semblance of one (not even Dendro- 
bium semulum, R. Br.^ so frequent on the trunks of Euca- 
lyptus resinifera, and in the dry forests around Port Jackson) 
has been seen, either by myself or other travellers in the 
interior of that country, at least between the parallels of 28^ 
and S5^, their range westerly from the actual sea coast may 
be truly said to be limited to the main chain, or dividing 
range, beyond which, moreover, in a westerly direction, 
neither Alsophila australis, nor the Corypha of Port Jack- 
son have ever been observed.* 



* The absence of arboreacent Ferns and Palms in the interior on the 
western side of the Bine Mountain-ranges, is to be attributed to the want of 
shade from high lands, (those hills that are scattered on its surface being of 
iDconsiderable elevation, and generally of a sandstone rock,) and to the 
noDexistence of dense humid forests. The whole internal country traversed, 
beyond the meridian of 149^., declining westerly to a low level region, being 



Considering the extent of interior known, at the present 
day, in or about the parallel of Port Jackson, as also on the 
north and south of that degree of latitude, the terrestrial part 
of the family may be said to be comparatively rare in the 
inland country. In their journeys through it at various sea- 
sons, botanic travellers have observed but thirteen species; 
and the whole of them are of genera, and indeed for the greater 
part, of species, frequent on the sea coast at or near Sidney. 

These genera are Diuris, Orthoceras, Calochilus, Cala- 
denia, Lyperanthus, Pterostylis, Gastrodia and Dipodinm. 
In fine, as a general remark on the geographical range of the 
family in Australia, it may be observed, that as the terrestrial 
species are greatly influenced by rains that may fall in the 
season when they would under such favourable circumstances 
appear above the soil, and as those whose localities BXe in- 
land, beyond the range of those genial coast-showers which 
occasionally fall in the midst of a long period of dry weather, 
are wholly prevented from appearing above ground for two 
or three years, to which extent the droughts in that country 
have continued; these facts are suflScient to explain why it is 
that this group also of the order in Australia, is so much 
more abundant on its immediate shores, than it is either in 
the up-country, as those parts of the colony a little distant 
from the coast are termed, or the more remote interior. 



exceedingly thinly and generally lightly wooded, and thus its ample Bur&oe 
being greatly exposed to the rays of the sun, an extreme dryness of atmosphere 
is engendered, by no means favourable to the existence of a shade-loving 
Tegetation, affecting a lower temperature, but cooled simply by the surround- 
ing air being, to a certain degree, permanently charged with humidity. 



I 



38 



HYBRID Narcissi. 



For the very curious information conveyed in the following 
pages, we are indehted to the Honourable and Very Rev. 
the Dean of Manchester, whose experiments on hybridizing 
plants have now assumed a precision and importance which 
could scarcely have been anticipated from the early researches 
into this subject. We particularly commend the facts here 
detailed to the attention of those Botanists who see a genus 
or species in any little variation from the habitual condition 
of a plant. 



Fig. ]. NarcissuB, Diomedes, var. Crichtoni. Ex N. Ajace minore, (Bot* 
Mag. 6.) poUine N. Hermiones sequilimbee, Meliteosis (Herb. Am. pL 
48.) ; scapo homili bifloro, stylo tnbum superante corona inclnso, fila- 
mentifl tribtiB ^ unc. infra faacem tubi tribuB medio propiiis insertis 
tenuibua, antheris tenuibus semancialibusi perianthio luteo. Genus 
Biomedes. Haw, 

Kg- 2. Narcissus, Ajax, var. pallidus. Ex N. Ajace minore^ polline N. Ajacis 
moscbati. Periantbio subconcolore pallido. 

Fig. 3. Narcissus Spoffortbioe; pedunc. f unc. tubo \l unc. limbi lac. latis 
pallid^ sulphureis i unc, coronll brevi \^ unc.-kta crenata plicata sub-r 
8ezlobat4 aurantiac^ medio lutescente, stylo tubum eequante, filamentis 
adnatisy antheris tribus exclusis tribus semi-inclusis. Ex N. incompara- 
bili Y. coronae margine aurantiaco (Queltia aurantiaca, Haw.) polline N. 
poetici V. stellaris. 

Fig. 4. Narcissus Spoffbrthiee v. spurius. Exeddemeapguldcwnpr^eeedente; 
coron4 lute& subaemunciali magis angustat^ limbi laciniis angustioribus 
l^uncialibus. 

fig. 5. Narcissus, Queltia, incomparabilis ; coronse margine aurantiaco. Q. 
aurantiaca, Haw. Ex N. Ajace pseudonarcisso v. Eboracensi, polline 
N. poetici v. stellaris. Ex eidem capsuli duae cor. marg. aurant. cseterae 
marguie concolore ; Queltia aurantiaca et Q. incomparabilis, Haw, 

Fig. 6. Narcissus, Queltia, subconcolor ; ex N. Ajace minore, polline N. poe- 
tici T. stellaris. Tubo f unc. limbo unciali luteo, coronft parum satura- 
tiore subaemunciali crenat&. Ex e&dem capsuli plures, cum duabus 
^coronse margine aurantiaco, altera periantbio et scapo majore. Genus 
Queltia, Salisb. 



These hybrid Narcissi have been raised with many others 
from seed at Spofforth, and are amongst those which have 
already flowered. Eight years ago a collection of the various 

August, 1843. q 



chatus minor, N. candidissimus of Red.), I obtained «eed 
both from it and A. minor by the pollen of fig. 3. The pollen 
of N. montanus however readily fertilizes Ajax and Narcissus. 
N. dubius in its wild state is two or three-flowered, and in a 
weak one-flowered state was the N. pumilus of lledoute, of 
which no trace can now be discovered. 

I have flowered also the produce of a yellow Ajax by 
jonquill raised by J. T. Alcock, Esq. which had precisely the 
foliage and flower of N. odorus v. calathinus minor, Am, S14. 
which variety (and not the larger as there stated) is the Cam- 
pemelli of Haworth. I have raised younger plants of like 
breed from various sorts of Ajax, shewing the foliage of odo- 
rus, which have not yet flowered. I have also flowered what 
I may call N. Ajax semiqueltia, a single seedling from A. 
pseudonarcissus v. Eboracensis by pollen of Q. incomparabilis, 
a very neat Ajax-like plant, of which the cup is rather ventri- 
cose below, and compressed about the middle, with a regular 
crenate margin, and of the filaments three are inserted just 
below the middle, and three lower, much as in N. Sabini, 
which I believe to be a cross between Q. incomparabilis alba 
and Ajax tubasflorus, with which last it agrees in the superior 
breadth of its leaves, and the roundness of its seed-pod. N. 
Sabini is naturally barren, but I have seedlings from it by N. 
poeticus. The pollen of Narcissi cultivated long by offsets 
becomes obsolete and sterile, and I can obtain no produce 
from pollen of Soleil d or of the Gardens, Bazelman, double 
Roman, orientalis, &c. ; but taking proper precautions to 
avoid exposure to strong sunshine, or high temperature, I can 
obtain seed from every flower of Ajax minor, N. poeticus stel- 
laris, and other free-seeding species, by any other Narcissus 
which has not become sterile by age. 

The Ganymedes are nearly sterile, probably through 
long cultivation by offsets, and I have no certain cross from 
them, but the plant, which has been named N. cyclamineus 
from a figure Rudb. Theat. flor. 20, was probably raised be- 
tween a Ganymede and Ajax, though it has been lonff lost. 
I have failed in every attempt to cross Corbularia with the 
Narcissi, and I believe it to be a true genus distinguished by 
assurgent anthers. A gentleman has just informed me that, 
operating at my request, he has a pod of Corbularia in pro* 



gress by some other Narcissean plant» but I doubt the accu- 
racy of his experiment, from the repeated results of my own. 
Where the sterile Narcissi are found in a wild state, they are 
remnants of ancient gardens, or found on spots where a bulb 
has been accidentally dropt and found a congenial situation. 
The double daffodil is accordingly found wild in many places, 
and the fertile daffodils of England and Wales may have been 
introduced by Roman or even Phoenician gardening. They 
have more the appearance of having been originally located, 
than of having naturally chosen their own localities. The 
exact Roman Tazetta is naturalized on Lady Grenville's estate 
in Cornwall. 

It will be observed that the Narcissi seem to be quite ano- 
malous plants. I know of no genus, which exhibits such a diver- 
sity in the most important parts, as Ajax with its enormous cup, 
straight anthers, and robust awl-shaped filaments inserted at 
its base, and Narcissus verus with the short wide cup, curved 
anthers, and filiform filaments inherent in the texture of the 
tube, still less in which such plants are capable of interbreeding 
ad mfinitum, and imposing their mongrel produce upon botan- 
ists as natural species, and even as genera connecting the widely 
separate forms of the true natural sections or species. How are 
we to deal with them in our nomenclature ? In truth Ajax, 
narcissus verus, Hermione, jonquilla, Ganymedes, should be 
considered as species, of which tnere are (at least of the three 
first) a vast many distinct and permanent local varieties. It 
may perhaps be convenient, as the genus is so anomalous, to 
set them down as sections, but in truth I consider the difference 
between a botanical species and permanent local variety to 
be little more than nominal and arbitrary. I impregnated 
nine flowers of A. minor by jonquill this spring, and others by 
a fertile Hermione, N. montanus, and Spofforthise, and all 
have produced strong seed pods. Some of the old crosses 
seem to have been lost, and it is not clear that any decidedly 
new intermixture has been raised till lately in tne last two 
centuries ; which gives reason to suppose that M. Franqueville 
of Cambray, mentioned by Parkinson, or some other cultivator, 
at or before that period, had discovered the secret of the cross- 
breeding, and made a profit by the sale of his novelties, and 
that his secret died with him. It is now known that the late 
Mr, RoUisson of Tooting raised many Ericae by cross-breed- 



ing, as for instance jasminiflora between ampullacea and 
Aytoni, as well as many others which were figured by Andrews 
as new species from the Cape, but which will not be found 
amongst any specimens of African plants. The cultivator 
thought his plants would have been undervalued, if their true 
origin had been declared, and he would have lost the monopoly. 
It will be observed, that the three lowest figures 1, 2, and 
6, belonging to three genera of Haworth, are from sister 
flowers by the application of different pollen ; that, while fig. 5 
and its companions, which are not figured, furnish two species 
according to him out of one seed-pod, fig. 3 and 4 would have 
served him for two genera out of one seed-pod. The late Mr. 
Haworth's last words to the writer were, " I do not thank you 
for your mules ;*' the public will however perceive, that, instead 
of confounding the Botanist as he fancied, while they embellish 
the garden, they offer the surest test of the accuracy of scien- 
tific divisions. It is desirable to call the attention of the hum- 
blest cultivators, of every labourer indeed, or operative, who 
has a spot of garden, or a ledge at his window, to the infinite 
variety of Narcissi that may be thus raised, and most easily in 
pots at his window, if not exposed too much to sun and wind, 
offering him a source of harmless and interesting amusement, 
and perhaps a little profit and celebrity. The six anthers 
should be carefuUv taken out before the flower, which is to 
bear the seed, blows. This may be done through a slit cut in 
the tube ; and the yellow dust from another sort must be ap- 
plied to the point of the style. The two-flowered N. biflorus, 
which has no ovules, may be an accidental mule, barren from 
extreme old age, (perhaps many centuries) as well as from 
hybridity. It will be remembered, that many years ago the 
writer asserted that Crinum amabile was a sterile mule. He 
can now state that, although it has been long introduced into 
Jamaica and flourishes there exceedingly, it is as sterile there 
as in the East, and has never been known to produce a seed. 
It was found impossible to make Mr. Plant's alleged monsters 
vegetate at Spofforth. They turned mouldy on the first appli- 
cation of moisture, and no care could stop their decay. It is 
to be hoped he may have been more successful with the root 
he reserved. — W. H. 



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39 



CLOWESIA rosea. 

Pink-flowered Clowesia. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ard, ORCHIDACBiB, ^ YANDEiS. 

CLOWESIA, Supra misc. 39. Ftos Bubglobosus, patulas. Sepala 
sabasqnalia ; lateralia paul6 obliqoa, in mentum bre?e producta, basibas con- 
natis. Petala confonnia, latiora, fimbriata. Lahellum concayum, camosum» 
cam labello continuum nee articulatum^ obsolete trilobum, margine in fim- 
briam glaDdnlosam laceram solutum, disco laeve. Columna semiteres^ clayata, 
Qtiinque apice obtoaa cornuta; clinandrio alto camoso serrato. Sttgrna: 
sinus tnuiBveraalia. Pollinia 2, linearia, dorso sulcata, glandula subrotunda, 
caadiculi membranace& clepsydraofonni I Caulis camosus, /oliosus. Sea- 
pus radicals, multifloruSy ereetus. 



Clowesia rosea. 



A short time since we gave some account of this beautiful 
plant, which we then knew only from some flowers and a de- 
scription furnished by a correspondent. Since then we have 
bad better means of examining it 

It is a native of Brazil, and first flowered at Broughton 
Hall, near Manchester, with the Rev. Mr. Clowes, a zealous 
cultivator of Orchidacese, after whom it is named. At a later 
period (March last) we received it from Sion Gardens, by 
permission of His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, and 
from that plant the accompanying figure was taken. Up to 
the present time we have heard of it nowhere else. 

It is very like a Catasetum in habit. The stems are from 
^ to 4^ inches long, ovate, clothed with the remains of the 
bases of leaves. The leaves, which I have not seen, are said 
to be three, lanceolate, ovate, acuminate, and at the point 
twisting a little to one side. The inflorescence proceeds from 
tbe base of the stems (not apex as was formerly stated on the 
authority of Mr. Clowes's gardener, who thought apex signi- 
fied the bottom), and consists of five or six, probably more, 
erect delicate white flowers tinged with pink. They are 



remarkable for having their petals and the end of the lip 
broken up at the margin into numerous delicate glandular 
fringes, which give them a very rich and beautiful appearance. 

As a genus Clowesia is perfectly distinct from every thing 
previously described. Its flowers being extended a little into 
a chin in front, suggest its belonging to the Maxillaridous 
division ; but its whole habit and the singular apparatus of its 
pollen-masses oppose such an arrangement. The latter 
organs rest on a broad viscid gland like that of a Catasetum, 
but the caudicula, or part that connects the gland and pollen- 
masses, is broad, thin, and contracted in the middle so as to 
resemble an hour-glass ; but whether that is the usual struc- 
ture, or as we suspect merely consequent upon the separation 
of the caudicula from the anther-bed, we have not had an 
opportunity of ascertaining. Upon the whole it is probable 
that Clowesia must stand in the same division as Catasetum. 

Fig. 1. represents the lip seen from above; 2. the column; 
3. the pollen apparatus seen in front, and 4. the same behind. 



40 



CYTISUS Weldenii. 

Dalmatian Lahvmum. 



DIADELPHIA VBCANDRIA. 
Nat. Ord. JjEGUMINOSiB, § PAPILIONACEiB. 

cmsus. L. 



C. Weldenii; fraticosua erectus, foliis ternatis petiolatisy foliolis ellipticiB 
integris basi caneatis apice obtusis retuaisve glabris, racemia termina* 
libua pedaDculatis pyramidatis strictis, pediceUis cano-TillosiSy calycibus 
campanulatia trilobiB : lobis tomentoso-ciliatis obtaais, corollia glabris, 
carina villoso-Bericea, legaminibus glabria stylo mucronatis. Walpera 
Bepertorium Botahiees Systematica^ vol. 1 . p. 633. 

G. Weldenii. Hoit. Flora Juatriaea, 2. 339. Bot. Beg. 1839. mUc. no. 122. 
Lm^n Arh. Brit. p. 218. t. 343. 



How different this species is from the Scotch Laburnum 
will be now apparent from the accompanying figure taken 
from a plant which flowered this spring in the garden of the 
Earl of Ilchester, in Dorsetshire. It is obviously distinguished 
by its flowers growing in short erect racemes and not in long 
drooping ones. 

Although from its similarity in foliage to the Laburnum, 
it is liable to be confounded with that plant, yet it is in fact 
nearer Cytisus sessilifolius, of which it may be almost regarded 
as a gigantic form. To what size it will grow is unknown ; 
probably eight or ten feet high ; but on its Dalmatian moun- 
tains it is said to be a bush. 

The poisonous quality of the common Laburnum is still 
more concentrated in this speciesi as we are told by the Ger- 
man botanists. The General Baron Welden, after whom it 
is named, assures us that its very flowers produce headache, 
and that the goats which feed on it produce poisonous milk. 
[But how is it then that the goats themselves do not die ?2 

Auffust, 1843. R 



41 



RENANTJIfiRA matutina 

Morning Senanthera. 



OYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 

I 

Nat. ord. ORCHiDACEiS. § VANDEiB — Sarcanthidjs. 
RENANTHERA. Bot. Reg. voi. 14. t. 1131. 



R. maiuHna (lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. p. 218. Aeridea matutina ? Blame 
Bijdr. 1. 366. tab. 24.) ; racemis densis cylindraceis longipedunculatis 
paniculatis simplicibasquey sepalis petalisque obovato-linearibus obtuBis^ 
labeUi limbo ovato acnto odcari obtuso subsequali. 



Although this plant bears no comparison with the magni- 
ficent Chinese species on which the genus was founded, yet it is 
very far from being unworthy of cultivation. Indeed, by the 
number of its flowers and the richness, though not brilliancy, 
of their spots, it makes up in some measure for their want of 
size. 

The first mention that is made of it is in Blume's By- 
dragen, where it is referred with doubt to the genus Aerides, 
and said to be found in flower in the month of September, on 
trees at the foot of Mount Salak, in Java. Mr. Cuming 
afterwards gathered it in the Philippines, but by no means^ in 
80 luxuriant a state as the specimen now represented, which 
flowered at Chatsworth in December last, and was kindly 
placed at our disposal by His Grace the Duke of Devonshire. 
We have also received it from Messrs. Rollissons. 

Fig. 1. represents the lip ; and 2. the pollen apparatus of 
this plant. 



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RONDELETIA longiflora. 

Long-fiowered Rondeletia. 



Ifa^ PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 

R(^^^^/^^d. CiNCHONACEJE. 

<)ELETIJ. Vol. 22. /oi. 1905. 



\\^S\/^o» foliis lato-lanceolatis brevi-petiolatis lineatis axillis venarum 
barbatist Btipulia margine callosis incisis, pedunculis trifloris axillaribas 
tenninalibusqae in thyrsam aggregatis, corollse tubo elongato fauce in- 
flat4 nad&, antheris subexsertis. 
E. longiflora. Chanuuo in Linrusa, 9. 240. Booker Bot. Mag. t. 3977. 



If Rondeletia odorata, already figured at plate 1905 of our 
22nd volume, expresses the true character of the Rondeletia 
of Plumier, as we presume it does, then it is clear that this 
plant is placed in a wrong genus ; for it wants the deeply 
enclosed stamens and faucial cup of R. odorata. However, 
we will not here disturb the existing nomenclature, especially 
since the species now before us, whether a Rondeletia or not, 
is well described under the name of R. longiflora. 

It is a shrub of great beauty, introduced by Messrs. 
Veitch and Son, of Exeter, from South Brazil, and is particu- 
larly well suited to greenhouse cultivation, because it does 
not grow to be a large and unmanageable specimen. In fact 
it resembles the old Bouvardia triphylla in its habits, and 
may be managed in the same manner. Nevertheless, we pre- 
sume that it may be grown to some size if desired, for our 
wild specimens, collected by Sello, have the appearance of 
coming from a large bush. 

■ 

Fig. 1. represents the ovary and calyx when cut perpen- 
dicularly. 



43 



ONCIBiUM uniaorum. 
One^flowered Oncidium. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. OrchioaceuS § Vandejb. 
ONCIDIUM. Swartz. 



Sect. 11. Eaoncidium ; Heteranthium. Folia plana ; tetrapetala ; micro- 
petala. Sertum Orchidaceum, t. 48. 

0. nniflorum (Booth in litt) ; caespitosuniy paeadobulbis angustis linearibas 
sqoamatis sulcatis monopbyllia, foliis lineari-lanceolatis obtusia undu- 
latis apicalatis, scapo unifloro folio mult5 breviore, sepalis lateralibos 
basi connatis petalisque obovato-oblongis undulatis herbaceis, labello 
pandurato lobo intermedio maximo emarginato lateralibns nanis rotun- 
datia sina fimbriato, criati pubescente polydactyla lacini& utrinque liberft 
aolitaria, columnse alifi truncatis erosis. 



This curious little plant, allied to the rare Oncidium har- 
batum, inhabits trees in the Forests of the Organ Mountains 
of Brazil, where it was found in April 1841, by Mr. Gardner, 
to whom I am obliged for specimens. 

For its introduction to gardens we are iudebted to Sir 
Charles Lemon, who received it from Brazil in August 1841, 
through Lieutenant Turner, of H. M. Packet " Ranger," and 
in whose collection at Carclew it flowered in November 1842. 
Mr. Booth has favoured us with a drawing, and the following 
account of it. 

" Pseudobulbs when young roundish oblong, covered with 
several ovate, acuminate, sheathing scales ; but when full 
grown they are ovate-oblong, compressed, rather more than 
an inch in length, and about 3-8tbs of an inch in width, be- 
coming slightly furrowed, one-leaved. Leaves oblong, lanceo- 
late, acute, from three to four inches long, and scarcely half 
an inch broad, thin, and a good deal recurved, of a deep green. 
Scape one-flowered, issuing from the base of the leaf, and so 



short as to be almost hidden by the upper scale of the pseudo- 
bulb which partly embraces it. Pedicel round and slender, 
an inch long, somewhat curved and slightly channelled, of a 
pale green, with a small, thin, pale brown-coloured bractea 
at its base. Flowers large in proportion to the size of the 
plant and very handsome, continuing a long time in perfec- 
tion. Sepals of a dingy brown, slightly spotted, oblong lan- 
ceolate acute, much undulated at the margin, and spreading 
so as to become recurved. They are all nearly of the same 
size and form. The two lower ones are undivided and narrow 
at the base. Petals similar in colour to the sepals, but rather 
shorter, and almost twice as wide, recurved at the point, and 
undulated at the margin. Lahellum 3-lobed, of a bright 
yellow, excepting around the crest, which is blotched and 
spotted with blood-red spots. The middle lobe is large and 
spreading, somewhat cordate and apiculated, having a part of 
the outer edge on one side of the point folded a little way over 
that of the other. The margin is finely marked and undu- 
lated back to the crest, where it becomes of a brown colour, 
and is delicately fringed on either side. The lateral lobes are 
also much imdulated and very short. They are nearly as 
broad at the extremity as they are long, and diminish gradu- 
ally towards the crest at their base. Column erect, rounded 
at the back, and hollowed out in front with the spreading 
undulated wing on each side of the opening. In front of this 
is a yellowish waxy process 2<lobed, and a little elevated. 
Anther case 1-celled, hooded and conical, so as to resemble a 
small cup, with a minute red spot in front, where it terminates 
in a point. Pollen-masses 2, roundish-ovate, deep yellow, 
attached by a pale coloured elastic membrane to the small 
red coloured body just mentioned. 

** The plant appears to grow in large masses on the 
branches of trees, to which it is attached by its numerous 
round, filiform, ash-coloured roots. It is grown at Carclew 
in a warm moist stove, suspended from one of the rafters." 



44 

STANHOPE A Martiana; var. bicolor. 
TwO'Coloured Von Martins^ Stanhopea. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. Wd. ORCHIDACEiEy § YANDBiB — MaXILLARIDA. 

8TANH0PEJ. Supra foL 1800. 



S. Mariuma ; labello medio par&m constricto, hypocbilio brevi seasili scroti- 
formii epichilio oblongo-lineari obscur^ S-dentato, comubns rectiusculia 
apice cirrhosiB, colmnnae pubescentia subclavatee marginibus pamm 
dilatatis. 

S. Martiana. Bateman in Bot, Reg, 1840, jnmc. 109. Orch, Hex. and 
Gnat. t. 27. 



A native of Mexico, discovered by Baron Karwinski in 
1827, and after;Hrards by M. Galeotti. It is one of the most 
distinct and magnificent species of the genus, and in the mag- 
nitude of its blossoms is second only to S, tigrina. The sepals 
are straw-coloured, or almost white, faintly and sparingly 
marked with clusters of little vinous dots ; the petals appear 
transparent white, with large spots of intense crimson ; the 
lip is also a clear ivory white, except a slight discoloration at 
the base. The horns are of great size and strength, and taper 
into a kind of tendril, besides which they are exactly parallel 
with the epichilium, the form of which is almost linear, the 
two edges being as nearly as possible parallel with each other, 
and not a great deal broader than the column ; a mark by 
which the species is immediately recognized. 

The present variety is a lovely plant, with large pure white 
flowers, richly but sparingly spotted with crimson. In the 
original S. Martiana the sepals are straw-coloured, and much 
more dotted with purple. Messrs. RoUisson have lately 
flowered it, and believe they obtained it from Mexico. It is 
as fine a thing as S. tigrina would be if its flowers were white, 
and is very sweet-scented. 

Now that the number of species of Stanhopea has been 
greatly increased, and that opportunities of examining them 
in a living state have occurred, it has become desirable that 
the genus should be reconsidered, partly for the sake of defin- 

Septembevy 1843. , s 



ing the species with more exactness, partly for the sake of 
determining which of the garden plants are mere varieties, 
and also with a view to the correction of a few errors. For 
this reason the following enumeration of the species has heen 
prepared, in drawing up which I am most particularly in- 
debted to Mrs. Lawrence, Mr. Rucker, and Messrs. Loddiges. 



* Lahello apice integro. 

1 . S. insignis (^Frost in Bot. Mag. tt. 2948 & 9. Lodd. Bot 

Cab. t. 1985. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1837. Gen. & Sp. 
Orch. no. 1.) ; hypochilio globoso antic^ intruso basi et 
apice fisso mutico intus radiatim verruculoso extus ecari* 
nato epichilio sequali, epichilio subrotundo-ovato integro, 
comubus subtriangularibus falcatis incurvis brevioribus, 

columna latissim^ alat&. Brazil. This species is 

remarkable for the globose form of the base of its lip, by 
which all its varieties are readily distinguished. It is 
also in almost all cases sprinkled with small violet spots, 
which reach even to the tip of the labellum. In co- 
lour, however, it varies very considerably. The winged 
margin of the column is wider than in any other known 
species. 

2. S. Devoniensis (Lindl. Sert. Orch. 1. 1. S. maculosay Floral 

Cabinet, t. 121 ? Maxillaria lyncea^ Lindl. Gen. & Sp. 
Orch* p. 151. Coatzonte Coxoahitlseu Lyncea^ Hernand. 
Thesaur. Rer. Med. Nov. Hisp. p. 266. Anguloa Her- 
TUindeziij Kunth. Synops. 1. 332.) ; hypochilio subglo- 
boso antic^ gibboso basi mutico epichilio aequali, epichilio 
ovato integro v. obsolete tridentato, comubus falcatis in- 
curvis aequalibus, columna marginat&. Mexico. 

VeiT much like S. tigrina^ from which it is distinguished 
by the undivided middle lobe of the lip, and the almost 
wingless column. To S\ insignis it approaches in form, 
although so diflFerent in colour j but the lower half of the 
lip is prominent in front instead of being pressed back- 
wards. The flowers are yellow, with deep crimson-brown 
blotches ; the lip is white with a few spots here and 
there, and a deep purple stain over half the lower part. 
Little doubt can be entertained that S. maculosa is a bad 
specimen of this, for although its epichilium is described 
as 3-lobed, it is represented as perfectly entire. 



3. S. oculata (Lindl. Gen. & Sp. no. 5. Bot Reg. t. 1800. 
CeratochUus oculatus, Lodd. Bot. Cab. 1. 1764. S. JLind- 
leyij Zuccarini mss.) ; bracteis ovariis long^ acami- 
natis dupl6 brevioribus, hypochilio unguiculato elongato 
cymbiformi antice intruso apice carnoso apert^ sulcato 
mutico basi ecorni intus IsBvi extus bicarinato, epichilio 
oyatointegro»comubus semiteretibus ascendentibus acutis, 

colunma lat^ alata. Mexico (not Brazil). The 

flowers are usually lemon-coloured, with a large num- 
ber of lilac spots on the sepals, a smaller number on 
the petals, a deep yellow eye, and two, or occasionally 
four, large dark brown spots on the side of the lower part 
of the lip, which is very much lengthened out as if ungui- 
culato ; by the latter circumstance it is chiefly known 
from S. Wardn. Many supposed varieties occur in the 
gardens, varying in colour, and in the spotting of the lip. 
There is one, c^led Barkerianay which is more remark- 
able than the others ; it looks like S. iiidgnis with the 
lip of S. oculata, and is very handsome ; the sepals, 
petals, and column are covered with numerous purple 
freckles rather than spots, which, as the flower fades, run 
together, as if their colouring matter were dissolved ; so 
that at last the flower becomes of a dull wine«red tint. 
This is apparently the S. Lindleyi of Zuccarini. Most 
of the varieties are veiy sweet-scented. 

4. S. Bucephalus, (Lindl. Orch. no. 2. Epidendrum grandi- 
fixynim, Humb. & Bonpl. PI. ^q. p. 94. t. 27- Anguloa 
grandijlora, H. B. K. nov. gen. et sp. 1. 345.) ; bracteis 
ovario subsequalibus, hypocmilio unguiculato cymbiformi 
antic^ intruso apice carnoso apert^ sulcato mutico basi 
long^ angustato ecorni intus Isevi extiis bicarinato, epi- 
chilio subrotundo-ovato cuspidate integro breviore, cor- 
nubus gracilibus teretibus brevioribus, columna basi an- 

gustissima sursdm alata. Quito. — • — This has deli- 

ciously sweet-scented flowers, which are pale yellow, with 
a pair of dark eyes at the base of each petal, and a few 
crimson dots elsewhere on them and the sepals. The 
lip is deep vellow, and spotless on the hypochilium, while 
the epichibum and column are thickly sown with crim- 
son dots. It is certainly the Epidendrum grandiflorum 
of Humboldt, hitherto erroneously referred to S. insignis. 
Mr. Hartweg, who found it near Quito, has introduced 



it into the garden of the Horticultural Society. It is 
very near S. oculataj from which it differs in the form 
^ of the lip and especially in the very short oyaries, a cha- 
racter pointed out to me hy Mr. Loddiges. 

5. S. Wardii (Loddiges in Lindl. Sertum Orchidaceum, t. 20.) ; 

bracteis ovariis long^ acuminatis dupl6 hrevioribus, hypo- 
chilio exacts oblongo depresso sessili antice intruso apice 
camoso fisso(nec apert^ 6ulcato)yix dentate, basi utrinque 
angulatOy epichilio subrotundo-ovato integro, comubus 
semiteretibus falcatis incurvis subcirrhosis, columna lat^ 

alata. Central America. ^This very fine plant is 

quite distinct from any of the supposed varieties of S. 
oculata ; differing in the furrow of the anterior part of 
the hypochilium being closed up and not open, and in the 
exactly oblong form of the hypochilium; also from S. 
Jivckeri in the absence of a strong tooth turned inwards 
from the apex of the cavity of the hypochilium ; besides 
which the angular condition of the base of the hypochi- 
lium indicates an approach to S. quadricorms. Tiie lip 
is pale yellow, with a few fine specks, a deep yellow hypo- 
chilium, the whole lower part of which is a deep chocolate 
brown. The flowers are deliciously sweet. 

6. S. Ruckeri ; bracteis ovariis long^ acuminatis duplo bre- 

vioribus, hypochilio obovato sessili antic^ intruso basi 
mutico apice camoso apert^ sulcato et dente valido 
inflexo aucto, epichilio subrotundo-ovato integro, cor- 

nubus semiteretibus incurvis, columna lat^ alata. 

Mexico. This is a noble species, with the habit of 

S. WardUy and its general colour, except that it is 
paler; but the epichilium is beautifully stained with pink, 
and the eyes of the hypochilium are very faint It is 
distinctly separated by the peculiar form of the hypochi- 
lium, which instead of being oblong is so much narrowed 
to the base as to acquire an obovate form ; by the entire 
want of lateral teeth on the margin ; and by the presence 
of a very strong inflexed tooth, in which the wide, not 
closed up, fissure of the apex of the hypochilium termi- 
nates. We have received it from Messrs. Loddiges, and 
have named it in compliment to Sigismond Rucker, Esq. 
Junr., of Wandsworth, whose skill in the management of 
this noble genus is well known to the cultivators of 
Orchidaceas. 



7. S. graveolens (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1840, misc. 125) ; 

hypochilio subcompresso saccato intus glaberrimo antic^ 
bidentato et inter dentes profunde sulcato, epichilio 
subrotundo-ovato integerrimo, comubus acuminatissimis 

incurvis, colamnse alis latissimis subquadratis. Peru ? 

A species with the habit of S. saccata. The sepals 

and petals are of a delicate straw colour ; the lip at the 
base, and the central parts of the flower generally are of 
a deep rich apricot yellow, while the horns ana upper 
end of the lip are like ivory turning yellow. Its odour 
is so powerful that it communicates itself to the fingers 
after touching the flowers, and like many other smells, 
though agreeable in itself, is offensive from its intensity. 
These remarks are borrowed from the notice formerly 
given of the plant in the Botanical Register, for by some 
accident neither drawing nor specimen were preserved 
of the species. 

8. S. quadricornis (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838, t. 5.) ; hypo- 

chilio oblongo basi bicomi antice saccato apice camoso 
excavato mutico, epichilio ovato integro sequali, comubus 

incurvis teretibus brevioribus, columna lat^ alata. 

Central America. This has something the appearance 

of S. oculata ; but its lip has a rich crimson stain at the 
base, instead of a pair of deep brown spots, and it has 
two prominent horns standing erect on the lower edge of 
the cavity of the hypochilium. This brings the species 
near S. ebumea, which is however very different in other 
respects. It is one of the finest of the genus. 

9. S. eburnea (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1529. Gen. & Sp. no. 4. 

Bot. Mag. t. 3359* S. grandifloraj Lindl. 1. c. no. 3. 
Ceratochilus grandijlorusy Load. Bot. Cab. t. 1414.); 
labello oblongo vix medio constricto, hypochilio pone 
basin bicomi, epichilio ovato-oblongo obtuso, metachilio 
dupl6 longiore solido plano-convexo antic^ truncato 
bidentato, columna longissima apice tantum late alata. — 
Brazil and Trinidad. This very distinct and beau- 
tiful plant always has the sepals and petals pure ivory 
white ; but in the colour of its lip it varies, sometimes 
being nearly colourless, except in the cavity of the hypo- 
chilium, which is crimson, and occasionally having deep 
rich purple stains all over the lip, except the middle lobe. 
Flowers extremely sweet. 



• * 



Lahello apice tridentato. 

10. S. tigrina (Bateman Orch. Mex. & Guat. t.7.); hypochilio 

subrotundo intus lamellis glandulosis radiato basi mutico 
apice sulco brevi aperto dente valido inflexo, epichilio 
ovali sequaliter tridentato comubus falcatis sequali, co- 

lumna lanceolata latissim^ alata. ilfe2r2co,near Xalapa. 

Much the finest of the genus. Flowers deep orange 

yellow, as much as eight inches in diameter, richly 
blotched with purplish brown. The excessively broad 
column, and the radiating toothed lamellae within the 
cavity of the lip, are peculiar characters. 

11. S. Martiana (Bateman in Bot. Reg. 1840. misc. 109. 

1843. t. 44. Orch. Mex. & Guat. t. 270 » lahello medio 
parum constricto, hypochilio brevi sessili scrotiformi, 
comubus apice cirrhosis rectiusculis, epichilio oblongo- 
lineari obscure 3-dentato, columnae pubescentis subclavatsB 

marginibus parum dilatatis. Mexico. A most lovely 

plant, and quite different from all others. In the form 
of the base of its lip it approaches S. mccatOj in its mark- 
ings S. tigrina, but it is readily known by its downy, 
wingless column, the linear middle lobe of its lip, and its 
bristle-pointed horns. The white flowers with rich crim- 
son spots are quite peculiar. 

12. S. saccata (Bateman Orch. Mex. & Guat. 1. 15.) ; labello 
medio paul6 constricto, hypochilio scrotiformi antice 
omnino aperto subtus gibboso ecarinato, apice et basi 
mutico intus radiatim glanduloso lamellate, epichilii ova- 
lis trilobi lacinia intermedia nana, comubus semi-lanceo- 
latis latis planis incurvis sequaUbus, columna glabra an- 

gust^ marginata. Guatemala. This has the smallest 

flowers in the genus, and almost alwavs has the sepals 
and petals turned completely back on the ovary. They 
are greenish-yellow, regularly speckled, but not blotched, 
with brown, and are deep yellow at their base. The 
same colour extends to the lip, whose hypochilium is 
singularly saccate. 

There are probably other species even in cultivation ; more 
especially there remain for examination S. venustaj which is 
apparently a variety of S. Wardii, Harrisonice from Brazil, 
aurea from Guatemala, and aurantia from La Guayra, all 
mentioned in Messrs. Loddiges rich catalogue, but undescribed 
and unknown to me. 



45 
SCHIZANTHUS candidus, 

WMte Schizanthus. 

DIANDRIA MONOQYNIA. 

Nat. ord. Scrophulariacea. 
SCHIZANTHUS. Supra vol. 9./oL 725. 



S. candidiu ; foliis pinnatifidis, laciniis lineahbus undnlatis integris, coroUae 
labio inferiore 3-lobo : laciniis lateralibus setaceis intermedin bilob& 
acutissim&, labio superiore alt^ bilobo. 



Botanists have raised this pretty genus from one, of which 
it originally consisted, to four, or, with two now to be added, 
to six. There also appears a seventh on our books, but that 
is not distinguishable from S. pinnatus. All of them are pro- 
bably, and five of them are certainly, in the country. A short 
enumeration of them will we trust be useful. 

The original S. pinnatus has interruptedly pinnated leaves, 
with crenated, pinnatifid, or toothed lobes, varying much in 
form. The flowers are lilac, with a purple lower lip, whose 
lateral lobes are at once falcate and spathulate. From this 
S. porrigens was distinguished by Dr. Graham, on account of 
its diverging flower-stalks, pale lower lip, and perhaps scarcely 
emarginate upper lip ; but as the same parcel of seed pro- 
duces both, and as they constantly come up intermixed in 
the seed-beds, they do not appear distinct. Other varieties, 
especially our S. pinnattis humilisj are known. 

From this must be separated a Coquimbo plant, found by 
Bridges, (no. 1355), which, with somewhat smaller but similar 
flowers to S. pinnatus, has merely pinnatifid leaves, with 
rounded scarcely toothed lobes. The capsules are nearly twice 
as large as those of S. pinnatus. We call it S. pinnaiifidus. 

S. Hookeri is something like the two last, but it is more 
hairy, and very much larger in all respects ; the divisions of 
the pinnate leaves are narrow, and regularly pinnatifid ; the 
lower lip of the corolla consists of very much acuminate 
bristle-pointed pieces, the lateral of which are setaceous and 
short; the upper lip is almost cuspidatelv acuminate; the 
colour of the flowers is lilac, with a yellow stam on the upper lip. 



S. candidus, the plant now figured, has pinnatifid leaves. 
With linear entire rather wavy segments. The flowers are 
pure white, without a stain of any other colour ; their lower 
lip has the middle lohe divided into two acuminate flat seg- 
ments, and the two lateral ones setaceous and shorter. The 
upper lohe is two-lohed. This was found wild near Coquimbo 
by Mr. Bridges, whose no. 1356 it is. It is a very pretty 
half-hardy annual, and well worth cultivation. 

S. Grahami^ although figured with large flowers, is really 
a comparatively small-flowered species. Its leaves are some- 
thing like those of S. candidus, hut they are interruptedly 
pinnatifid, and more incised. The flowers are lilac, with a 
yellow upper lip, which is lanceolate acute and undivided ; the 
lower lip consists of four acuminate incurved lobes, of which 
the laterals are short. 

Finally, S. retustLs, the finest of the genus, has deep rose- 
coloured flowers, with an orange yellow emarginate oblong 
upper lip, and a lower with four flat acute lobes, the lateral 
of which are shorter than the others. 

The following specific characters state the more important 
differences among the species. 

1. S. pinnatw (Fl. Pernv. 1. t. 17. Bot. Mag. t. 2484. Hooker's Bot. 

MiBC. t. 73. S. porriffetu, Graham in Bot. Misc. t. 86.) ; foliis pinnatiB 
laciniis pinnatifidis, coroUae labio inferiore trilobo : lobo intermedio 
cucoUato bilobo lateralibus falcatis spathulatis obtusis, labio supeiiore 
retuso v. emarginato. 

2. S. pinnatifidua ; foliis angoatis pinnatifidis : laciniis rotundatis nanis in- 

tegris, coroUae labio inferiore trilobo : lobo intermedio cncallato bilobo 

lateralibus falcatis spathulatis obtusis, labio superiore bilobo. Cap- 

sula S. pinnati sed dupl6 major. 

3. S. HooJceri (Gillies in Bot. Mag. t. 3070) ; foliis interrupt^ pinnatis foliolis 

linearibus serratis, coroUae labio inferiore 4-lobo laciniis intermediis 
falcatis setaceo-acuminatis lateralibus setaceis^ labio superiore cuspidato- 
acuminato.^^-Capsula maxima. 

4. S. candidus; foliis pinnatifidis laciniis linearibus undulatis integris, corollae 

labio inferiore 3-lobo laciniis lateralibus setaceis intermedin bilobi aca- 
tissimft, labio superiore altd bilobo. 

5. S. Graham (Gillies in Bot. Mag. t. 3044) ; foliis interrupt^ pinnatia 

foliolis linearibus ▼• oblongis serratis, corollae labio inferiore 4-lobo lobis 
acuminatis incurris lateralibus abbreyiatisj labio superiore lanceolato.*— ~ 
Capsula minima generis. 

6. S. returns (Hooker Bot. Mag. t. 3045) ; foliis interrupt^ pinnatis laciniis 

linearibus obtus^ serratis, corollae labio inferiore S-lobo, laciniis lateralibus 
abbreriatis intermedin acutft bilob&, labio superiore oblongo retuso. 



46 



ACACIA spectabllis. 
Showy Acacia. 



POLYGAMIA MON(ECIA. 
Nat. Ord. LE6UMIN03iB, § MiMOSEiE. 

ACACIA. Willd. 



Series II. Botrycephalse. Inermea^ /oliis biptrmaiis, capitulU racemosist 

pedunculis solitariis. Benth. 

A. tpeeiatilia (Cunningham) ; glaucescens, glabra v. ramulis petiolisque hir- 
ieUiB, pinnis 2-5-jugis^ glandula petiolari depressa obscura jugalibus 
nnIlis,folioli84-8-jngi« obovato-oblongis obtiuissimis crasaiuBculis obscure 
2-3-nenrii8, capitulorum racemis folio longioribus supremis paniculatis, 
floribus subglabris, calyce corolla dimidio breviore. Bentham in Hooker^ a 
London Journal of Botany ^ A. p. 383. 



Among 340 species of Acacia enumerated by Mr. Bentham 
this is one of the finest ; and it certainly is the very hand- 
somest we have seen from New South Wales, beautiful as 
many of them are. Unfortunately our means of publication 
render it impossible to represent the softness and delicacy of 
surface which are among its principal characteristics. The 
leaves and branches are covered with the most delicate bloom, 
and the flowers, produced in large masses at the end of the 
shoots, are of the clearest and softest yellow. 

It is a native of Wellington Valley, and other places on 
the East coast of New Holland, where it was found by the late 
Mr. Allan Cunningham and by Mr. Frazer. For its intro- 
duction to this country we are indebted to H. B. Lott, Esq. 
who presented it to Messrs. Lucombe, Pince & Co. of Exeter, 
from whom we received a flowering specimen last April. 

It belongs to the same section of the genus as A. discolor 
and dealbata, but is probably more decidedly a greenhouse 
plant than they are, for it comes from the country to the north 



of Sidney, and therefore naturally inhabits warmer latitudes. 
From both it is known by its broad, smooth glaucous leaflets, 
and by the gland found in these species, in connection with 
the petiole, ))eing replaced by a depression such as represented 
at fig. 1. 



47 



ERYTHROCHITON Brasiliensis. 

Brasilian Red-coat. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 

Nat, wd. BuTACEiB. 

ERYTHROCHITON. Nte» ei Martnu. Calyx magnuB, coloratus, 
tabnlosQs, tubo compresso, quinqaecostato, limbi bilabiati lobis seqaaUbus, 
integris vel superiore trifido. Corolla hypogyna, gamopetala, snbbypocrate- 
rimorpba, tabo calycem eeqaante, limbi qoinquepartiti laciniiB seqaaUbas, pa- 
tentibas. Stannna 5, omnia fertilia, tubo corollse breyiora et eidem adgluti- 
nata, limbi lobis altema ; JUamenta complanata, sabulato-triaDgoIariay baai im 
tiibam breyissimum coalita; antherm introrsie, biloculares, lanceolatae, erectse, 
muticse, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovaria 5, disco urceokto glanduloso 
dncta et superata, unilocalaria. Ovula gemina, satune Tentrali superposite 
inserta, saperiua adscendens^ inferios pendulum. Capntla pentacocca, coccis 
bivalyibusy endocarpio cartilagineo, soluto^ elastice bilobo, basi membranacea 
cum seminibus secedente, dispenno vel abortu monospenno. Semina reni- 
formia, sinu nmbilicata, testa coriacea tuberculato-muricata. Embryo .... 
Aibuscula branliennt ; fohia altemis, simplieibus, petiolatiSf laneeolatis. Ion- 
pisnmis^ ifUegerrimUt fflaMs, ramulis axiUarihus aubaphyllis, Jlori/eria peduU" 
culos kmffissimoa mentientihui ; floribus in axilla folii hraetetB/ormii duobus v. 
phiribus/aicieulatiaj bremter peduneulatiSf pedunculo basi articulator bibraC' 
teolatOf calydbuB rubris, coroUis albis. Endlich. Gen. no. 5992. 



Erythrocbiton brasiliense. Nees ^ MartiuB in Nov. act, Acad, Cos. Nat, 
cur. vol. n.pp. 150 ^ 166, tt, 18 c. et 22. 



This fine Brazilian plant is stated by Messrs. Nees and 
Martins to form a small tree, at the most 10 feet high, with 
the habit of a Theophrasta, the stem being altogether un- 
branched, and the long leathery leaves collected at its end. 
From amongst them rises a long tnree-comered flower-stalk, at 
the end of which are a few large white flowers, conspicuous 
for their fine red calyxes, from which circumstance the name 

has been contrived j viz. €pvdpo9 red, and x^tcoj/ a coat. 

It is said to inhabit close shady places in the virgin woods 
of Brazil, preferring a granitic soil ; especially near the Pre- 
sidio of St. John the Baptist, in the province of Mines. For 



the opportunity of figuring it we are indebted to the kind- 
ness of His Grace the Duke of Northumberland, in whose 
stove at Sion it flowered last July, for the first time, we 

believe, in Europe. 

# 

It is one of those fragrant trees of the tropics whose foliage 
is filled with a sweet volatile oil like that of the orange, and 
whose aromatic tonic bark is valuable as a remedy for the 
fevers of such countries. The genus is indeed very near 
Galipea, one of whose species furnishes the Angostura bark 
of medicine. 

A diminished figure shews the habit of the plant ; fig. 1. 
its peculiar cup-like disk and style; fig. 2. the ovary and 
disk cut through so as to display the ovules. This cup when 
bruised has a sweet smell like that of a ripe pear. 



48 



SCILLA Peruviana; var, discolor, 

Dingy-floivered Peruvian SgtiilL 



HEXANDRIA MONOQYNIA. 

Nat, ord. LiLiACEiB. 
SCILLA. L. 



^.peruviana: foliis lato-lanceolatis patentibus planis margine ciliatis scapo 
longioribusy racenus confertis conicis, bracteis lanceolatis elongatis ner* 
Tosia, capsulia macronatia? Guuone Fl, Sic. 1.415; 

S. pemviana. Linn, sp. pL 442. &c. 

Far, diacolor, sepalis petalia^ejlavescenii-brunneia, avario caruleo, 

? Ornithogalam fiicolum floribus cinereo-carneis in rotundam metam fastigi- 
atia. Bananni, t 19. ex Chiswne. 



That the Peruvian Squill does not grow in Peru is well 
known, the name having heen applied hy Linnaeus in con- 
sequence of some erroneous statements of (Jlusius or Morison. 
Neither is it found in India, as one of its old synonyms 
would lead us to suppose. Its real country is Portugal, about 
Cintra, according to Brotero; Algiers, where Desfontaines 
found it in corn-fields ; Tripoli, on hill sides, according to 
Delia Cella; Corsica, near S. Bonifacio, where Seraphini 
foimd it; clayey hills in Sicily, as we learn from Gussone, and 
even the sterile hills outside the gate Degli angioli of Genoa, 
as we are assured by Yiviani. 

The present plant was sent from Algiers to the Hon. and 
Very Reverend the Dean of Manchester, and therefore agrees 
in its native country with S. peruviana. At first sight, how- 
ever, it seems so different that it cannot be regarded as 
the same species. We must, however, confess our inability, 
after a careful examination, to discover any other distinction 
between them than that of the colour of the flowers, which 
are neither white nor bright blue, as in the previously known 
states of S. peruviana, but a dirty pale fawn-colour. The 
seed-vessels have exactly the mucronate form ascribed to S. 

peruviana. 

u 



It is in fact apparently the plant quoted from Bonanni as 
the Sicilian Ornithogaluniy with cinerco-carneous flowers, col- 
lected into a round head ; and not even distinguished hy 
Gussone as a variety. 

No douht as hardy as the Peruvian Squill, and although 
not so handsome still worth a place in a bulb garden. 



49 



CIRRHOPETALUM chinense. 

Chinese Grrhopetalum* 



GTNANDRIA MONANDJtIA. 

Nat. ord, Orchidaceje, §. Malaxed. 
CIRRHOPETALUM. Supra 1838. ^ 11. 



G. ekmeme. Supra 1842. misc. 29. 



To what was formerly stated, concerning this singular 
Chinese plant, in the place ahove quoted, we have nothing to 
add, and therefore, instead of repeating those observations, we 
fill our space with some account of the genus itself and its 
numerous species. 

Cirrhopetalum is a name proposed in the year 1824 for 
the Bulbophyllum longiflorum of Du Petit Thouars, a Mauritius 
plant, remarkable for the great length of its lower sepals. In 
1825, Professor Reinwardt gave to the same or some nearly 
allied species the name of Zygoglossum ; hut of course Cir- 
rhopetalum took precedence on accoimt of its priority of date. 
In 1830 the genus had increased in number of species to six, 
of which two had not been examined by me. Now, hy the 
discoveries of Mr. Cuming and others, I am ahle to hring 
together twenty-one; of which fourteen have been seen 
alive, two in a dried state, and five are taken up upon 
the credit of others. They form a most singular group, and 
a complete collection of them would be a very interesting 
feature in a stove. The following is an enumeration of them. 

* Flowers in umbels or racemes. 

1. G. vaginatum (L. no. 3. Bot. Reg. 1842. sub t. 12.); pseudobnlbis 
pyramidatig tmncatis, folio oblongo convexo emarginato^ yaginis scapi 
oblongia Tentricosis distantibus sepalo supremo ovato inferioribusque 
longissimis pendulia ciliatis, petalis .oblongis ciliatis, labello oblongo 
bicarinato, columnae auriculis setaceis. Sincajpore, C. yaginatum 

October, 1843. x 



differs from C. Medosae in its flowers being ciliated, the petals oblong, 
not triangular and acaminate, and in the distant sheaths of the scape ; 
to which may be added that its flowers are not speckled with pink as in 
C. Medosse. 

2. G. Medtuat (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1842. t. 12) ; pseudobnlbis ovatis tetra- 
gonis, folio oblongo convexo emarginato, yaginis scapi oblongis yentri- 
cosis supreme pedunculo longiore. floribus dens^ capitatis, sepalo supremo 
acuminato inferioribus longissimis pendulis, petalis triangularibus acumi- 

natisy labello ovato acuminato bicarinato, columns auriculis acutls. 

Sincapore. This in some respects resembles C. yaginatumt but is a 

much larger plant, and very different in the form of its flowers. 

•3. G. e^npitotum (Wallich in Bot. Beg. 1838. misc. 53.) ; pseudobnlbis 
ovatis monopbyllis, foliis august^ oyalibus obtusis basi angustatis scapo 
longioribus, scapo filiformi erecto yaginis paucis membranaceis carinatis 
acutis distantibus laxd yestito apice umbellato, sepalo supremo oboyato 
fomicato acuto margine scabro lateralibus acuminatis conyolutis tripl5 
longioribus, petalis ovatis apiculatis pectinato-serratis, labello minimo 

solido triquetro apice recuryo angulis superioribus marginatis. East 

Indies. Flowers small, pale, yellow ochre-coloured. 

4. G. eomutum (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838. misc. 138.); pseudobnlbis oyatiR 

angulatis scapo paul5 brevioribus, sepalis lateralibus in comu connatis 
superiore petalisque oyatis ciliatis, labello angusto triangulari suprii saJ- 

cato subtus carinato. E. Indies, — — -Leayes six or eight inches long. 

Flowers dull purple. 

5. G. maculosum (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841. misc. 173.) ; floribus geminis 

solitariisque, sepalo supremo oblongo acuto lateralibus lineari-oblongis 
obtusis margine anteriore pone basin uniplicato, petalis sepalo supremo 
breyioribus oblongis obtusis, labello oyato obtuso conyexo apice recuryo, 

columna bidentata ? (polliniis 4 subaequalibus). East Indies. 

This is a species with the habit of Bolbophyllum affine, or leopardinum, 
but with the long lateral sepals of a Girrhopetalum. It has the 
flower-stalks and flowers of a very pale green, finely speckled with dull 
purple. The lateral sepals are nearly an mdx long, and have a single 
fold on their inner margin near the base. 

6. G. ehsnense (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1842. misc. 29. 1843. t. 49.) ; foliis lan- 

ceolatis, umbelld. multiflor&, sepalo suj^remo galeato petalisque oblongis 
breyioribus obtusis serrulatis apiculatis : lateralibus lanceolatis, labello 

line;uiformi obtuso carnoso convexo laeyi tremulo. CAmw.— -^Flowers 

rather large, pale fawn colour, with dorsal helmet-shaped sepals and 
petals spotted with crimson. 

7* G. Thauarsii (L. no. 1. Bot. Reg. 1838. 1. 11. Epidendrum umbeUatrnt 
Forst. BuUfophyllum hmgijiorum, Thouars. Zygofflossum umbeUatum, 
Beinw. Cymbidium umbellatum, Spreng.) ; pseudobnlbis tetragonis, 
folio oblongo petiolato, umbella subdimidiat&, sepalo dorsali setaceo- 
acuminato Uterahbus oblongo-Uneaiibus, petalis ovatis serratis setaceo- 
acuminatis, labello ovato retuso, colunuue auribus bidentatia.-— 
Otaheite, JamOf Mauritius, Madagascar. — —Flowers pale cinnamon co- 
lour, with a little purple dotting about the sepals and petals. 



8. C. WoUiekii (L. no. 5. Bot. Re^. 1839. misc. 119.) ; foliis kneeoktis 
apio« fiuis Bcapi erecti loneitadine, racemo moltifloro penduIo» bracteis 
Imearibas acuminatis, sepuis glaberrimis supremo acuminato lateralibus 
linearibuB ligolatis Yix acutiB, petalis acuminatia Bubciliatisy kbello . • . 



9. C. Boxbur^kn (L. no. 2.) ; foliis lanceolatis, ambell& radiat& multiflorfty 

petalis oltetis acutis» sepalia omnibus acuminatis, lateralibus dorsali 

sezi^s longioribuB. EoBi Indict. Leaves three or four inches long* 

Flowers yellow ; the upper sepal and the petals Teined with purple. 

10. C. Maerai (L, no. 6. Bot. Reg. 1841. misc. 105.); folio oblongo pe- 
tiolatOy umbe]l& paudflorft, petalis oblongis apiculatis falcatis nudis» 
sepalis acuminatissimis, labello e lata basi angustato camoso canaliculato 

obtuso recurvo. Ceylon. This has the habit of C. Thouarsii. It 

has dull brownish yellow sepals, and purple petals, which are falcate and 
the point turned forwards. 

11. C. pieturatum (G. Loddiges in Bot. Reg. 1840. misc. 106.); pseudo- 
bulbis oblongis angulatis, folio oblongo convexo emarginato, floribus 
umbellatis, sepalo supremo ciliato setaceo-acuminato lateralibus oblongis 
obtusis, petalis acuminatissimis ciliatis villosis, labello lineari recurvo 

secus medium elevato, columnse auriculis obtusis integris. E. Indies. 

A little plant with purple flowers, growing in flat umbels, and 

deeply stained with dark red. Its habit is that of a Bolbophyllum, ita 
scape from five to six inches high. 

12. C. auratum (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1840. misc. 107-) ; pseudobulbis ob- 
longis angulatis, folio oblongo conyexo, floribus umbellatis, sepalo 
supremo petalisque setaceo-^cuminatis fulyo-ciliatis lateralibus acutis, 

labello lineari recurvo, columnse auriculis rotundatis integris. ManilUt^ 

Very like the last, but much larger in the flowers, which are fringed 

with golden yellow hmrsi giving them quite a distinct appearance. 

13. C« Cumingii; pseudobulbis tetragonis, folio oblongo obtuso scapo bre- 
riore, umbella dimidiatd multifiorti, sepalo dorsali petalisque ovatis acu* 
minatis fimbriatis, lateralibus lineari-lanceolatis, labello ovato 3-sulcato 

pone basin bituberculato.-— — PAt/t/)ptne9. Flowers deep purple, 

whole-coloured, with long yellow hairs on the petals and back sepal. 
Flowered in March, 1841, with Messrs. Loddiges. 

14. C. nutans (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1839. misc. 118.);' pseudobulbis ovato- 
subrotundis rugosis, foliis ovato-subrotundis emarginatis coriaceis humi 
pronis^ scapo erecto elongato, umbella multiflora nutante, bracteis lineari- 
bus acuminatis, sepalis glaberrimis : supremo acuminato lateralibus 
linearibus ligulatis vix acutis, petalis ovatis acutis serrulatis, labello ob- 
tuso convexo bicristato, columnse angulis obsolete bidentatis.-^— Mam7/a. 

^This has a nodding umbel of pale straw-coloured flowers, at the end 

of a weak scape about six inches high. The leaves are from an inch 
and half to two inches long, very thick, emarginate, and lying almost 
flat upon the ground. The species is near C. Wnllichii. 

15. C. fimbriatum (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1839. misc. 120.); pseudobulbis 
ovatis subtetragonisi foliis ovalibus .... scapo erecto, bracteis lineari- 



bus acuminatis, umbeM multiflorft, 8q>alb lateralibns lignlatis vix acatiB 
cohferentibus supremo petalisqne ovatis acnminatis fimbriatia, labello 
crasBo lingoifonni ntido obtoso, colamnae angalia comutis edentulis, 

anthera papillo8&. — ^-Bombay. A yery pretty Gpecies, witb the long 

lower green Bepals united into a channelled rather stiff strap, while the 
upper sepal and the petals are broken up at the margin into beautiful 
purple fnnges. 

16. ?C. elfmgatum (Ephippium elangatumj Blume Bijdr. p. 309.) ; "foliis 
ebulbis oblongo-lanceolatis basi carinatis, floribus in pedunculo elongato 
supeme dense spicatis, sepaiis acuminatiB." Java, 

17 • 1 C» eapitaium (Ephijppium eapitatum^ Blume Bijdr. p. 309.) ; '^bulbis 
oblongis compressiusculis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, floribus capitatis, 
sepaiis elongatis acuminatis^ margine revolutis."-^— i/ova. 



*• 



Flowers solitary. 



18. C. anienni/erum (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843. sub t. 49.); folio . • . ., 
scapo unifloro, sepalo dorsali lineari-lanceolato abruptd acuto lateralibus 
cohaerentibus canaliculatis falcatis baud multiim longioribus, petalis in 

setam tenuissimam apice clavatam productis. Philippinei, (Cuming). 

The flower is the largest in the genus, the back sepal measuring an 
inch and half in length. I have only seen a single flower. 

19» C. maxiUare (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843. sub t. 49.) ; folio oblongo scapi 
uniflori longitudine, sepalo dorsali setaceo-acuminato ciliato lateralibus ob- 
tuse acuminatis disjunctis, petalis acutissimis. Philippines^ (Cuming). 

Upper sepal 9 lines, lateral 17 lines long. Petals about 1^ line. 

20. C. Blumii (L. no. 4. Ephippium dliatum^ Blume Bijdr. 209. tab. 65.); 
folio lineari-lanceolatO) scapo unifloro, petalis pubescentibus acutis, se- 
paiis omnibus acuminatis, dorsali canaliculato infem^ dliolato, labeUo 
orbiculato longissim^ cuspidato, column^ bicomi. Java, 

21. ? C. eompresaum (Ephippium uni/hrum, Blume Bijdr. p. 309.) ; '^bulbis 
oblongis compressis, foliis lato-lanceolatis, pedunculo unifloro, sepaiis 

oyatis acuminatis." Java.^-- — Probably of this genus, since it is 

associated by Blume with his Ephippium cihatum. 



60 



CANDOLLEA tetrandra. 

Tetrandraus Candollea. 



MONADELPHIA TETRANDRIA. 

Nat. wrd* Dillsniacbjs. 

CJNDOLLEA, LMttard. Calyx pentaphyllaa, foliolis oTalibiu, ma' 
crooatiBy peniBtentibiu. Corolla peUla 5» hypo^ynay obovata y. oboordata. 
Stamina Bypogyxia» polyadelpba ; Jilamenta brena, filiformia, basibiis fasci- 
culatim connata, apidbos ustincta ; anthens bilocnlares, loculis oblongis* 
adnatiB. Ovaria 3-6, libera, nnilocularia, ovnliB 2, e basi erectis. Styli ter- 
minalesy subulati ; stigmata aimplicia. Captul^e coriacese, unilocularesy intus 
loDgitadinaliter debiscenteBy mono-dispermae. Semina erecta, ariUo membra- 

naceo, lacero. Suffiraticea Nov^'HoUandia Atutro-occidentalis ; foliia 

altemiSf ad apices ramulorum subeon/ertis, linearibus v, euneatis, integerrimis 
T. apice dentatis^ scBpiua tupra banm pertittentem transvernm secedentibus, 
floribufl ad apices ramorum eolitariie v,/aaeieulatim racemosie. Endl. Genera, 
4755. 



C. tetrandra ; ramia janioribua piloaia, foliia oblongia cuneatia dentatia baai 
anguatatia integerrimiay floribna aolitariia inter folia aeaailibus, petalia 
oboTatia plania emarginatia aepalia mucronatia glabria mult6 longioribua, 
phalangiboa tetrandria. LindL in Bot. Beg, 1842. misc. 39. 



The plant which is called Candollea cunetformis in gardens 
is a species with leaves and flowers not half the size of the 
suhject of the present plate, and stamens placed from six to 
nine in a parcel ; otherwise it has much the same appearance. 
This species is manifestly quite distinct. The former comes, 
or is said to come, from King George's Sound ; this has heen 
raised from Swan River seeds. In country therefore they 
are not very difierent. 

Relying upon the traditionary application of the name C. 
cuneiformisj 1 separated the present plant under the name of 
C. tetrandra^ in a notice published in this work in June, 1842. 
But upon looking into prior authorities I begin to doubt whether 
this or the small one has the best claim to the former name. 
DeCandoUe says nothing about the number of stamens in the 
phalanges of C. cuneiformis ; but Sir W. Hooker, in his figure 
in the Botanical Magazine, t. 27II9 of what purports to be 



that species, represents it with only four stamens ; although 
the figure itself is very characteristic of the small kind, with 
from six to nine stamens, and not at all of this which has but 
four. No doubt indeed can be well entertained about the 
figure being generally intended for the C. cuneiformis of the 
gardens, as seems proved. by the shortness of its petals; and 
it may therefore be presumed that some mistake has been 
made about the number of the stamens ; for the figure in 
question was not made by Sir W. Hooker himself, but by 
some unknown artist employed by Mr. Aiton. Upon the 
whole then no reason seems to exist why this should be consi- 
dered otherwise than a new species. 

It is remarkable for the large size and orange colour of 
the aril of its seeds, as represented in the analysis in the 
accompanying plate. In a small way this organ is like that 
of the nutmeg, and will represent the nature of the mace in 
that spice. 

This is a greenhouse plant, and will grow freely in almost 
any sort of soil, but it appears to thrive best in a compost con- 
sisting of peat, loam and sand, in equal proportions. It will 
bloom freely in a pot, but where that can be accomplished it will 
do much better planted out in a bed. Whether potted or 
planted out, the neck of the plant (that portion of the stem 
immediately above the soil) should be a little elevated, other- 
wise it is liable to sufier from damp in winter. Water should 
be liberally given during the summer months, and plenty of 
air at all times when the weather permits, applying no fire 
heat except to keep ofi^ frost. It is easily propagated by cut- 
tings under ordinary treatment. 



51 

ELiEAGNUS parvifolia. 
Small-leaved Oleaster. 



4» 



TBTRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 

Nat. mrd. Elaagnacb^. 
ELJEAONUS. Supra wd. U.fol. 1156. 



'^,parvifoUa : foliis oblongia petiolatis gapia viridibus adultis Uevibus infra 
dnereo-lepidotis, floribus in axillis ramoloram brevinm snbsolitariis 
petiolis longioribuB ant foBorom abortn corymboBisy calyce angnsto in- 
fondibnlari laciniia acntis. 

E. parvifolia. Wall. Cat. herb. ind. no. 4026. Boyle Illwtratione, p. 323. 
t. SI. Jiff. 1. 

Fmtez adnltns floribns onnstus foliis fere deficientibus, et turn flores dense 
corymbosi ; junior magis foliosus, floribns solitariis axillaribus. Fades 
cinerea, siccatione canescens. In spontaneia pagina foliomm superior 
preesertim juniomm pilis stellatis cinerea qui cSlUb defidunt. Flores 
albi ; odor suaTissimus. 



Making allowance for the effects of climate, we may iden- 
tify this plant with the ElcBagnus parvifolia of Wallich and 
Royle, a shrub from the north of India, of which ahmidant 
specimens were distributed by the former Botanist. They are 
more grey indeed, and their silvery scales are more abundant, 
but this is a mere difference in degree. Indeed the Sirmore 
specimens, from the collections of Webb and Gerard, are as 
green as our own. The Kamaon specimens are more loaded 
with flowers, which appear moreover in short dense corymbs, 
and not singly in the axils of short lateral branches ; but this 
seems owing to nothing more than the abortion of the leaves 
on their branches, possibly by reason of the crowds of flowers 
that appear in old specimens. 

It is probably the same as the JEkBagnus reflexa of the 
Continent, a name for which we find no warrant. The 
flowers, although small and whitish, and therefore inconspi- 
cuous, are deUciously sweet. 



Fig. 1 • represents one of the stellate hairs on the upper 
surface of the leaves. 

It is a hardy evergreen shrub or small tree, succeeding 
well in any good loamy soil. It flowers freely in June and 
July, and is only increased by seeds or by suckers, which are 
sometimes produced when the plants become old. It was 
raised in the garden of the Horticultural Society from seeds 
received from Dr. Royle. 



52 



* TETRANEMA mexicanum 

Mexican Tetranema. 



DIDTNAMIA AlfQIOSPBRMIA. 

Nat. crd. ScROPHULARiACSiB, $ DiGiTALEiBj BeiUham. 

TETRANEMA. Odym 5-partitn8, sepaliB angOBtis acatb aestivatione 
imbricatiB. CotoUhb distmct^ bilaDiatae, labio snperiore breri piano emarginato, 
kbia latia patentibaa ; inferiore longiore, patentee trifido. Siafnina 4, basi 
dedinata, aein adaoendentia, corolla breviora. Antherarum locoli divaricati. 
StyUtt aimplex ; 9HgnuUe aubcapitato. Captula localiddo-bivalviB ; valvulia 
mtegria, medio septiferia k placenta demiim libera secedentibaa. Semina nn- 
meroaa angnlata. BeiUham in lift 



Tetranema mezicannm. Bentham m Utteris. 
Pentatemon mezicanna. Hort. 



I have not succeeded in ascertaining where the name 
Pentstemon mexicanus, under which this species is known in 
mrdens, has heen puhlished. It has possibly originated in 
Belgium, whence the plant seems to have been introduced, as 
is said, from Mexico. In a wild state it is unknown to me. 

Mr. Bentham, who has given particular attention to this 
order of plants, is of opinion that this is certainly a new genus, 
very near Pentstemon, with the same calyx and corolla, but 
witnout any trace (or very little) of the sterile stamen so con- 
spicuous in Pentstemon. It also differs, he says,, from Capra- 
na and Russelia, in its decidedly two-lipped corolla, and is 
farther removed from other genera in many points. 

The accompanving figure was made from a plant in the 
possession of Mr. Mountjoy, Nurseryman, Ealing. 

It is a very pretty greenhouse plant, quite peculiar in its 
appearance, in consequence of its almost stemless habit and 



^ From TgTfM, four, vrjua, a filament, on account of there being bat foor 
filamenta in thia genua, while the neighbouring genua Pentatemon haa five. 



the profusion of little corymbs of showy purple and white 
flowers which rise up from among the leaves on long purple 
scapes. 

It is a tender Greenhouse plant. It should be top-dressed 
in .utunm «>d kefj ralher i^ in ^ intenn«fi.te £,««, be- 
tween a stove and greenhouse, during winter. In spring it 
should be re-potted in light free soil, chiefly leaf mould and 
sandy loam, and placed in a greenhouse, where it will remain 
in bloom the greater part of the summer. It may be propa- 
gated from seeds or cuttings, in the usual way. 



,././/.. a 7. l'.^ J 



53 



VISCARIA oculata. 

Dark-eyed Viscaria. 



DECANDRIA PSNTAGtNIA. 
Nat. Ord. SiLENACEiB. (CARYOPHYLLEiS). 

FISCARIJ9 Rdhl, Calyx ebracteolatus, oblongus, davatas y. turbi- 
nato-campanulataBi teres t. qainqaedentatiu. Corolla petala 5^ carpophori 
hteYiB T. elongati apid hjpogpkk inaerta, ongaibuB linearibus, kminis bffidis, 
exdais ▼. Bubintegns, basi nuois. Stamina 10^ cum petalis inserta ;^^ffien^a 
filifonnia ; antheree biloculares^ longitadinaliter dehucentes. Ovarium basi 
qainqQe-ramsime triquadrilociUare, septit drca medinm 5, apicem colameUae 
centralia Bensim deliqneaoentibaB Bupeme unilocolare. Omda plarima, co- 
lamellae central! cam septis connatse y. Bupernd liberae funiculis distinctiB 
inserta, amphitropa. Styli 5, rarissime 3 y. 4, filiformes, intus stigmatosi. 
Captula bosi qmnqae, zarias tii-qaadrilocularis, apice inter stylos simplid 
eonmdem numero in dentes dehiscens. Semina plarima^ minata, reniformiay 
gnmidata Y. tuberculata. Embryo annularis, albumen farinaceum dngeuB ; 
eoiyled(M:Unti iiicumbentibus. Herbae Europea et aretiea amphiyea, annu€e v. 
perenne99 ereetm; foliis oppodiis, linearibua v* laneeolatis; floribus in dicho' 
tomm ramorum alaribtu v, in eumulas thyrsoideo v. mibumbellatim con/ertas 
eongeatis, roseis v, purpureis, Endl. Genera, 5249. 



§. EuDiANTHE, Rehb. Calyds fmctiferi tubus angulatus, transversim 

mgosusy lacinise elongatse. 

Y. oculata ; calyds tubo abrupt^ constricto, petalorum appendicibus brcYibus 

emarginatiBf capsule granulati 0Yat&. 
Lychnis oculata. Jiow. Backhouse in litt. 



This plant is so like the old hardy annual called Agro- 
stemma Coeli rosa, that for some time we regarded it as a mere 
Yariety. But upon a more minute examination we find marks 
of difference that seem to belong to a species. In the first 
place it has a dark eye, which the old kind has not. Then 
its petals have a short and slightly emarginate appendage, and 
Qot a long bifid one. In the form of the calyx there is this 
difference, that in the plant before us it contracts suddenly 
about the middle, while in Cceli rosa it narrows very gradu- 
ally. Furthermore, the surface of the seed-vessel here is 
rough with fine granulations, but in Coeli rosa is smooth. It 



therefore seems that the latter may be distinguished by the 
following comparative specific character : — 

Y. Cceli Bo8a ; calycis tubo Bensim angnstatOy petalonim appendidbos don- 
gatia bipartitiBy capaulft oblong& mn. 

This, like the Coeli rosa, is a hardy annual ; it was ga- 
thered by Mr. Giles Munby on dry hills, thirty miles from 
Algiers, and given by him to Messrs. Backhouse, Nurserymen, 
York, to whom our specimens are owing. 

The genus Viscaria of Rohling, adopted by Endlicher, 
Fenzl and Walpers, is distinguished from Silene by having 
five styles, and from Lychnis by its ovary being imperfectly 
5-celled. It includes the Agrostemma CqbU Rosa oi Linnseus, 
and the Lychnides viscana, alpina, Ista and Corsica of 
authors. The first of these plants constitutes the sub-genus 
EuniANTHE, distinguished by its corrugated angular calyx. 

This pretty annual may be sown in any good rich garden 
soil, in the open border, about the end of March, in the usual 
way. Afterwards the plants should be thinned so as to stand 
singly, in which state they flower longer and produce much 
larger and finer blossoms. It may also be sown in the 
autumn, remain in pots in a cold frame through the winter, 
and be planted out about April. It flowers a great part of 
the summer and autumn. 



54 



DENDROBIUM aqueum. 

Watery Dendrohium. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 

NaL ard, ORCHiDACEiS. § Malaxeje. 
DENDROBIUM. Swz. 



Sect. EuDBNDROBiVM ; /oliis pianis, JUnibus gemeliUf laheUo triloba. 

D. aqueum ; foliis oyato-oblongis undulatis acuminatis^ floribns patulia coniu 
brevi obtuso, sepalia petalisqae OTatis, labelli trilobi pubescentis lacini4 
medi& OYBtk denticulat4 basi alt^ excavata lateralibus latioribus rotun- 
datia margine anteriore semilato. Lindl. in Bot. Beg. 1843. miee. 6. 



Among the crowd of Indian species belonging to this large 
genus, or group of genera, the plant now figured seems to be 
hitherto unknown to the Botanists of India. With the man- 
ner of growth of J9. Pierardh its pale watery green flowers 
are quite destitute of the attractive colours of that gay 
species, and are entirely difl'erent in the structure of the lip, 
which is furnished with a large cavity, almost a pouch, at the 
base of the middle lobe, as is shewn at fig. 1. in the plate. It 
is also a much stouter plant, with wavy leaves. 

The figure was made in November, 1842, in the nursery 
of Messrs. Loddiges, who imported it from Bombay. 

This species may be grown in the same way as many other 
Dendrobiums, potted in rough turfy peat, well mixed with 
pieces of broken pots. For drainage, the pot should be nearly 
half filled with potsherds, and the soil elevated one fourth the 
height of the pot above its brim. Being thus potted, too 
much water can scarcely be given during the growing season. 
The house should be slightly shaded in sunny weather, taking 
care to keep the temperature as near 80^ by day as possible, 
and abodt 68'' by night In autumn, as the young shoots be- 



come matured, water should gradually be withheld, so that in 
winter the plant may only receive it in fine weather. The 
temperature may then be allowed to fall as low as 50^ or 55*". 



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55 



ACHIMENES Iiirsuta. 

HcAry Achimenes. 



BIDTXAMIA ANGIOSPJBSMIA. 

Nai. ord. OBSNiRACEii. 

ACHIMENES. Botameal Begitter, 1842. /bl. 19. 



A« kirtuta ; canlibns binntis panicnlatiB bulbiUiferis, fbliis cordatia lenratii 
binnitisy pednnculiB ■olitariia foliis eequalibiu, corollsB limbo piano lad- 
niia lotondatis serrnlatia. Idndl. tn Bot. Reg, 1843. «ufe. 103. 



This pretty plant forms another acceptable addition to the 
charming genus Achimenes, and wiU probably become almost 
as great a favourite as any of the species. In habit it bears 
the nearest resemblance to A. pedunculata, and like that 
beautiful thing is disposed to bear little bulbs in the axils of 
its leaves and branches. 

The history of its introduction is an instructive lesson to 
importers of plants. How often do we find gardeners throw- 
ing away the moss, and mould, and fragments that remain 
after every foreign case of plants is examined, and the prin- 
cipal part of the contents removed ; and how often perhaps do 
they thus reject the most interesting species, for if accident is 
the fertile mother of new inventions, so is she also of new 
introductions. Canna iridiflora was obtained from seeds acci- 
dentally found in an old herbarium ; several Orchidaceous 
plants have been picked ofi^ dried specimens ; and this Achi- 
menes adds another to the list. It was hidden among a mass 
of Orchidaceous plants imported from Guatemala, and sold by 
auction a few months ago; Mr. Henderson, of the Pine Apple 
Place Nursery, accidentally detected it ; and thus a plant, 
which must have been often sent home with fruitless care on 
former occasions, was brought to our gardens without, any 
attention whatever. 

Nwember, 1843. 2 a 



As has been already stated, this species has the habit of 
A. pedunculata, but is nevertheless a very different species. 
The leaves are covered with coarse hairs ; the flowers are 
much larger, not at all striped, but have a deep rose-coloured 
border whose lobes are notched. 

Those who are fond of hybridizing have been attempting 
to obtain crosses between A. longiflora and some of the red 
species, but the result has been, we understand, a dingy purple, 
as was to be expected. We would suggest that this would 
mix readily with A. pedunculata, and that the result would be 
the improvement of the size of the latter, and of the colour of 
this, whose rose is hardly bright enough to satisfy the eye fas- 
tidious in colour. 

It should be potted in a compost, consisting of peat, loam, 
and sand in equal proportions. In autumn, after flowering, 
the plant will naturally die down, but tubers will be formed 
at its roots, which may be kept in the soil during winter in 
the same manner as bulbs are kept, taking care to protect 
them from frost. In spring, as soon as they commence grow- 
ing, they should be potted. Three tubers in a pot will pro- 
duce a large plant. Although a stove plant, it requires 
plenty of air when the weather will allow, with an ample 
supply of water to its roots, but very little overhead, other- 
wise, instead of flowers, . small scaly tubers will be formed in 
the axils of the leaves. 






56 



MORMODES aromaticum 



Aromatic Martnodes. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDBIA. 

Nat. ord. Orchidacea, § VANDEiB — Catasetida. 
MORMODES. Botanical Register, vol. 22. fol. 1861 . 



M. aromaticum ; racemo ^brevi erecto« sepalis petalisque snbrotando-ovatis 
acatifl secundis concaviB, labello angust^ cuneato convexo lacinia inter- 
medin triangalari acuminati cucallata. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841. 
mtfc. 162. 



We have so recently (t. 33.) made some general obser- 
vations upon the genus Mormodes, that we have nothing 
further to do»on the present occasion than to give a figure of 
this plant, and to point out in what respect it differs from 
M. pardinum, the only species to which it approaches closely. 

In habit the two are similar, but M. aromaticum is the 
smaller, and has shorter leaves. The spike of M. pardinum is 
much longer and bears three times as many flowers ; the sepals 
and petals are narrower, and more taper-pointed : their dif- 
ference in colour is obvious ; the labellum of M. pardinum has 
the same form as the sepals, except that it has three sharp- 
pointed lobes, and a kind of stalk, which M^ aromaticum wants. 

This species, although only introduced a few years since 
from Mexico, is now common, and although of little beauty, 
is valued for the peculiar fragrance, which is like that of aro- 
matic vinegar. 

Fig. 1 . represents the labellum. 



SI 



57 

ELEUTHERINE anomala. 
Anomakms JEleutherine. 

MONAOELPHIA TSJANDHIA. 

Not. crd. I&iDACBs. 

ELBXJTHBKINB, Eeirheri* Conau» acntd ovalis tonieetas ; foUa 
plicata ; peritnthiam fiigax regnlare ; fihmeiita libera tenuia ; stylus supeme 
tnfidua; capsnla trilocolaris superne dehiscens chartaesiift; lemina rogosa 
sabrotonda. Gelauni et Nemostyli affinis. BUatherine & Nemostylis Oela* 
nnis fonitan sectiones 7 — ^W. H. 



E. mumuila (Herbert in liit.) ; foliis oblongis basi angustatis tuperioris petio- 
latis floribns ]axd*^eduiiculati8 longioribusy floribus hezan^bis. 

This sinffolar little plant appeared in a flower->pot in the 
garden of the Horticultural Society in April lasti but its 
origin is unknown. Its similarity to the West Indian Marica 
plicata renders it probable that it had been imported from 
that part of the world. From Marica plicata it differs in its 
dwarfishneas, in the leaves tapering very evidently to the base, 
while the uppermost have long channelled stalks, and are 
much longer than the flowers. 

The great peculiarity, however, consists in the flowers 
having six stamens instead of three, a circumstance previously, 
we believe, unobserved in the Iridaceous order. Whether, 
however, this was an accidental circumstance in the plant 
now figured, or is peculiar to the species, is uncertain. The 
increase in number of stamens is of the same nature as their 
redundancy in Vellozia and Gethyllis. 

If the views of previous Botanists, as to the genus in 
which this should be included, are consulted, we shall find one 
placing its nearest ally in Sisyrinchium (Swartz), another in 
Moraea (Swartz), and a third in Marica (Ker); a pretty 
good indication of its really belonging to none of them. The 
regular flowers, free stamens, trifid slender-lobed style, ovate 
corms, and plaited leaves are so peculiar as to have led the 
Dean of Manchester to distinguish it under the name of 
Eleutherine, a view we do not hesitate to adopt. It is indeed 
inconceivable how it could ever have been referred to either 
MoraBa or Marica; its relation to Sisyrinchium is more 
obvious ; the separate stamens, however, distinguish it. The 
real affinity of the genus is, in Dr. Herbert's opinf(»i, with 
Gelasine. 

The following memorandum on the subject has reached us 
fi'om that gentleman since the above was in type : — 



" The genus Eleutherine was founded in MS. notes for an 
arrangement of the confused mass of plants heaped together 
under the name Sisyrinchium, which cannot be well com- 
pleted, from the difficulty of inyestigating the minute structure 
of such fugacious flowers in dry specimens, and the equal 
difficulty of obtaining and cultivating several of them. The 
type of the genus £leutherine is the plant figured in the Bot 
Mag. under the name Marica plicata, and named in Sweet's 
Hort Brit. Sisyrinchium latifolium. It has very little affinity 
indeed to Marica, of which the character and species were, 
not long ago, detailed in the Bot. Mag., and it is very differeot 
from Sisynnchium, Its affinities are to Gelasine, Nemostylis, 
and Cipura, and it may be, that Nemostylis and £leutherine 
will be found to rapge under Gelasine as sections. The pre- 
vailing colour of Gelasine and Nemostylis is blue or purple, 
of Eleutherine white. Prof. Endlicher, whose view of the 
genera of plants is valuable, because he has dealt with the 
greater part of his subject with more knowledge and discri- 
mination than he has applied to JridaceaB and Amaryllidaceae, 
has thrown the genus Gelasine into Trichonema, and he would 
probably refer this plant to the same genus. He might 
as well refer it to Crocus, with which Trichonema is much 
more closely allied than with these plants. Trichonema in 
all its various species may be at once recognized in the dry 
bulb or the fruit, and may be called the lowland Crocus, ex- 
tending N. and S. from Guernsey and Jersey (of which the 
native species has been set down for a Crocus by R. & Sch.) 
to the Cape, £. and W. from Socotra to the Spanish peninsula. 
When he shall have marched a few more Sisyrinchioid de- 
tachments into the same depot, he will find very little sub- 
ordination in the corps. In arranging the hexandrous plants 
it was the duty of a person undertaking such a work to have 
examined the volume ** Amaryllidacese," which he must have 
known from the works he quotes to have been some time pub- 
lished, and he would there have found the affinities of the 
various groups set forth upon a basis at least of tolerable cor- 
rectness, and would not have presented such an imbroglio of 
that order to the public. It. is open to a person, who is fond 
of generalizing, to set forth the Cyrtanthiform, Hippeastri- 
form, and Amarylliform divisions of the order as genera, 
Cyrtanthus, Hippeastrum, and Amaryllis, and to place Val- 
lota, &c.,Sprekelia, &c. Crinum, &c. as sections of them re- 
spectively, but ignorance of the subject alone could induce a 
person to preserve the subordinate Vallota, Cooperia, and 
Griffinia, as distinct genera, and pour back the rest into the 
cauldron of Amaryllidean confusion." — W. H. 



58 



ALSTRCEMERIA lineatiflora. 



Lined AUtrcsmeria. 



HEXANDRIA MONOQYNIA, 

Nat ord. Amaryllidacea. 

ALSTR(EMERIA. Botanical Begiiter, vol. 1839. /ol. 13. 



A. lineatiflora i foliis oblongis obtasis basi angustatis BuperioribuB verti* 
cillatis, corymbi pedunculis subtrifloris, sepalia oboyato-cuneiformibus 
cuspidatis, petalis anguBtioribas lanceolatis basi canalicolatis. 

A. lineatiflora, Fl. Peruv. 3. 60. /. 289. B&mer ^ Schultes Syat. veg. 10. 739. 

A. Idgta, var. 2. Herbert Amaryll, p. 92. 



At last we have the pleasure of puhlishing the true 
AUtrcsmeria lineatiflora^ from Peruvian roots presented to the 
Horticultural Society by John Maclean, Esq. of Lima. It is 
one of the finest of its class, and although, doubtless, very 
near A. LigtUy peregrina^ and pulcrUf apparently distinct from 
either. 

In addition to the discriminating marks between these 
beautiful species, pointed out by the learned investigator of 
the genus, (Herbert Amaryllid. p. 93,) it will be found that 
A. pulcra has the sepals and petals constantly serrated, which 
is never the case in the other three, and that the form of their 
leaves or sepals affords clear marks for further discrimination. 
In A. lineatiflora the leaves are short, very blunt, and of 
nearly equal size ; in -4. peregrina they are also of nearly 
equal size, but very sharp ; and in Ligtu the upper are very 
narrow and taper-pointed. Then, as to the sepals ; in ^. 
peregrina they are deeply obcordate, in pulcra narrow, spatu- 
late, obovate with a little point, in Ligtu roundish obovate 
with a very small point, and in lineatiflora obovately wedge- 
shaped with a large point. By these marks it appears that 
these species may be certainly distinguished \ and that being 



so, we are constrained to regard A. Uneattflara as a good 
species, and not a mere variety of Ligtu. 

It is necessary to add, that the A. Ligtu here spoken of 
is that figured at t. IS of our volume for 1830, and not the 
A. Ligtu of the English gardens, which is A. caryophylkBo. 
We are aware that some douht exists as to whether the 
A. Ligtu of Feuillee, with pink flowers obliquely banded with 
white, is the same plant ; but his figure is so bad that it may 
represent any of the neighbouring species, and nothing more 
like it than our lAgtu has, that we know of, been brought 
from Conception, which so many botanical travellers have 
visited of late years. Feuillee says nothing about the form 
of the sepals, and his artist is evidently no authority, for he 
has missed the deeply obcordate form of even A. peregrina. 

It is a greenhouse perennial ; and thrives best in a com- 
post, consisting of one-half loam, the other peat and sand. 
This, like many other species of Alstroemeria, produces tube- 
rous 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 beginnmg of January, 
when it should be repotted. While in a growing state, plen^ 
of water should be given, and air at all times when the weather 
will permit. It may be propagated abundantly from seed. 



59 

DUVAUA longifolia, 
Long-leaved Duvaua. 



POLYGAMIA MONCECIA, 

Nat. ard. Anacardiacejb. 
DUFAUA. Supra, vol. 19. foL 1568. 



D. longifolia ; foliis lineari-oblongifi basi angustatis integerrimis, corymbis 
sessilibus axillariba8« floribas 7-8-andiiB. 



The Duvauas are a race of evergreen shrubs, smelling of 
turpentine, with small green flowers, a caustic juice, and con- 
siderable affinity to Rhus. We have now in our gardens the 
following species, viz. D. dependenSf ovata, htifoliaf this 
longifolia, and another or two undescribed and insufficiently 
examined. They all inhabit the southern temperate regions 
of South America, and are capable of living with us in the 
open air through ordinary winters, especisdly if placed in a 
north-western exposure. 

The species now figured differs from 2). dependens in its 
leaves not being at all serrated, and decidedly narrowed, not 
widened, to the base ; and also in having very short corymbs 
of flowers. With the others it is not necessary to compare it. 

It is much hardier than any of the others, having stood 
against an exposed wall in the hard winter, 1837-8, when all 
the others were either killed down to the ground or entirely 
destroyed. 

It grows freely in any good garden soil ; flowers in June 
or July ; and is increased by seeds, or by cuttings of the half- 
ripe wood taken off about August, and treated in the ordinary 
way. 

The plant from which our figure was taken was presented 
to the Horticultural Society some years ago by Mr. H. Low 
of Clapton, who raised it from seeds received from Buenos 
Ayres. 

2 B 



60 



DENDROBIUM Ruckeri. 

Mr. Ruckef^s Dendrobhim. 



QYNANDBIA MONANDRIA. 

Nat, ord. Orchidacea. § Malaxe^e — Dendrobida. 
DENDROBIUM. Supra, vol. 15. fol. 1291. 



Sect. EuoENDROBiUM. Couie ieretif foliU planis, florihm $emellu, labello 

triloba. 

D. Ruckeri (lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843. misc. 38.) ; caulibus teretibuB, foliis 
ovato-lanceolatis acumioatis planis, floribus gemellis, sepalis patulis ob- 
tosiuBculis conyezis margine refleziB lateralibus subtiiangularibus, labelli 
trilobi lobis rotundatis intermedio undulato axi elevatd. yiUos^. 



We presume this plant to be one of Mr. Cuming's discove- 
ries in the Philippines, although no trace of it is to be found 
among his dried specimens. 

It belongs to the same set as D. Pterardi^ among which 
it is one of those with yellow flowers, the others being 
D. sanguinolentum, chrysanthum^ Cambridgeanumy rugosum^ 
sahccensCi Paxtoni, and aureum. Although it may not be 
quite so handsome as some of these, yet it is a very fine 
species, and perfectly distinct, both in colour, habit, and the 
structure of the flowers. 

Its leaves are exactly lanceolate, very dharp-pointed, and 
a little disposed to curve backward at the end. The flowers, 
although of a rich yellow nankin colour when expanded, are 
almost white externally ; their 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 pale 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. 

We owe the opportunity of figuring it to Sigismond 
Rucker, Esq. Jun., with whom it flowered in February last. 

Fig. 1. represents a front view of the column and base of 
the labellum ; 2. shews the latter spread open. 

It should be potted in rough turfy peat, mixed with pot- 
sherds ; the pot to be half filled with broken pots, and the 
soil considerably elevated above its brim, in onler that the 
roots may sustw'n no injury from stagnant water. In summer, 
while the plant is growing, plenty of water should be given to 
its roots, and it may be slightly syringed once or twice a day. 
The house at this time should be shaded in sunny weather, 
and kept as moist as possible, taking care not to let the tem« 
perature rise above 80° by day, nor above 70^ at night. In 
autumn water should be very much withheld, so that the 
plant may gradually receive its state of rest In winter the 
temperature should never be raised above 58° with fire heat. 



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61 
CIRRHOPETALUM auratum. 

Gold-edged drrkopetalum. 



QTNANDRIA liONANDRIA. 

Nat, ord. Orchidaceji^ § Malaxeje. 
CIRRHOPETALUM. Supra 1838. Ml. 



C. aitraium ; pseudobnlbis ovatiB solcatis^ folio oblongo convezo, floribas 
umbellatis, sepalo sapremo petalisque setaceo-acumiDatis fuWo-ciliatis 
lateralibas acutisy labello lineari recarvo, colamnsB aariculis rotondatis 



I integns. landl. in Bot. Reg. 1840. miae. 107. — 1843. tub t. 49. 



Among the singular species of this genus the present is 
one of the most interesting. It hangs down from the branch 
of a tree, or a piece of charred wood, which it soon overruns 
with its delicate green roots and egg-shaped furrowed pseudo- 
bulbs. 

The leaves are very thick, deep green above, and convex ; 
stained wdth purple beneath. The flower-stem is as slender 
as a small thread, and too weak to bear the umbels of flowers, 
which therefore hang down gracefully, and are balanced in 
the air. 

The umbels, as in many others of this genus, are so 
arranged that the flowers are all on one plane, and diverging 
equally from the centre form a circle, whose interior is occu- 
pied by the lower part of the flowers, and whose circumference 
is formed by the long flat strap-shaped lateral sepals, which 
look like so many party-coloured ribbons collected into a 
balloon. 

The flowers themselves have a yellowish ground, striped 
and mottled with crimson. The upper sepal and two petals, 
badly drawn in the figure, are fringed with golden hairs, and 
tapered into a fine point. The lateral sepals are quite desti- 
tute of hairiness, and only faintly stained with purple. 

It differs from C. picturatum in its party-coloured, not 
purple, flowers ; in its petals being far less taper-pointed, and 

December, 1843. 2 c 



Dot villous ; and in the lip not having a central ridge, which 
is conspicuous in C. picturatum. 

A native of Manilla, whence it was received by Messrs. 
Loddiges, with whom our drawing was made in March 1841. 

Fig. 1. represents a flower much magnified, with the long 
lateral sepals cut off; the petals are by no means well figured ; 
they, as well as the upper sepal, taper into a fine bristle-like 
point. Fig. 2. is the labellum. 

It may be potted in turfy heath-mould, mixed with pieces 
of small potsherds ; or it may be suspended on a block of 
wood, with a little sphagnum about its roots to retain mmsture. 
Like many species of jneurothallis, Stelis, &c. this require a 
humid atmosphere in winter as well as in summer ; but it 
should always be remembered, that the more light and heat, 
the more water is required. During the warm summer 
months, when the temperature of the house (although shaded) 
can scfircely be kept below 80% the water required will be 
twice as much as is necessary in winter, when the temperature 
should never be raised above 50"" or 5y by artificial means. 



62 



RHODODENDRON Apnlis. 



Garden Variety. 



A beautiful hybrid, raised by the Hon. and Very Rev, 
the Dean of Manchester from seed of Rhododendron ponti- 
cum, fertilized by the Evergreen Davurian Rhododendron. 
It flowers in April, for which reason Mr. Herbert has given 
it the name of Apnlis. 

The figure sufficiently indicates its beauty ; yet the plant 
is really handsomer, for the colours when fresh are consider* 
ably brighter in the pink part. The specimen was in fact 
fading when the drawing was made. 

Of course a hardy shrub : but we believe not at present 
in the hands of *< the trade." 



63 
BOSSI^A paucifolia, 

FeW'leaved Bassuea. 



DIADBLPHIA DECANDRJA. 

Nat, ord. LsGUMiNOSiS. 

BOSSIJEA. Botamedl Begiater, vol. 1841. fol. 55. 



B. paueifoUa ; glabra, inermis, ramis compreBsis aktis, foliis paucis oboyaiia 
oblongis linearibusye, pedicellis folio breyioriboB, legnmine glabro lati- 
tndine planes longiore. Bentham in Bot. Beg, 1841. miae. 108. 
Walpert Bepertorium, vol. 1. 578. 

B. Yirgata, Hooker in Bot. Mag. 1842. t. 3986. 



This New Holland bush, which has been raised several 
times from Swan River seeds, is one of those plants whose 
appearance depends chiefly upon the way in which it is 
managed. Under ordinary circumstances it is a straggling, 
naked, inelegant species ; but when kept dwarf, and in very 
good health, it forms a pretty compact bush, gaily sprinkled 
with yellow and crimson blossoms. 

It was originally raised from seeds by Robert Mangles, 
Esq. of Sunning Hill ; and in July, 1 841, it was named and 
defined in this work by Mr. Bentham. Afterwards, in De- 
cember, 1842, it was figured in the Botanical Magazine 
under the name of B. virgata. Sir William Hooker not being 
aware that it had been already published. 

Our drawing was made from a plant in the possession of . 
Messrs. Lowe and Co. of Clapton, in April last. 

Fig. 1 . represents the calyx ; 2. the ovary, cut in half, to 
shew the ovules. 

It is a greenhouse shrub, and will best succeed if potted 
in rough peat mixed with a little loam and sand. When potted, 
the stem should never be immersed in the soil, but rather a 
little elevated, which will preserve the plant from damping off 



in winter. In summer an ample supply of water should be 
given, and air at all times. In winter it should be exposed 
as much as possible to the light, and always receive air when 
the weather will permit. Fire beat should never be applied, 
except to keep off frost. It may be propagated from seeds or 
cuttings. 



64 
HIBBERTIA perfoliata. 

Thorough-wax Hihhertia. 



POLYANDRIA DUPENTAGYNTA. 

Nat, ard. DiLLENiACRiS. 

HIBBERTIA, Botanical Register, vol. 4. >b/. 282. 



H. perfoliata; glaberrima, glaacescens, ramis subteretibus, foliis obovato- 
oblongis oblongisque amplezicaulibus et perfoliatis denticulatia apiculatis 
■ubtiiB leeyibus opacis, pedanculia solitariia foliis aabaequalibaB unifloris 
bati aqaamatis, petaUa bilobis calyce tripl6 loDgioribus, oyariis 4-5 
glabris. 

H. perfoliata, Hngel Enumeration p. 6. 



This IS really a beautiful Swan River shrub, particularly 
well adapted to pot culture, on account of the neatness of its 
appearance at all seasons. According to Baron Hugel it has 
a tendency to climb, but that has not been observed in our. 
gardens. 

When it first flowered it was of one uniform glaucous hue, 
almost as much so as the fruit of the Plum when ripe and 
covered with bloom ; but that appearance has gone ofi*, and 
the foliage is now of a deep rich glossy green. 

While the beautiful yellow flowers are as large and showy 
as in the old Hibbertia volubilis, they are quite free from the 
offensive smell of that species. 

Fig. 1. represents the appearance of the ovaries. 

Our drawing was made in the garden of the Horticultural 
Society in May last. It there proves to be a greenhouse shrub, 
requiring the same treatment as many omer New Holland 
plants. It grows freely, if potted in a compost consisting of 
peat, loam, and sand in equal proportions. The pot should 
be well drained, and a few pieces of potsherds mixed through 
the soil. Plenty of air and water must be given in summer, 



and shade in Bunny days. In winter the plant should be 
placed in some airy place free from frost, and be watered in 
fine weather. It may he propagated hy cuttings in the usual 
way. 



65 



SAXIFRAGA ciliata. 
Fringed Saxifrage. 



DfiCANOBIA DIGTNJA. 

Nat, ord. Saxifraoacba. 
SAXIFBAOA. £. 



8. fiiKaia; foliiB oboTatis coriaceU grossi cilmtiB denticulatis basi subanricu- 
latiBi petiolo magno Taginante, pedanculo rigido scabriuacido cymosd 
panicqlato, oalyee d-partito ventricoao hinuto ladniia foliaceUy petalis 
ffpatbnlatia migpiicalatifl venoBiB. 

S. dliata, Royle lUiuir. Fl. Himal. p. 226. /. 49. /. 2. Walpera Bepert<h 
Hum, 2. 365. no. 23. nee 24. 



This plaDti of the section Bergenia, and very nearly allied 
to S. ligiuatay is like that species a native of the mountains 
of Northern India. Dr. Royle speaks of it thus : — 

** I have had some dilBlculty in naming this plant, as the 
published descriptions, as well as the distributed specimens 
of Wall. Cat. 4492. and figures of S. ligtUatOf to which it is 
most nearly allied, do not correspond with one another ; in- 
deed, two distinct species pass under that name. Dr. Wallich 
{As. Res. 13. p. 398.) describes S. ligtdata with leaves < basi 
angustata, — crenato — dentata, dentibus crenisque ciliis longis 
— uti omnes plants partes Isvia, camosa, ad lentem punc- 
tata. — Scapus crassus apice semel bisve furcatus* — Flores 
congesti in paniculam terminalem compactam subracemosam 
nudam leviter nutantem. — Calyx profundi quinquefidus; 
lacinias leviter ciliatae.' — A plant corresponding in every re- 
spect with this description, except in the leaves being less 
ciliated, I have found growing in Choor, Simla, and Kedar- 
kanta, and with which the specimens in the East India Her- 
barium, 4492. S. from Buddrinath, correspond, as well as the 
figure in Loddiges' Botanical Cabinet, t. 747- 

'< The plant, S. cUiata^ figured in plate 49. fig* 2. is found 
on the Mussooree and Suen Range, at lower elevations than 

2 o 



S. Bgulata. The leaves are ovate and obtuse at both ends, 
extremely hairy on both, but especially the under surface and 
along the nerves ; the peduncle is slender ; the inflorescence 
an erect, but lax spreading panicle ; the calyx gamosepalous, 
and cup-shaped at the base, and consequently less deeply 
divided than in S. liaulata^ with the lacinisB entire, and not 
ciliate, and the petals more unguiculate/' 

It must be confessed that the plant now represented does 
not agree altogether with this description ; in particular it 
wants the hairiness of the leaves spoken of by Dr. Royle, but 
we ascribe this difference to cultivation. In fact, the plant in 
the garden of the Horticultural Society, from whence this 
drawing was made in March, 1 843, was raised from seeds sent 
under the name of S. ciliata from the Botanical Garden of 
Saharunpur. 

We must remark that Dr. Walpers has a second S. dJiata 
from India ; the latter being S. imbricata of Royle. 

This is a robust hardv perennial, requiring the same soil 
and treatment as S. crassifolia ; but when planted in the open 
border it must not have a situation which is damp in winter, 
or fully exposed to the sun in summer. It is easily increased 
by dividing the old plants ; or by seeds, which should be sown 
when ripe in pots ^led with sandy peat and a small portion 
of loam. It flowers about May in the open border. 



•4tfc 



'■ ly J %^,r.,., h,rA'."l'!ly 3.\' 1.111,3. 



66 



ONCIDIUM bicolor. 

Two-coloured Oncidium. 



GTNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 

Nai. onL Orchidaceje. § YANDEiS. 
ONCIDIUM. Supra, vol. U. fol. 1073. 



§ EooNCiDiTJM, Heteranthium ; plamfoliOt tetrapetala^ mkropetala. 

0. hieohr ; pseudobulbis ovalibug compresBimis utrinqne 3-€08tatiB, folio 
Bolitaiio obloDgo sessili striato, paiiiciil& divaricat&y sepaliB lateralibiui 
basi connatia petaliaqne ovatia acatis, labeUo maximo bilobo^ diad taber- 
colo haatato 3-partitO| colomnse alia rotandatia dentatis. 



This charming species of Oncidium, one of the rarest of 
its genus, was obtained by Messrs. Loddiges from the Spanish 
Main, and is 1243 of their catalogue. It flowered with 
them in September, 1842, when the accompanying figure was 
made. 

Among other peculiarities of the species may be mentioned 
its very thin pseudo-bulbs, and three-Jobed crest of the label- 
lum, the front lobe of which projects forward, while the 
laterals are at right angles to it, and slightly toothed. It has 
moreover a very large Up, which, although deep clear yellow 
on the upper side, is almost white underneath, as also happens 
in some of the Chive-leaved species. 

Its nearest affinity is with O. bifolium. 



MISCELLANEOUS MATTER 

OF THE 

BOTANICAL REGISTER. 

1843. 



MONSTRUM PLANTI. Plant's Vegetable Monster. 




" What is this, of which three roots are represented in 
the vigDette ? — In consequence of the statement made by Mr. 
Plant, nurseryman of Cheadle, (see above Plant's anisanth, 
1843, fol. 37.) that he had obtained mules from a Gladiolus 
by an Amaryllidaceous plant, I was anxious to investigate 
minutely its correctness. It will be proper to premise, that 
the mule figured as Plant's anisanth is a true Gladiolus, raised 
between Glad, splendens (Anisanthus splendens, Sweet Br. 
Fl. G.) and a hyhrid, sold under the name of Colvilli, between 
G. hlandus, cardinalis, and tristis. Mr. Sweet improperly 
made a genus Anisanthus of G. splendens and Cunonius, 
and another genus of G. abbreviatus, three species of Gladio- 
lus, which have the lower lip abbreviated, a feature not more 
important than the conversion of the three petals into short 
bristles in Iris setosa. I always considered that something 

A— 1843. b 



nearly approaching to G. abbreviatus might be raised between 
G. tristis and Cunonius. 

^' Mr. Plant has frankly communicated all the information 
he can give concerning his monsters, and has sent three of 
his four roots to me. I have made a careful sketch of them, 
as above represented. He states, that in 1839 he carried 
from the greenhouse pollen of a plant, which by his descrip- 
tion is certainly a cross-bred Hippeastrum closely akin to 
H. Johnsoni, having dark red flowers striped with white, to 
a flower of Gladiolus blandus in a cold frame. The seeds 
produced were rather deficient in the usual foliaceous wing. 
Four roots were the produce. He states, that their leaves 
were less erect and more glossy than those of a Gladiolus. 
In the second season 1840-1 he was ill, and they suffered 
from neglect. They are now at rest after three years growth. 
The appearance is quite monstrous. There is scarcely a 
vestige of a regular corm, but the base is irregularly formed 
and beset with yellowish fleshy substances having some affi- 
nity to the scales of a Lilium, and topped with the wrinkled 
remains of tubular sheaths which enveloped the base of the 
leaves. One of them, from the number of those tubular 
processes, seems to have formed ofisets. To the eye, in their 
present state, they certainly exhibit no immediate hope of 
vegetation, but in due time they will probably do so. Mr. 
Plant says that they were raised in a mixture of sand and 
rotten manure. Tne question therefore arises, whether these 
strange productions are diseased Gladioli, analogous to the 
monstrous turnips, like bunches of keys, which often occur 
in highly manured and hot sandy soil? or mules of such 
anomalous birth ? or roots of some plant unknown to me, 
accidentallv confounded by Mr. Plant with his seedling Gla- 
dioli ? Hippeastrum, the asserted male parent, has one very 
extraordinary peculiarity, that its several species breed more 
willingly by the pollen of any hybrid of its own genus, how- 
ever complicated its origin, than by their own pollen. A 
bulb of H. Organense just imported from the Organ moun- 
tains having thrown up two two-flowered stems, one flower 
on each stem was touched with its own dust, and the other 
by that of a triple mule. When the flowers withered, the 
germen of each of the former swelled first, but after a few 
days the latter began to swell also, and from that moment the 
growth of the former stopped, and they soon withered ; both 



the latter, proceeding rapidly, produced abundance of good 
seed. Such has been the invariable result of six years expe- 
riments, but we have failed in all attempts to mix Hippeastrum 
with the nearly allied Habranthus or Zephyranthes. In the 
form of its seed and capsule it has some affinity to Gladiolus. 
I tried SO years ago vainly to impregnate G. blandus by H. 
crcx^tum. Can any person recognize the above, as the roots 
of any known plant ? or has Mr. Plant bred an anomalous 
monster between the two natural orders AmaryllidacesB and 
Iridacese, though all other persons have as yet failed in 
obtaining any mule vegetable between two genera decidedly 
distinct in one and the same order ? I do not think disease 
could have produced such Gladiolus roots. Mr. Plant tried 
to make a like cross last year by the Hippeastrum on a hybrid 
Gladiolus, and he has sent me a bulb which is its produce, 
and two seedlings from another pod not crossed by him on 
the same Gladiolus stem ; but it is evident, that these bulbs 
are all true Gladioli, though the two pods have been evi- 
dently set by the pollen of two different species or varieties 
of Gladiolus, which the bees might effect without his privity. 
Mr. Plant pays a great deal of attention to the state of the 
stigma and pollen, but I cannot find that he has done so 
more than I nave done during the last thirty years, when I was 
desirous of obtaining a difficult cross. Eveiy encouragement 
should be given by cultivators to Mr. Plant, who would 
perhaps effect much by industry and perseverance, if his 
means were equal to his zeal." 

W. Herbert, Spofforth, Oct. 1842. 



. w w» 



1. CATASETUM Wailesii. 

Hooker in Botanical Magazine, t. 3937* 

C. WaUeni; " foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, perianthiis ovatis compressis con- 
niTentibiis, aepalis petalisque acaminatis, labello subconico cucullato ore 
contracto integeTrimo» antheria hemisphfierico-coinpressis umb<matis 
umbone aubtilB squamifero." 

This is a green-flowered species from Honduras, with all 
the appearance of C. tri^entatum; Sir W. Hooker, however, 
assigns the following reasons for regarding it as a distinct 
species. 

*' The strange forms exhibited in the different parts of the 



4 

flower of the several kindi^ of Catasetum have often attracted 
notice. In the present instance, the most striking peculiarity 
is to he found in the anther-case, which, instead of heing car- 
ried out into a very long pomt or heak, is singularly short 
and flattened, in the centre of which is an umbo or elevated 
tubercle, and beneath this, a pretty large, membranaceous, 
spreading scale. Whether this be simply a sport of nature, 
or a permanent character, indicating a truly distinct species, 
I will not take upon me to say.*' 

2. BRASSiA brachiata. 

Lindley in Bentham Plant. Hartweg. p. 94. 

This fine plant has flowered in the collection of Messrs* 
RoUissons, where it exists under the garden name of Brassia 
WraycB. It has larger flowers than any other species, with 
very dark brown spots on a pale ground. The lower sepals 
are three inches long, and the lip is half the length, a good 
deal waved at the edge, and rather lobed. It is a very dis- 
tinct species. 

3. RENANTHERA matutina. 

Lindley in Gen. and Sp. Orch. p. 218. 

A very pretty plant with small cinnamon and scarlet 
flowers, collected in a stifle panicle. It has the habit of the 
old R. coccinea, but is not to be compared with it for beauty, 
the flowers not being above half an inch across. It was ex- 
hibited at the last meeting of the Horticultural Society, from 
His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, at Chatsworth, and we 
have also received it from Messrs. RoUissons. It is under- 
stood to have been brought from Manilla by Mr. Cuming, 
from whom we have a wild specimen. 

4. EPIDENDRUM auntim. 

£. (Encyclium) auritum ; pseudobulbis elongatis compresBis ■gaamis ngii- 
natis, folio angusto ligulato obtuBO, racemo debili 3-floro folio breyiore* 
bracteis marddis carinatiB intemodiis longioriboB, oyario nigro-fnifu- 
raceOy Bepalis lineari-lanceolatiB acutis patentibus, petalis conformibiu 
dnpl5 brevioribuB erectis, labello lineari conyexo arcuato medio carnoeo 
BubrngoBo apice membranaceo, column^ apioe tridentata, anther^ utrin* 
que auriciild. Bimplici bifid& Bubulata aucta. 

A little Epidendrum from Guatemala, of which we have 



specimens from Mr. Skinner. The flowers are very pale 

freen, almost white, with no spots or stains upon them. It 
as not much beauty. It is near E. tripunctatum. A very 
singular feature in it is the presence of one or two fine pointed 
horns on the anther on each side, which give it, when seen 
in front, the appearance of some insect's head. 

5. CLEISO STOMA dealbatum. 

C. dealbatum ; foliift linearibus canaliculatis camosis dealbatis, spicis sim- 

plicibus glaucis, Bepalis petalisque rotundatis, labelli calcare ovato emar- 
ginato lobis lateraiibaB acutis intermedio ovato camoso niultd majore 
incurvoy colamnse dente bilobo. 

An Orchidaceous plant of little beauty, obtained from 
Manilla by Messrs. Loddiges, through Mr. Cuming. The 
flowers before they expand are almost white, when open they 
are bright yellow, with a white lip ; but they are too small 
to produce much appearance. 

6. DENDROBIUM aqieum. 

D. aqueuMy (§ foliis planis, floribus gemellis, labello trilobo) foliis ovato* 

oblongis undulatis acuminatis, floribus patulis comu brevi obtuso* sepalis 
petalisque ovatis, labelli trilobi pubescentis keinia media ovatiL denticu- 
late baai altd excavate lateralibus latioribus rotundatis margine anteriore 
serrulato. 

A native of Bombay, whence it was imported by Messrs. 
Loddiges, with whom it flowered in November, 1842. The 
habit is that of D, Pierardi : the flowers are rather larger, 
and of a pale watery green colour. 

7. PLEUROTHALLiS fcitens. 

p. fofteM: folio ovali coriaceo subtus concolori cauli carinato triquetro 
sequali, spatba univalvi acuta coriacea striata paudflora, floribus sub- 
sessiUbus tomentosis coriaceis^ sepalis oblongis convezis subsequalibus 
intil^s papulosis lateralibus connatis^petalis. oblongis acutis glabris dentin 
culatis subdiaphanis, labello lineari-oblongo obtuso Isevi Imeis duabus 
elevatis camosis basi excavato. 

A species very near the Mexican P. aphthosa^ with an 
unpleasant odour. It has no beauty, and is a native of 
Brazil, whence it was obtained by Messrs. Loddiges. The 
leaves are rather narrower than in P. aphthosa, and green 
not purple underneath. 



8. OBERONIA miniata. 

0. miniata ; caulescens, foliis equitantibos brevibus subfalcatis acuiisy spica 
longUsimsi pendul4 laxiflor4, bracteis linearibus conyolntis laceris, pedi- 
ceilu filiformibus glandnloso-pilosisy sepalis ovatia erectis acutisy petalis 
conformiboB minoribas^ labeUo oblongo concavo Yenos apicem angai- 
tato retuso. 

A singular epiphyte, belonging to a section of this strange 
genus, of which O. anceps is the type, and of which there are 
many species. That now figured was imported from Sinca- 
pore by Messrs. Loddiges. It has the habit of Aporum 
anceps ; its flowers are extremely small, very brittle, vermi- 
lion red, and loosely arranged in a nodding spike sometimes 
as much as eight inches long. 

9. ANGR^CtTM vesicatum. 

A. veneatum ; acaole, foliis canaliculatia recarvis spicse pendulse aequalibus, 
floribus dbtantibuB divaricatis, aepalis oyatis, petalu linearibus acutis, 
labello ovato acuto, calcare arcuato OTario longiore apice inflato diaphano. 

From the Ashantee country, whence it was obtained by 
Messrs. Loddiges. It bears white, inconspicuous flowers, 
whose spurs look like a horn with a semi-transparent bladder 
at the end. It seems to range next to A. caulescens from the 
Isle of France. 

10. ACIANTHERA punctata. 

Scheidweiler in Gartenzeitungt 1842, p. 292. 

'* AciANTHERA. Sepala conniventia, lateralibus connatis^ supremo galeato. 
Petala minora cuneiformia, apice dilatata ; labeUum cum columna arti- 
culatum^ 3-]obum ; lobis lateralibus acutis^ intermedio piano obtuso ; 
Columna alata membranacea apice lacerata ; anthera apiculata^ unUocu^ 
laris ; poUinia 2, materie pulverea ad basin cohserentia. 

" A. punctata (Scheidw.) ; folus solitariis, ovatis, obtusisy glaucis» utrinque 
parpureo-punctatis ; sepalis extus yillosis, intuspurpureo-punctatis tcI 
oceUatis ; labello purpureo, petalis punctatis. Flores racemosi, racemi 
pauciflori cernui, oaai spathacei.'* 

An orchidaceous plant, stated in the work above quoted to 
be a native of Brazil, and to belong to the Malaxeous divi- 
sion* It is described as resembling, at first sight, a Pleuro* 
thallis; very small ; with oval leaves, and five or six greenish 
grey flowers on a common flower-stalk. 



11. CENTRANTHERA punctata. 

Scheidweiler L c. p. 293. 

" CsNTRANTHERA. Sepala lateralia connata, supremnm galeatam ; peiala 
minora cuneifonnia. Labellum cum columna articulatum, 3-Iobam, lobis 
lateralibos minimis actttis, intermedio ovato obtuso. Columna alata, 
snb-membranacea apice lacerata. Anthera apicnlata, unilocolaris, pollinia 
2 materie pulverea cohaerentia. 

*' C. punctata (Scheidw.) ; folio ovato, obtnso, glauco, utrinqne fiiBCo punc- 
tato. Sepalis extns YilloBissimis, intus fusco-ocellatis ; labellum purpu- 
reum. Flores racemoii, racemi radicales cemui. — Planta epiphyta 
braailiensis, caule gemiundali^ folio carnoso unciale exacte ovato." 

Another new genus of OrchidaceaB, according to Mr. 
Scheidweiler, found in Brazil, and cultivated in the German 
gardens. It, like the last, is represented to he very like a 
Pleurothallis ; its leaves are glaucous with hrown pits. 

12. LIPARlS alata. 

Scheidweiler L c. p. 293. 

" L. alata (Scheidw.); foliis 6, oblongo-ovatis, acutis, plicatis, petiolatis, 
spica erecta multiflora brevioribus. Scapo alato, squamoso, purpureo ; 
alia 6, membranaceis. Sepalis petalis linearibus latioribus ; labeUo mu- 
cronato revoluto atropurpureo. Oynostemium viride; flores ante an- 
thesin purpurei.'' 

A Mexican plant, which has flowered at Lacken, in the 
garden of His Majesty the King of the Belgians. It is 
stated to he rather prettier than the majority of its race, with 
a spike of flowers six inches long, and purple flowers half an 
inch long, with a crimson lip. 

13. MAXILLARiA galeata. 

Scheidweiler I. c. p. 309. 

*' M. galeata (Scheidw.); pseudobulbis ovatis compressis diphyllis ; foliis 
OYato-oblongis, acutis, plicatis ; scapis radicalibus uniflons ; sepalo su- 
premo petalisque lateralibus conniventibus subgaleatis, sepalis latendibus 
patentibus, omnibus lauceolatis acutis, labelH trilobi lobo intermedio 
lingulatOy lateralibos parvis acutis ; anthera galeata, loculorum Talvnlis 
membranaceis transversim dehiscentibus ; pomnia 4, per paria in glan- 
dulam hyalinam transversam sessilia. 
'* Scapus duo pollices longus^ purpureus ; bractese quatuor, Tentricosse, 
acutse, margine purpureas. Flores purpurei, striato-punctati ; labellum 



cam basi producta columnie nrticnlatain, atropurpureum, basi dilute 



roseum." 



A Brazilian species, described from the stove of Count 
Aremberg. It is said to be scentless, and to have dirty purple 
flowers. 

14. ONClDlUM Forkelil 

Scheidweiler L c. p. 309. 

" O. Forkelii (Scheidw.) ; pseudobnlbis monopbyllia ; foliis cx>riaoeu, ob- 
longia, acQtia ; yaginia ciliatia ; bo^k) eiecto panctato, trifloro, foliis 
breviore. Sepalis lateralibos liberis, oblongo-ovatis, acuminatiB^ supe- 
riore orato undulato ; petalis oblongis margine unddlatiB; labello trilobo, 
lobia lateralibus xninoribus, intermedio mazimo rotundato baaeoa callis 
duobuB instructo, anteriore compreBso bicami* poBterioiis lamina plicata ; 
gynostemio alato» alis lilaciniB : Anthera caroosa galeata, pollinia duo 
in glandulam bicomutam sessilia. 
" Fo£a 10-12 poUices longa, 3-4 poll. lata. Sepala extoB virentia intus 
fuBCO-maculatay petala apice virentia basi fiiscata, labellum lilacinum." 

A Mexican species that has flowered in the collection of 
His Majesty the King of Belgium, at Lacken. It has been 
named after Mr. Forkel, the chief gardener there. It is 
said to be one of the handsomest of the genus, iiith flowers 
an inch in diameter, greenish yellow, spotted with crimson ; 
the petals clear violet, the lip large and round, with small 
side lobes. 

15. ONCIDIUM cuneatiim. 

Scheidweiler L c. p. 309. 

" 0» cuneatum (Scheidw.); pseudobulbiB subcyliDdriciSy arcuatis, nxgosis, 
apice tnincatia, monophyllis; foliis lanceolatis acutia ; paniculis radicali- 
bus cernuis ; sepalis lateralibus cuspidatis in unnm cucuUatum connatis, 
superiore truncato cucullato ; petalis cuneatis apice minutissime creuu- 
latis ; labello trilobo, lobis lateralibus acutis, intermedio enneato emargi- 
nato ; crista triplid ; posteriore quadridentata, intermedio lamellis qua« 
tuor paraUelis composita, anteriore bicomnta ; columnse alis linearibuB, 
denticulatis, recurvis, acutis." 

A Brazilian plant from Count Aremberg's collection. It 
is said to be a small species with white flowers spotted with 
crimson, and purple wings to the column. The leaves are 
three inches long and six inches broad, the flower-stalk four 
inches long. 



16. LMLlA albida. 

A beautiful variety of this, with a violet lip, painted at 
the base with purple veins, has flowered with Mrs. Lawrence 
at Ealing Park. 

17- TRICHOCENTRUM recurvum. 

T. reemrtum; bracteis diBtichis cncullatis ovatis acutis, sepalis petalisqne 
ovatia acatia, labello oblongo baai purpnreo bidentato, calcare recarvo 
ovarii longitudine, columnse alia cuneatis deDticulatis, anther& pubeacente. 

A Guajana plant, imported by Messrs. Loddiges. It 
resembles Tr. fuscum in habit, but is smaller. The lip is 
white, with a deep purple spot at its base; afterwards it 
changes to pure yellow. The spur is long, and curved back- 
wards and upwards, so as to arch over the back of the flower. 

18. TRICHOCENTRUM candidum. 

T. candidum ; bracteie ovatis acutis, sepalis petalisque ovatis acutis^ labello 
oblongo emarginato basi obsolete bidentato ecalcarato gibboso, columnae 
alia ovatis acntia, anthera villossL. 

A little Guatemala plant, with white flowers, slightly 
tinged with yellow. It is remarkable for the want of a spur, 
whose place is supplied by a short projection. 

19. ODONTOGLOSSUM Rossii. 

Lindley in BoL Meg. 1839. t. 48. 

A pretty variety of this charming plant has flowered with 
Mr. Barker. It has narrower and darker coloured sepals, 
smaller flowers, and the callus at the base of the lip white, not 
yellow. It seems almost intermediate between O. Rossii and 
O. stellatum ; especially as the lip is rather more ovate than 
in the former species. 

20. EPIDENDRUM rubrocinctum. 

E (Spathium) rubrocinctum ; panicula ampla cernuSi, sepalis ob- 

longis concavis acatis coriaceis, petalis angast^ linearibus, labello trans- 
verso cordato trilobo snpr^ tricarinato ; lobi medii tnlobi dente inter- 
medio minuto, column^ inappendicolat^. 

Of this I know no more than that it is a plant with the 
B— 1843. c 



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habit of £. nutans, from the garden of Mr. Brocklehurst, 
where nothing is recorded of its origin* Mr. Bateman, who 
sent it to me^ states that it has a large branching panicle. 
The sweet-scented flowers are a dull yeuowish green, bordered 
with doll purple ; the lip is more yellow than the sepals. It 
is a plant of more beauty than E. nutans. 



MAXILLARIA. 



The original genus of this name was so loosely defined 
that it was understood to comprehend all Orchidaceous plants 
whose flcH^ftl envelopes are so arranged thfirt tlvey have a 
ringent appearance, and a decided extension itt fronC in the 
form of a ehin. 1 harve no intentioa of dv^cussingf in this 
place the histoi^ of the genos, the additions msde to ft, or 
the limits of tbe new genera already formed in it9 vicinity; 
but I shall confine myself to the condition in which it was 
left upon the publication of the ^ Genera and Species of 
Orchidaceous Plants" in the year 1833. At that time the 
number of species, known or guessed at, was inconsiderable^ 
and consisted of plants extremely difierent in appearance, as 
well as structure, but connected by the common character of 
a pair of simple or two-lobed poRen-masses, having a distinct 
gland with a single caudrcula, and belonging to a ifower 
whose lateral sepals, oblique at their base^ were adherent fo 
the lengthened foot of the column. In fact, Maxillaria, 
among Vandese, answered in many respects to I>endrobium 
among Malaxe®. 

But experience has shewn that such a character as this 
brings into association plants of very different appearttnce, 
that it inchrdes many other characters, of as nmcb importance 
a^ itself, Bitdt brings together a group of efpeciea incontem'- 
ently large for systematical purposes. Sneh being the case it 
has now oecome desirable to reconsider the distinctive marts 
of Maxillaria, to see how far they are capable of sul^divisiott, 
and to endeavour to circumscribe Maxillaria proper within 
more definfite Kmits than were assigned to it in 1 883. 

The true Maxillarias, that is to say those intended by the 
authors of the Flora Peruviana, who founded the genus, are 
evidently the speciea with radical inflorescencei aad a peMdo- 
bulbous growth, such as M.pkta, ptmotakif sjuabMf mfi the 
like ; they form a tolerably natural groups and havta^ in' all 



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cases, a pair of double poUen'inassies resting on a crescent- 
shaped gland, without any distinct caudicula ; to them it is 
desirable strictly to limit the name. But a great yariety of 
other plants have been gradually associated with them in con- 
sequence of their haying the chin which so strongly marks, 
affiong VandeaB, Maxillar ia proper ; and, in fact, tnis chin 
must now be considered more an indication of a division of 
VandeaB than of a genus. 

For example, maxillaria Warreana^ has a globular flower, 
expanded indeed, but only a little oblique, and by no means 
rifigeirt : this I would call Warrea. 

Then those species which are near M. lentiginosaj having 
also a flower with nothing ringent about it, have an apparatus 
of a singularly rugged nature, or at least much tuberculated, 
on the lip, and a gland of an ovate form bearing two double 
pollen-masses sessile ; to these the name FrohenuEA may be 
assigned. Allied to them, but widely difierent in the small 
roundish gland and long setaceous caudicula on which the 
two double pollen-masses are seated, is Maxillaria cristata^ 
which may be called Paphinia. Another set, with a similar 
condition of gland, caudicula, and pollen-masses, but well 
distinguished by the surface of the lip, is formed by such 
species as M. aromatica, macrophylla^ &c. and these I would 
call Lycaste. As for Maxillaria Steeliij with its long 
thonged leaves and deficient pseudo-bulbs, it has nothing of 
the aspect of a Maxillaria, and having a pair of double 
pollen-masses sitting on a gland tapering to each end with 
the form of a gliding serpent, it may be advantageously struck 
off under the name of Scuticaria. 

These changes having been eflected, the genus Maxillaria 
will remain associated with Dicrypta, Xylobium, Camaridium, 
and Siagonanthus, the true value of which I shall shortly 
endeavour to settle. 

But it is not merely as an old genus, into which far too 
much alien blood has been infused, that Maxillaria has to be 
considered. We must certainly regard it as the type of a 
Division of Vandese, to which a good number of other genera 
will have to be associated. These genera are all characte- 
rized by having the lateral sepals more or less oblique at the 
base, the consequence of which is that the flower-bud has 
always, mora or less visibly, achin^ and by having a labellum 
which is destitute of a i^^, or of any direct approach to one. 



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It is also strictly an occidental division, saving the genus 
Polystachya, unless we admit Appendicula and Cryptoglottisj 
which are insular Indian. Those genera however require 
further examination. 

I do not profess to he ahle of myself to settle at present 
the true limits of what may he called the Maxillaridous divi- 
sion of VandesB ; hut, in order to assist others who may be 
working in the Orchidaceous mine, I will just put down what 
I at present think will be the genera to be referred to it. 
The tabular form being the most convenient for study, I have 
adopted it, printing in italics those genera which seem certaiu, 
and in Romans such as require much further examination. 

MAxiLLARiDiG. Scpala lateralia plus minus obliqua, saepius 
majora, unde alabastrus hinc gibbus. Labellum columns 
appressum, ecalcaratum. Columna semiteres, basi pro- 
ducta. PoUinia 2-4 (-8 ?). 

[^The genus Zygopetalum, whose lateral sepals are very 
little oblique, joins this Division of Vandese to that of 
SarcanthidsB, in consequence of its near affinity to 
Eulophia in the last mentioned division.] 

* Labellum medio interruptum. Stanhcpea, HouUetia, PerUteria^ Angyha 

(Cuillauzina?). 

* Labellam continuum. 

a. Sepala lateralia divaricata incurva basi angustata ; Gooenia, Batemanma. 
h, Sepala lateralia ascendentia ; Zygopetalum. 
c, Sepala lateralia recta, seepiiia triangalaria. 

I Pollinia 2 ; Acropera, Chananthe, Malaehadenia, 

I 1 Pollinia 8 ; v. 4 plura ; Appendicula, Cryptoglottis. 
II Pollinia 4 ; v. 2 biloba. 

X Flores regulares clausi ; Ornithidium. 

X X Plores regulares expansi; Trigonidium, PsiUacogloBsum, Sterna, 

Prameruea^ JFarrea. 
XX t Plores ringentes. 

1 . X)audical« 2 ; B\frenaria, 

2. Caudicula 1. 

^ Columna maxima navicularis, clinandrio cucullato. 

Hunt ley a. 
If ^ Columna clavata, angusta, clinandrio nude. 

Glandula lunata, caudiculis brevissimis t. nnllis ; 
Maxillaria, Dicrypta, Xylobium, Camaridinm, 
SiagonantbuB, Scuticaria. 

Glandula ovata, caudicul^ brevisaimi, t. 0. 
Scaphyglottis. 

Glandula minuta ; caudicula letacea. 
Polystachya, PapMnia, Lycast 



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It is not improbable that, besides these, Maxillaria 
tetragonay and a few others, may require to be further 
separated. 

Having thus explained my notions of the manner in which 
Maxillaria and the genera allied to it may be best systema- 
tised, I proceed to add very brief characters of the new genera 
and their species. 

Promen^ba. Sepala patula. Labellum trilobum, medio cris- 
tatum V. multo-tuberculatum. Columna brevis, semiteres. 
Glandula ovata. PoUinia 4, geminata, sessilia. 

1. P. 9tapelundea (Mazill. stapelioides, L. 146. B. R. 1839. t. 17.); pseudo- 

bulbisoTatis tetragonis l-2-phylli8, foliis tenoibus lanceoktis patentibus 
pallid^ glands reticulatiB, peaunculo difiiiBO bifloro, sepalia petalisque 
Bubrotando-ovatis acutis patulis subaequalibuB, labello oblongo tiilobo : 
laciniis latendibus erectis linearibuB obliqnis obtusiB intermedin ovato- 
oblong& basi cucullatn, eristn tranBYersIl flezuoB4 carnoB4 intds 'dente 

carnoso ovato auct&. Brazil, Floweps green externally, yellowiBh 

internally, speckled and banded with purple. 

2. P. xanthina (Mazill. xanthina, LindL Bot. Reg, 1839. 9uh t, 1/.); pseu- 

dobulbis oyalibos tetragonis l-2*phylli8, foliis angust^ lanceolatis, pe- 
danculis ascendentibuB unifloris pedicello sterili terminatis, bracte^ OTat& 
mucronatn cucullat4, sepalis petalisque oblongis acutis patulis subeeqna- 
libus, labello oblongo trilobo laciniis lateralibus erectis linearibus obtu- 
siBBimis integris intermedin bilabiate : labio superiore carnoso abbreyiato 
truncato 5-dentato inferiore oblongo acuto. — BrazU. — Flowers yellow. 

3. P* lenHginoaa (Maxill. lentiginosa, LindL in Bot. Reg, 1839, miae, 93.) ; 

bracteis lat^ ovatis acuminatis, labeUi lobo medio orato-oblongo obtuso, 
crista tran8Yers& medio processu quadrato tridentato auct^, anthene 

apice incurvo ; alioqtdn M, ttapelimdi similis. Brazil, Very like 

P. stapelioides ; but the sepals are more acute, the purple spots redder, 
more distinct, and less run into bars ; the lip is of the same colour 
as the petals, and its transverse crest has a square three-toothed process 
in the middle. 

A. P. RoUiumii (Maxill. Rollissonii, Bof.Reg. nib /ol, 1986. et 1838, t. 40.); 
pseudobulbis subrotundis compressis bifoliis, foliis lanceolatis apice re- 
curvis, scapis subunifloris diffusis lax^ yaginatis, sepalis carinatis latera- 
libus basi subsequalibus petalisque acutissimis, labelli lobis lateralibus 
ovatis angustis acutis intermedio oblongo membranaceo apiculato mar- 
gine deflexo ; callo disci eleyato carnoso antic^ transyerso lobos laterales 
labelli conjungente medio producto truncato tridentato et denticulis re- 
flexis postic^ fomicato truncate bilobo. Brazil, Flowers pale yel- 
low, with putple spots on the lip. 

5. V.graminea (Maxill. eraminea, Bot, Reg, sub /ol, 1802.); pseudobulbis 
nullis, foliis gramineis recurvis, perianthio campanukto, sepalis oblongis 
obtusis lateralibus paululum connatis, petalis angustioribus, labello cum 
pede long^ producto columnss articulate trilobo : lobis lateralibus semi- 
oyatis acutis ascendentibus intermedio majore reniformi, tuberculo disci 

magno .carnoso truncato postici bilobo. Chtagana; Brazil^ in tkeprov. 

of Bahia, Flowers pale yellow, banded with dull purple. 



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ScuncAftiA. Flores rrogetites antio^ n mevtan rotandatum 
prodofAiy €xpat)fii. LQl)^llum oontimium, membranaoeaiBy 
trilobum, medio tuberculatum. Columna semiteree. Pd- 
linia 4» per paria in glandulam utriB^ve aeuminatom me- 
dio dilatatam jsessilia, extafi aogulata.-*-* — Rfaizoska arti- 
Cttlatum, raraosum, ebulbe. Folia flagedliformia. 

1. S. Sieelii (Maxill. Steelii, Bot. Mag. t. 3573. Bot, Beg. t. 1986.). 

Ouayana, Floiwers large» yellew» spotted wiUi purple. 

Warrea. Flores subglobosi, aubregularesp men to ibrevi ro- 

tundato. LabeUma oostiouum, indivisocn, liaeia eleyatis 

' camoais in medium. Columna semiteres, clavata. Pcdli- 

nia 4, per paria in caudiculam brerem linearem inserta, 

flandulA triangulari. Herba terrestris, pseudobidbosa. 
'olia arundiiiMea. Scapus radicalis elatus apice racemo- 
6U8. Flores magni speciosi. 

1. Warrea £rteofor (Mazfll. Warreana, Lodd. Bat. Cttb. L ISM. L no. 30.) ; 
Folia obloogo-lanceolata acaminata plieata, Bcapo radicafi erecio Tuginato 
mnltifloro folib longiore. Sepak ovata eoncava acuta baai aubnqualia, 

f»etali8 minoribin conformia ; labello brenmm^ anguiculato obo^ato-ob- 
oogo indiviso cacollato obtuao jugis tribua in iiie£o elevatia -camoais, 
Buperficie laminae Beriatim coirugati marginibus planis. 8epala ItiIto- 
lutea : lateraHbus hnsi par&m intequalibus. Labellum baai lutenm, apice 
pallidum, medio purpureum^ cum columna sub-aitioulatam.*— Bm^. 

Paphihia. Flores Mbregulares, ^Lpansi, petaloidei, parum 
in mentum producti. Labellum parvum, unginciilatum, 
tri^partitum^ glandulis filiformibus apice alibique obsitum. 
Columna clavatav elongata, semiteres, apice auriculata. 
Pollinia 4, per paria caudioulaa ^eloogatse apice setacem 
affixa, glandula minuta subtriangulari ; Fostello subulato. 
Herba pseudobulbosa, scapo pendulo paucifloro. 

1. Pftpbinta emUUa (MaziU. criatata, Lindl. in Boi. B^. i. 1811.); flores 
puleberrimi ^eatus albi, intns purpureo intermpte fMciati ; petiJU apice 
onmino putpiums. TrinkM wnd OtioyaiM. 



Ltcasts. Floras ringentes, petalis ssepius dissimilibus, in 
mentum brere producti. LaAiellum medio appendice trans- 
verso camoso integro v. emarginato auctum. Columna 
ek>ngata» semiteres, ssepius pilosa. PoUinia 4, per paria 
caudiouUB angusfae elongat® adnata ; glandula parya sub- 
rotunda; rostello subulato. — -— Herbss pseudobulbosse, 
foliis plicatis. Scapi radicales, ^rectij uniflori. Flores 
semper speciosi bractea magn& apatbace& sitffuHi. 

1. L. MoeropAs^la (Manll. maoropliyUa, Tsppig.pen.^. l.t. 64. Bd.Beg^ 
1838, mi#c. 175.); bracte& herbacelL cncullat& acat& ovarii longitudine. 



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ftepalift obbngiv undidctiB patentibuB apice reenrm baai iiUiitf pilosit, 
petalit erec^ colaixin& loogioiibiui obloogis eamoais i^ice recnrai mar- 
gbie postico yersoa f^icem sablobate, labello breviore dbioDgo eoncayo 
apice trilobo : lacim4 iDtermedi& 8ttbrotaBd& crensta pilofl4y appendice 
lugiiefomii conoavo adnato inter locmiaa laieraleB rotuadataa incoryas, 

anUieri viIloa&.-— -^Pem. Flowtrs greenish^ witb a little puiple on 

tbe lip. Accordiaff to Pdppig it iahabita dry: thickets. 

2. h^phna (Lindl. in Sot. Reg. 1842. miac 96.); bractea saprein& yentri- 

COB& cuciilkit4 ovario longiorei aepalia oUongia planis basi in comn brevi 
conico conaatia, petalia eenfonnibua apioe tant&m recorvia^ labeili tri- 
lobi lobis ]ateralibuB apice crenulatis intennedio subrotundo serrato callo 
eleyato obtnsa obsolete trilobo^, eo1ttmn& pubescente, anther^ yillosH. 

Ptfru,-*-— Nearly allied to LyniMte maeropkyiln^ of which it has 

quite the habit. It di&ra ia the petalb being quite eyea not undulated, 
and in the lateral sepala being aomch more exactlj oblong y the tubercle 
on the 1^) is also much more obtuse. In edour too they are different 
X. macrapk^la has oliye-green sepals, and petals almost colourless. X. 
plana has the sepals a deep rich madder-i^d isaidey and the petals are 
richly tipped with crimson. 

3. lu cottata (.Maxill. costata^ Bot. Re^. 1838* mm. 175.); bracte& herbaceft 

cucdlatS acut4 ovario mult^ longiore, sepaha petaha^e M. maerophyllse 
similibus,, labello trilobo concanFo- lacinia iatermedi^ rotundatl^ serrat&y 
appendice camoso emarginato adnato 5-eestato inter laciniaa laterales, 

anther^ glabra. Peru,-- Quite with the habii of Lw maerophylla, 

but certainly distinct ia the foregoiag oharaetecs* Ita aoUars are 
unknown. 

4. Ii. lanipes; bracte^ obtosa cueuUatta oyftfii longitudinef sepaUs petaiisque 

oblongia eiongatis, ktbelli kens lobis lateralibuB eyatis obtusb breyibus 
intermedio oblonga obtuso baaiasnratO/ tabetculeobtutfo eoaoayo eostato 

glabro, colamneepede viUoso. Ghtayaqml.— — Found by Mr. Hartweg 

at Paccha, a village on the Andes, in the vicinity of Loxa, and sent to 
the Horticndtorak Society^ It ha» psits greett lowers^ two iaches and a 
half long before they eapattd, withcMit a torace of anj other ookmr.. It 
differs from L. costata in the flowers being much larger^ while the bract 
is not longer than the ovary ; and from L. gigantea in the yery short 
bract, ribbed tubercle, and rounded not acuminate middle segment of 
the lip. 

5. L. gigantea ; bracteft berbac0& sepalis subeequ^, s^alis oUongo-lanceo- 

latis lateraCbus falcatis, petaKs conformibus pauIo minoribus, labello 
lanceolato acamiaato laciniis lateraUbus acutis intermedia otat4 acumi- 
nat4 serratA, appendice camoso emarginato. GuayaquxL Flower- 
ing stem m<Mre l£iao twa» feet higL Sepala fartt thvee indiea long:; green 
according to Hartweg. 

6. li. tfeppii (Maxill. Deppii, LodfLJBoL Cat. t 1612. X. no. 24.); scapo 

foBis breviore: ydginis yentticosis acuminatis, sepafis dblongoknc^laiis 
patentianmisv petaiia miaotflbua obkmgis Qad«^i» eonniyeatibtu^ k^Ilo 
eucullato 3-lobo apice recurvo in azi oEdloso marsine piloso ssbcroifltos 
laciniis lateralibus rotundatis intermedin oblong obtus^, callo eleyato 

ovato. Mexico. Sepals green and chocolate. Petals white. Lip 

yellow . 

7. L. Skinnen (MaxiU. Skinneri, Baieauui in Boi. Reg. 1842» mwa* ia.>| 

bracteft herbacea acat4 euculktil oyario mttli6 ksdgiore^ sepalis pale Atibua 
oUongp-kaceoliE^ aautis» petalis 2-pki brevi«rib«is oylikbus etaatia supra 



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Columtkam coiiTolutu apicibas reflexit; labelli trilobi lobis ktenUbm 
ereciiB trancatis, intermedio longiore oyato rotundato deflezo, iq[>pendice 
canio8& linguiefonni inter lacinias latendea locata ; colamD& aabtut ptt- 

beacente Guatemala . The flowers measure upwards of six inches 

across, from the tips of the lateral sepals, while the latter are nearly sn 
inch and half wide in the broadest pwrt. The sepals are pure white* 
faintly tinged with crimson at the base ; — the petals of a more rosy hue; 
the lip is fdmost covered with spots and streaks of the most brilliant csr- 
mine. The column is pure white at the apex, and mottled witb crimson 
spots at the base ; while a number of woolly hairs are scattered on its 
under side. 

8. L. aromaiiea (Maxill. aromatica. Hooker Ex. Fhr. t. 219. £. no. 20. Bot 

Reg. t, 1871. Ck)lax aromaticus, Spreng,) ; yaginis distantibus obtusif 
cucullatiB ; sepalis ovato-oblongis petdisque conformibus acutis, labelli 
semicylindracei sepalis sequalis laciniis lateralibus acuminatb obtusis 
intermedin cuneatft apice serrulate ; appendice magn& concayfl camosi 

truncate, columnse facie Tillosn. Mexico, T%e flowers yellowish- 

orange, scarcely spotted even inside the lip, which has two rows of hsin 
along its inner face. 

9. L. cntenta ^Maxill. cruenta, IdtuU. in Bot Beg. 1842. 1. 13.); pednneulis 

rar6 biflons, vaginis distantibus obtusis cucuUatis, sepslis OFatis obtusis 
lateralibus basi pariim productis, petalis minoribus conformibus, IsbeOo 
sepalis dupl6 breviore concavo trilobo laciniis rotundatis inteimedift 
crisp& pubescente: tuberculo parro piano, column^ pubescente.— — 
Gim/effMi/a.— Resembles L. aromaiiea^ but its leares are broader; the 
flowers are four times as large when in health ; the lip has quite a dif- 
ferent form, with a deep crimson blotch at its base, and is not half the 
length of the sepals; the middle lobe is rounded not unguiculate, and hss 
only a small tubercle in the middle instead of the large concave appen- 
dage that occurs in L. aromaiiea. 

With regard to the species that helong to true Maxillaria, 
now that it has been weeded of these species, I must take 
another opportunity of examining them. 



21. HEXADESMIA fasciculata. 

Ad. Brongn. in Ann. des ScienceSt xvii. p. 44. 

This plant has flowered in the garden of the Horticultural 
Society, where it has been saved out of a collection formed 
by Mr. Hartweg at Quezaltenango in Guatemala. It has 
small green flowers of no beauty, and the habit of Epiden* 
drum clavatum. 

22. ONCIDlUM suave. 

0. move; pseudobulbis oyatis compressis utrinque bicostatis, foliis mem- 
branaceis linearUoblongis canalicolatis acutissimis, panicul& elongati 
ramosa, sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatiB acutis undulatis leTomtu, 



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labelli lobis lateralibas rotundatis intermedio transverso apicolato mino- 
ribiu, tuberculo pubescente antic^ 5-lobo apice bidentato, colomnse alb 
rotundatis denticulatis. 

A Mexican speoies, from the nursery of Messrs. Loddiges, 
very near O. reflexum. The flowers are much smaller ; the 
sepals and petals chocolate colour, tipped with yellow ; the 
lip yellow, with a cinnamon-brown middle. The wings of 
the column are yellow. It has a faint and agreeable odour. 
It was sent to Messrs. Loddiges by Oeppe in the year 1835. 

23. ONCIDIUM sphegiferum. 

O. 9pkegifer%m: panicnla mmo84 divaricata, sepalis distinctis acutis, petalis 
retusis, labelli lobo intermedio bilobo transYera^ oblongo ungaiculato 
lateralibos serratis Bubaequalibus^ tuberculo villoso ovato pulvinato, co- 
lumns alls firmis rotundatis. 

A Brazilian species, intermediate as it were between On- 
cidium divaricatum and pulvinatum^ of which it has quite the 
appearance and colour : it is however clearly distinguished 
by the lateral lobes of the lip being serrated, and by the 
rounded firm purple wings of the column. Flowered with 
Messrs. Loddiges. 

24. EPIDENDRUM cubense. 

B. cubense (Eucyclium) ; pseudobulbis teretibus elongatis, foliis rig;idi8 hori- 
zontalibus BubsequilongiB august^ ovalibus geapo debili paucifloro dupl6 
breyioribus, bracteis minimis, sepalis petalisque conniyentibus lineari- 
lanceolatis, labello obovato apiculato lineis tribus ramentaceis in medio, 
clinandrio glabro. 

A Cuba plant, rare, delicate, and beautiful. Imported by 
Messrs. Loddiges. The pseudobulbs are two inches long ; 
the scape six inches high ; the flowers white, with a lip folded 
up, white at the end, yellow in the middle, and purple, as is 
the column, near the base. 

25. ODONTOGLOSSUM constrictum. 

O. eonsirietutn ; panicul^ lax& basi foliosa, sepalis petalisque ezpansis lineari 
lanceolotis acuminatis, labello medio constricto: hypocbilio oblongo, 
epicbiUo subpandurato cuspidato serrato basi lamelHs 2 serratis aucto, 
column^ bicirrho8&. 

A native of La Guayra, with the habit of Oncidium spha- 
C-1843. d 



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celatum or some such plant. The flowers are yellow spotted 
with brown, except the lip which is white stained with violet. 
We have received it from Mr. Rucker, who first flowered it, 
and from Broughton Hall. 

26. CYCNOCHfiS pentadactylon. 

C. peniadaetfflon ; racemo breri stricto, Bepalis petaliuue lanceolatis lefleziB 
Bupremo incarvo, labelli ungoiculati mai^ne revofuto dorso adnato hy- 
pochiliocoma recto incorvo aucto, metachilio 4-lobo medio foveato U- 
ciniis 2 jposticis obfcusiB camoaiB incnrvis antids subalatiay epichiHo lin- 
guifonni acuto Isevi. 

This singular species has in some respects so much the 
appearance of C. niaculatum, that when I first received it 
from Mr. Veitch of Exeter, in March last, I hesitated whether 
to regard it as a variety or a distinct species. A plant, ob- 
tained from Brazil direct by Messrs. Loddiges (Cat. no. 890) 
has decided me in regarding it as the latter. It has a short 
raceme of much larger greenish yellow flowers with broad 
chocolate-brown blotches, and its lip is quite remarkable, 
having 5 finger-like lobes, and no more, instead of the lateral 
comb-like fringes of C. maculatum. It is a very curious thing. 

27. PITTOSPORUM bicJlor. 

Hooker in Journ. of Botany^ vol. l.p. 249. 

This small shrub requires the greenhouse, being a native 
of Van Diemen's Land, whence its seeds were sent by Mr. 
James Backhouse. It has lately flowered in the collection of 
John Willmore, Esq. of Oldfield near Birmingham, and 
proves to be a plant of little beauty, with small dingy choco- 
late coloured flowers, and deep green leaves silvery underneath. 

28. BERBfiRIS pallida. 

Hartweg in Bent ham PL Hartweg. p. 34. No. 271. 

'* This beautiful addition to our collection of half-hardy 
evergreen shrubs was raised in the garden of Sir Charles 
Lemon, Bart. M.P. at Carclew in 1831, from seeds received 
from Mr. John Rule of the Real del Monte Mines, Mexico, 
and flowered for the first time in January 1843. It has been 



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hitherto grown in a pot in a cold frame, and seems impatient 
of much heat, from which I suspect it to be a native of high' 
lands, and that it wiU ultimately prove as hardy as the well 
known Berheris glumacea^ or B/fasdcularis. To the latter it 
may be said to have some resemblance, but is less prickly and 
compact in its foliage, which is of a thinner texture with 
longer foot-stalks. Stem erect, round, pale brown, slightly 
striated, becoming of a deep reddish brown colour near the 
extremity of the shoots. Leaves consisting of from 2 to 4 pair 
of leaflets, but generally they seem to be 3-paired, ovate-acu- 
minate, about S^ inches long, and an inch broad, thin and 
rigid, of a bright shining green, excepting the margin which 
is a pale yellow, and furnished with moderately long, sharp, 
brownish spines. The leaflets themselves are almost sessile, 
attached to a round, wiry, deep green footstalk, varying from 
6 inches to a foot in length, swelling at the base and flattened 
so as to embrace the stem. Flowers produced on a round 
slender raceme, 9 inches long and of a brownish red colour, 
bearing on its upper half a dozen or more gracefully drooping, 
pale, straw-coloured globular flowers, each half an inch in dia- 
meter, and suspended by a very slender pedicell, about an 
inch long, with two minute acuminate bracts in the middle, 
and another somewhat larger at the base. Sepals of 12 divi- 
sions, roundish concave, pale yellow, arranged in four rows 
alternately round the base of the ovarium, — the outer row 
much smaller than the rest. Petals considerably narrower 
than the sepals, more erect and of deeper colour, as well as 
slightly cut at the margin. Filaments of the same colour as 
the petals, and rather more than half their length, somewhat 
curved and flattened at the extremity so as to give the anther 
the appearance of being split into two distinct bodies. Ova- 
rium erect, nearly round and thick in proportion to its height, 
with a pale green stigma. Berries (globose, apparently 
purple. — J. L.y* 

For this communication, and a drawing of the plant itself, 
we are indebted to Mr. W. B. Booth. This species proves to 
be the B. pallida of Hartweg, found at La Majada, San Jos^ 
del Oro, Zacualtepan, Cardonal, and Atotonilco el Grande in 
the north-east of Mexico ; so that we conclude the species to 
about as hardy as Berheris fascicularis. It is at present a plant 
of extreme rarity, the two specimens at Carclew and one in 
the Garden of the Horticultural Society being, as far as we 



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know, all that exist in this country. It is a Valuable addition 
to the Ash-leaved Berberies, or Mahonias as some call them, 
and is by no means unlike B. tenuifolia, from which however 
it differs in the leaflets being spiny toothed. 



THE BALSAM POPLARS. 

The hardiness and beauty of many of these trees render 
their history of considerable interest to planters, especially as 
it appears that much confusion exists respecting their real 
names. We therefore extract from the Gartenzeitung the fol- 
lowing revision of them by Dr. Fischer of St. Petersburgh. 

29. PopULUs balsamifera, L. (in part) and of all authors 
except Pallas; Mich. Arb. Forest. j de FAmer. sept, vol 9. 
t. 98. /. 1. JDu Ham. Arb. ed.fol. vol. 2. t. 50. Spach in 
Ann. de Soc. Nat. vol. 15. p. S3. Loudon Arb. Brit. 3. 
p. 1673. (in part). 

Tree large, pyramidal, quick growing, bright green, with 
round ash-coloured branches, thick when adult ; buds swollen, 
abounding in balsam (resin), smelling like rhubarb. 

Stipules acute, spreading, balsamiferous. 

Petioles in full grown trees long, half the length of the 
blade of the leaf, roundish, with a complete open furrow, most 
shallow at its apex, on the strong young shoots much the 
shortest for the length of the blade. 

Leaves erect, spreading, flat, variously shaped ; in adult 
trees oblong, acummate, generally somewhat contracted for a 
short distance at the base, never cordate ; three or five- 
nerved, lateral nerves much slenderer, sometimes triple- 
nerved ; margin crenated, crenatures flat, in the larger leaves 
sometimes double, in others almost obsolete, having a gland 
beneath the apex. Leaves otherwise smooth, coriaceous, 
bright green and sjiining above, pale green and opaque be- 
neath ; veins when old rust-coloured, coarsely reticulated ; 
those of the strong root-shoots very much elongated, with the 
base ovate, sometimes slightly cordate, elongate-oblong, acu- 
minate, nearly always somewhat triple-nerved. 

N.S. This is the common North American Tacamahac 
Poplar, long since introduced to Europe, and remarkable for 
the quantity of suckers it throws up all round the stem. 



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30. PoPULUs tristis, Fisch. P. candicans, of some gardens^ 
and perhaps of Willdenow. 

Tree middle sized^ distorted, with a black and almost 
mournful aspect ; branches terete, thick, dark brown ; buds 
swollen, yielding balsam abundantly, resin smelling like 
rhubarb. 

Stipules acute, spreading, balsamiferous. 

Petioles in adult trees long, weaker and laxer than in the 
allied species, with an open furrow passing to their apex, 
where it is depressed and dilated, often equal to half the 
length of the blade of the leaves. 

Leaves in consequence of the weakness of the petioles lax, 
somewhat pendulous, less flat than in the preceding, and often 
more or less concave and waved, ovate, generally cordate, 
acuminate, with the point less elongated and acute than in 
the preceding species, with the base at the insertion of the 
petiole frequently very slightly cuneate ; oblong and sometimes 
oblong-lanceolate leaves are occasionally found mixed with 
the rest. Basal nerves fine ; lateral ones much slenderer ; 
margin of the leaves coarsely crenate ; crenatures sometimes 
double, sometimes incurved, never so indistinct as in the pre- 
ceding species. Leaves smooth, particularly coriaceous and 
strong, above shining, dark green, beneath whitish green, 
opaque, much reticulated, and when old rust-coloured. 

Leaves of young trees, like those on the branches of adult 
ones, but larger, more cordate, with large crenatures. 

N.B. Willdenow's description of Populus candicans an- 
swers very well to this tree. Its dark, almost black green 
leaves, with their loose drooping position, distinguish the 
plant even at a distance. No species abounds so much in 
balsam. It is to all appearance of American origin. 

31. Populus longifolia, Fisch. 

Trees when young elegantly pyramidal, intensely green ; 
branches upright, spreading erectly, terete, dark brown ; buds 
swollen, with an abundant resin, which smells of rhubarb. 

Stipules spreading, acute, balsamiferous. 

Petioles six times shorter than the blade of the leaf, strong, 
roundish, with an open furrow passing from the base to the 
apex. 

Leaves erect, flat, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, gradu- 
ally attenuated towards the apex which is obtuse, with the 



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base sometimes acute ; five-nerved ; primary veins of the blade 
remarkably incurved; margin closely crenated; crenatures 
glandular ; above intense but bright green, beneath paler, 
and with fine reticulations. 

Leaves on young trees lanceolate and feather-nerved. 

N.B. I have met with several young trees of this in the 
Gorenki gardens at Moscow, where nothing was known of 
their origin. The beautiful pyramidal form of this plant 
when 18 to 20 feet high, and its very short leafstalks, are 
remarkable features. 

32. PopuLUS candicans. Hart Kew ? Mich. Arb. Forest, 
t 98./. 2. Spach. I. c.p. 33. 

Tree subpyramidal, with bright green round branches, 
which in adult trees are stout and brown; heads swollen, 
abounding in resin smelling like rhubarb. 

Stipules spreading, acute, balsamiferous. 

Petioles of adult trees long, equal to half the length of the 
blade of the leaf, often longer, with a very open furrow run- 
ning from the base to the apex. 

Leaves spreading, flat, and slightly cordate at the base, 
broadly ovate or ovate-orbicular, shortly acuminate, delicately 
five-nerved, deeply and flatly crenated ; crenatures connecting 
a minute gland, which is sometimes obliterated, ovate-oblong 
and even somewhat rhomboid leaves occur ; otherwise all are 
coriaceous, above bright green and shining, beneath paler and 
opaque, with very slender reticulations hardly even when old 
rust-coloured. 

Leaves on young trees unknown. 

N.B. This tree occurs her^ and there planted about St. 
Petersburgh. 

S3. PopuLUs pseudo-balsamifera, Fisch. 

Tree large, pyramidal, bright green ; branches terete, 
somewhat fastigiate, but also graceful in adult trees ; buds 
slender, varnished with but a little balsam which smells 
slightly. • 

StipuleSy in living specimens not seen, in dried ones appa- 
rently adpressed. 

Petioles long, scarcely shorter than the blade of the leaves, 
roundish, slender, with an open furrow extending from tbe 
base to the apex. 



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Leaves spreading, flat, in adult trees ovate, or roundish 
ovate, shortly acuminate, sometimes slightly cordate, not 
rarely somewhat cuneate at the base, five-nerved, often with 
an additional pair of slender nerves, closely and slightly cre- 
nated ; crenatures covering very minute glands ; above bright 
green, beneath whiter, minutely reticulated. 

Leaves on young trees in a less degree, but by no means 
shortly petiolated, ovate, oblong. 

N.B. Found planted about St. Petersburgh and Moscow, 
and supposed to be of foreign introduction. Probably Ame- 
rican. 

34. PopuLus laurifolia, Ledeb.fi. Alt. vol. iv .p. 297, ^c. 
t. 479. P. balsamifera, FalLfior. Moss. t. Al.fig. 13. Spach. 
I. c. p. 33. 

Tree tall, pyramidal, bright green ; branches very angular, 
grey, in adult trees stoutish. Buds swollen, yielding a balsam 
smelling of storax. 

Stipules erect, mucronate, balsamiferous. 

Petioles at the lower end roundish, compressed towards 
the apex, with a very narrow furrow, short, those of the 
cordate leaves generally shorter, and of the oblong-lanceolate 
leaves larger ; from half to six times shorter than the blade of 
the leaves. 

Leaves flat, sometimes oblong, even, lanceolate-oblong, and 
attenuate at the base, sometimes ovate-oblong, rounded or 
cordate at the base, acuminate, acute, triple-nerved, often with 
an additional pair of nervures at the sides, closely and minutely 
crenated ; crenatures remarkably glandular ; bright green, be- 
neath paler, not opaque, reticulated, tolerably firm. Third rib 
but little dilated towards the insertion of the petiole. Leaves 
of young trees stronger and often undulated. 

N.B. A specimen brought by Mardovkin from the Altai 
regions had perfectly and broadly ovate leaves (almost like 
Hibiscus syriacus), five-nerved, coarsely crenated. It was 
first introduced by Ledebour from that country. It stands 
the hardest frost. 

35. PopuLus suaveolens, Fisch. P. balsamifera, Pall.flor. 
Ross. t. 61. principal figures and letters^ Sfc. 

Tree with us middle sized pyramidal, in Dahuria, according 
to Pallas, a shrub, with a greyish green aspect; branches 



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round, grey, in adult trees thick. Buds somewhat swollen, 
abounding in balsam smelling like storax. 

Stipules obtuse, adpressed, balsamiferous. 

Petioles short, from one third to one-sixth the length of 
the blade of the leaf, flattish above with a very open furrow. 

Leaves spreading-erect, extremely variable in form ; ob- 
long, somewhat roundish-rhomboid, oval, ovate-elliptic, or 
ovate ; apex more or less acute ; base rounded, somettmes 
slightly and perfectly, at others broadly cordate ; leaves five- 
nerved, often seven-nerved, with the mid-rib dilated towards 
the setting-off of the nervures above the base; closely and mi- 
nutely crenated, crenatures glandular, often double ; smooth, 
above opaque and green, beneath whitish green, not entirely 
. void of brightness, reticulated. 

Leaves on suckers often lanceolate, sometimes tapering to 
each end, feather-nerved. 

N.B. The grey aspect of this species renders it impossible 
to mistake it ; besides which there is its strong odour of storax, 
especially in the spring. It inhabits the eastern part of Si- 
beria. 1 do not know whether the Balsam poplar of the 
Kamtchadales is this or some other species. A single twig 
collected by Langsdorff between Ochotsk and Irkutsch has 
larger leaves and more slender leaf-stalks than the Davurian 
plant. — Oartenzeitunffj Dec. 18, 1841. 



36. MAXILLArIA acutipetala. 
Hooker in Bot. Reg. t. 3966. 

M. oeiiHpetala ; pseudo-bulbia obloDeo-OTatis angulatia diphyllis, foliiB kto- 
linearibas acutis, Bcapis radicalibus ani-bifloriB, sepaliB petalisque ob* 
longis acutis patentibus subconformibas, labello oblongo trilobo centro 
striato basique. lineis elevatis subqainque. lobis latenilibus brenbus co- 
lomnam inTolyentibaB intermedio acato reflezo. Hooker^ L c. 

According to Sir William Hooker this species, although 
allied on the one hand to M. tenuifolia and on the other to 
M. picta, is abundantly distinct from both. It was collected 
in Central America by Mr. Barclay, a gardener attached to 
the Sulphur surveying ship, and has flowered in the Botanic 
Garden, Kew. It is very near M. picta. The flowers are 
pale orange, spotted and blotched with blood colour. The 
petals are smaller, but of nearly the same shape and colour as 
the sepals. The lip is of a paler colour below, but coloured 
and spotted like the other parts. The column is deep red purple. 



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37. LISSOCHILUS roseus. 

(Dendrobium roseuniy Swartz. in Persoon synops. p. 528.) 

L. roseus; foliis lato-lanceolatiB erectis plicatis^ scapo squamis lanceolatis 
acutis membninaceis distantibuB vaginato, racemo denso oblongo, brae- 
tela oTatis acuminatis oYario brevioribas, sepalis spathulads acutis con- 
cavis refleiia, petalis oblongiB apiculatis^ labelli trilobi lobis rotandatis 
intermedio emarginato cum macrone, disco lamellis tribus undulatis 
aerralatis tubercolo panro utrinque. 

A very remarkable terrestrial Orchidaceous plant, im- 
ported by Sigismund Rucker, Esq. from Sierra Leone. It 
has large plaited leaves, and rich rose-coloured flowers in a 
close raceme at the end of a scape between three and four feet 
high. Although the other species of the genus have flowers 
in which yellow is the predominant colour, this has scarcely 
any trace of it except in the middle of the lip. We shall take 
an early opportunity of figuring it. 

38. DENDROBIUM Ruckeri. 

D. Ruckeri ; caulibus teretibus, foliis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis planis, flo- 
ribus gemeilis, sepalis patulis obtusiusculis convezis margioe reflexis 
lateralibus sabtriaDgiilaribas, labelli trilobi lobis rotundatis intennedio 
nndolato azi eleYat4 villosa. 

A Manilla (?) plant, which has lately flowered with Mr. 
Rucker. It is sweet-scented, handsome, and distinguished 
by its clear yellow nankin-coloured flowers, the lip of which 
is a little stained with rose-colour. 

39. CLOWESIA rosea. 

We have lately received from the Rev. John Clowes, a 
most zealous cultivator of Orchidaceous plants, specimens of 
a Brazilian species with the habit of a Catasetum, but with a 
structure quite difierent from that of any genus yet described. 
Its flowers have the chin of the Maxillaridous division, but 
they difier entirely from all the genera belonging to it in the 
peculiar structure of the pollen-masses and of the petals. 
To these points, however, we do not now advert more particu- 
larly, because we hope soon to have the opportunity of pub- 
lishing a figure of the plant. The technical characters by 
which it is to be recognized by Botanists are the following. 

Clowesia. Flos BubglobosuS; patulus. Sepala sub-sequalia ; lateralia paul^ 



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obliqaa^ in meutmn bre^e producta, baaibas connatia. Petala conformia, 
latiora, timbriata. Labellum concaTum, camo8uin» cam labello conti- 
nuum nee articulatum, obsolete trilobum, margine in fimbiiam glanda- 
losam laceram soltitam, disco Isere. Colnmna Bemiterea* davata, ntiin- 
que apice obtusa cornuta ; clinandrio alto carnoso aerrato. Stigma : 
sinus transversalis. PoUinia 2, linearia, dorso sulcata, glandula sabro- 
tundtk, caudicula membranacea clepsydrsefonni ! 
Sp. 1 . Glovesia rosea. 

The account which .Mr. Clowes's gardener gives of the ap- 
pearance of the plant, which I have not yet seen, is this. Pseudo- 
bulb 2^ inches long, ovate, and tapering to a point, covered 
with a thin brownish white sheathing ; each pseudo-bulb has 
two or three small dark brown bands, which entirely surround 
it, and are apart from each other about half an inch. Leaves 
three, resting on the summit, seven inches long and one 
inch across, lanceolate, ovate, and acuminate, at the point 
twisting a little on onfe side. Both leaves and pseudo-bulbs 
are in the way of Catasetum ; it was imported a few years ago 
from the interior of Brazil. The scape rises from the apex 
of the pseudo-bulb. 

40. CROCUSES. 

For the following enumeration of all the known species 
of this interesting genus the Editor is much indebted to the 
Hon. and Very Rev. Dr. Herbert, Dean of Manchester. 

CROCORUM SYNOPSIS. 

* 1. NuDi ; i. e. scam involucro obsoleto. (Vidi in nudis rard 

invoiucri obsokti rudimentum.) 

§ I . Membranacei ; cormi tunica prsecipua membranacea. 

1. Annulatus; Herbert, (Vel, si mavis ; § Annulati. 1. Biflorus. 2. Fu- 
sillus. 3. Adamicus. 4. Chrysantbus.) Flore vemo ; tunicarum Tagi- 
nacearum basi annulata persistente, foliacea exteriore dur& infra medium 
cormum affix^ spatbse bractea tubat&, perianthii fauce lute&, sdgmadbcu 
subtnmcatiB. 

A ; foliomm et costae dorsalis maigine ciUato, filamentis et fauce pabescentibas. 

Var. 1. Adamicus; C. Adami, Gay Bull. Fer. 25. 219. Bot. Mag. 
3868. Vaginis pallidis, limbo coeruleo-Tiolaceo sepalis extus saturate 
5-7-plumeo-striatis, seminibus pallid^ subpurpurascentibus. Tauria 
et Iberia, Variat limbo magis aut minus ex subviolaceo coerulescente. 

Var. 2 Biflorus; Miller. Vaginis lutescentibus, limbo snbalbido 
sepalis extus stramineis S-striatis, foHorum maigine crasao lecorro^ 
scapo interdum (vidi) bifloro furcato. 



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Sobyar. 1. Printefps, Supra 845. pamm tn AoHm. Id solo rufescente, 
circa sinam Saronicum, teste Bory, Voy. d. Mor. Specimen S-stri- 
atnm orientaley Pallas Herb. Sp. 5-Btriatuin, minus, ex summis 
Cypri et Creta jugis. spec. Sibthorp. Perperam vemus j9. Smith 
Pr. Fl. Gr. 

Sttbyar. 2. Stigmatosus^ Sabine ; limbo subpurpurascente mox albe- 
•cente sepalis 5-stiiatiB, stylo elongate. 

B ^ foliis laeyibusy canaliculis dorsalibus enervibusi filamentis vix sub lente 
pubescentibus. 

Var. 3. PuHUus ; Tenare. Vaginis albescentibus, fol. canaliculis vix 

nerratis, ciliia et pube filam. fere obsoletb, styli lobis antheras 

superantibus. 
Subvar. 1. Tenoriantts; minimus limbo aibo sepalis extus strami- 

neis 3-striatis petala superantibus. S. Rocco prope NeapoUm, 
Snbyar. 2. Araenteus, (C. minimus, perperam, Bot.Mag. 2994. fig. 

maid colorata. C. argenteus, Sabine, Hort. SocT. 7. 431.) Major 

limbo subpurpurascente (variat. pallidiore, sepalis extus stram. 3-8tri. 

petala superantibus.) Pisa; variat aliqvantuLum in solo Romano. 

Spec, ex CaucasOj PrescotU 
Subvar. 3. Coendescens; Argenteo major, limbo intus subcoeruleo. 

Ossolone prope NeapoUm. Variat. acutior pallidior tubo purpureo. 
Subyar. 4. Lineatus; Jan. (C.bifloras Parkinsoni, Sabine.) Argenteo 

major limbo albo sepalis stram. 3-stri. Prope Parmam ; ipse non 

viai, 
Subyar. 5. Estriatus; Herbert. (Biflorus Bot. Reg. 1987.) Limbo 

purpureo petalis sepala extus stram. non striata superantibus, fauce 

aurantiac&, bracte^ tenuiore lorat4. Seminibus sub-badiis. Si mayis 

Crocus estriatus. Prope Florentiam, — Spec, prope Tiftim lect. 

Herb. Hooker? — Sp. Orientale Pallas herb.? 
Subyar. 6. ? AUndusi foliis angustis, limbo albo (in fallor in siccis, 

estriato) sepalis petala obtusiora styli lobis antheras superantibus. 

Spec. Pallas herb. — Ex Tauri& Herb. Hooker. Ex Syly. Bononien- 

sibus, ib. 
Var. pall, yiolacea in coU. Bucari in Corcyrii m.Mar. et Apr. flor. 

Antk.Ion. 

C. Perianthio aureo ; cormi tunids foliaceis duris circumscissis supeme cus- 
pidatis ; semine, foliorum margine canaliculis et basi, ignotis. 

Var. 4. Chrysanthus ; Herbert ex sicco (nisi per se C. chrysanthus) 
minimus, foliis angustis, spath^ et bracte^ tubum aureum amplexis 
sequantibus, limbo | unc. aureo, petalis obtusioribus sepala, styli 
lobis antheras, superantibus. Prope Byzantium sub nomine C. 
aurei legit FridwaUki. Herb. Hooker. 

2. Speciosus, Bot. Mag. 3861. Fl. autumnali, tunicis tenuibus lineisraris 
parallehs supeme confl. yaginacearum basi lacerd disrupt^, foliac. exter. 
infra med.cormum affixa, spathaocculta, bracte& sequali non tubata tubum 
amplex4, tubi fauce supra-staminea barbat& pallid^ lutescente limbo coe- 
ruleo-purpureo petalis pallidioribus conspicu^ yenosis, fol. costa deflexd 
densd ciliatft, seminibus subangulatis obscurd subpurpureo-rufo-brunneis. 

Var. 1. CaucaMcus; ib. C. speciosus, M.von Bieb. non Wilson, 
neque Beichenbach. Cormo minore gemm^ seepiuB unicli, 8path& 
' uniflor^, stigmatibus patulo-multifidis, &c. Variat. stigmatibus pau- 
cifidis ex Karabagh. Variat. fortuito limbo albo. Prope Tifflim. 



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Var. 2. Transylvanictis ; ib. (Bot Reg. 25. 40. ioone niniiB robe- 

Bcente.) Cormo magno plurigemmato, spath^ bifloi4y stigmatibui 

fascicoIato-miiltifidiB. Ex Transifhanid. 
Var. 3. Laxiar; ib. Stigmatibus laxiiis effiiaiii. Patrid incerti; 

Caucaso vel Taurid? C. specioaus etiam montem Athonem inco- 

lere dicitnr. 

3. Pulchellus; Herbert. Ex sicco (nisi sit C. specioaus, pulchellaa, var.) 

Fl. autnmnali, cormo inter crocos minimo unigemmato unifloro tnnicii 
tenuibua baai fer^ circumacissia, apath^ occolti bracte& (ni fallor, tabata) 
apatham vix aequante, tubo gracili 2^ onciaa exerta» limbo unciali coera- 
leacente unciali (fauce in aicco aurantiaca) atigmatibua longia paacifidii 
antheraa superantibus. Prope Byzantium Montbret legit. Ex con- 
jecturd med in "forestd de Belgrade " qtuBsitus^ operd benevold dom J, 
Cartwright nuperrim^ inventus et effosus est, cormo unciam sub terrd 
latente. Vivos nondum aceepi. 

4. Toomefortianaa; Gay, Bull. Fer. 25. 220. Ex sicco. Fl. automn. cara- 

leacente Tiolac. atriato, tunicia tenuiaaimia baai demum in fibraa aolutis, 
foliaceia leeviasimia aupra med. affix. bracte& lorata, atigm. prof, multifi- 
dia. In Cycladibus. Ipse non vidi. 

5. SibthorpianuB ; Herbert, (nisi sit reyer& C. Toumefortiani autum. var.) 

Perperam C. yernus. Smith Prod. — Spec, ex aummia Cretae et Cypri 
iugia ; Sibth. herb. Oxon. Fl. vemo? c. tunicia tenuibua nitidia demum 
baai lacer^ circumacisaia, apathia 1-2 unifloribua, bnicte& lat&tubum aab 
8equante» limbo (aubcoeruleacente ?) aaturatiua atriato, atigmatibua tenui- 
bua antheraa vix aut non aeqaantibua. Cormum integrum non vidi. 

Var. 1. latifolius; foliia medi& parte latioribua. 

Var. 2. angustifolius : fol. ang. linearibua ; limbo minore. 

§ 2. Squammati ; tunica squammata. 

6. Laevigatus ; Bory, F. d. Mar. cum ic. — Spec, Sibth, lierb. Oxon, perpe- 

ram C. vemus. Smith, ex Cretd aut C^/pro. Fl. vemo, c. tun. duris 
Isevibua enervibua infra squammeeformiter laceria, apathia 8ub-4 uniflori- 
bua eerm. fer^ exerto, apatham bracteamque tubo parum superante limbo 
aubalbido aepaha extua purpura triatriatis, (fkuce in aicco aurantiaca) 
foliia anguatia. In insuld Cythno (hod. Thermia) et Mihnis parte occi- 
denteUijuga schistosa tenet. 

§ 3. Parallelo-fibrosi ; tunicarum fibris parallells. 

r« Boryanua ; fl. aut. tun. leevibua fbliac. exter. infra med. affixa, germ, va- 
ginaa aubaeq. foliia anguatia, apath& bracte&que lorati acutia equalibas, 
tubo et fauce luteia, limbo 1^ unc. lacteo, atigm. multifidia exaaperatis 
antheraa seq. vel. auper. 

Var. Graius; C. Boryi, Gay B. F. 25. 220. Bory. V. d. M. cum ic. 

Tubo aemunciam exerto. In Peloponeso in solo rufescente props 

Modon et NavarinOj in Monte Eno hodie Montagna Nero, Cepha- 

lonensi Oct, Nov,floridus. 
Var. Caspius ; C. Caapiua, Fiacher M.S. cum apec. Lenxovan. Herb. 

Hooker. Tubo 2^ unciaa exerto. 

8. LageneefloruB ; Bot. Mag. 3869. Fl. vemo, tun. vag. int. prope baain af- 
flx&non circumsci8a&, foliac. exter. membranaceft temere circiter medium 



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uepe obliqui affix&, fol. margine et C08t4 ciliatis, spathli laza capaulam 
penistenter obvolyente bractei loTat& vel obsoleta, fil. pubeecentibuB 
breTibuB, antheris apice tJiyaricatis stylum pallidam subsuperantibus ; 
limbo circ. 1^ one. fauce lute4, capsulcL oblong^ seminibus parpureo- 
bmnneis. 

Var. 1. Aureus; Smith P. FI. Gr. 1. 24.— Par. Lond. y. 106. 
Engl. Bot. 2646. Bot. Mag. 2986, In Cycladibus in arenom supra 
argiUam. 

Subvar. 1. Trilineatus ; striis tribus eztemis ; fortuitas. 

Subvar. 2. Sulphurascens ; snlphareo concolore pallidior ; fortoitus. 

Subyar. 3. Allms; spathfL bracteat& vel ebracteati, fortuitas. 

Var. 2. Lacteus ; pube fOam. fortiore, folior. fer^ obsoleta, 8path& 

ebracteat4, stylo albescente. Nisi diversus sit^ namen Candidus 

prioritate valet. 

Sabvar. 1. Concolor; Sabine Hort. S. Tr. v. 7- Moesiacus /3. Bot. 
Mag. 1111. Albo simillimus. Hab. incert. Hue forsan referen- 
dus est C. Candidus fol. lane. lin. fl. breyioribus, stigm. antheraa 
Bubseq. profundissim^ multipartitis, radicam tunica fibroso-costat&, 
coroUaelac. ellipticis. In monte Gargaro m. Maio flor. Clarke 
Trav. 1812. 

Subyar. 2. Pennieillatus ; Sabine S. T. y. 7. Bot. M. 2645. Limbo 
lacteo sepalis ad basim lineis 3 coeruleis. Hab. incert. 

Subyar. 3. Lutescens; Bot. Mag. 3869. Limbo pallid^, fauce satur. 
luteis. Rob, incert. In agro Suffolciano apud noB inyentus, ubi 
C. aureus fort^ cresdt. 

Var. 3. Sulphureus; foliis Btrictis, spatba bracteat&, limbo sulphu* 
rascente fauce aurea (antheris apud nos senio sterilibus) spath& 
bracteat^. 

Subyar. 1. Concolor ; Bot. Mag. 1384. 

Subyar. 2. Pallidus; Sabine Hort. S. T. y. 7. 

Subyar. 3. Striatus; Sepalis extus striatis. Bot. Mag. 938. 

Var. 4. Stellaris; Haworth. Tunica yaginacea interiore parallelo- 
fibrosa, proximk tenuiter membranacea basi crass^ persistentCi fo- 
liacelk exter. duriore nitida obliqu^ sulcata supra med. affixa. limbo 
aureo sepalis et tubo extus striatis, spath^ antheris foliis ut in prae- 
cedente. Habit, incert, 

Var. 5.? Syriacus ; tnnicis pallid^badiis nitidis yaginace& interiore 
basi lacer& supeme leyiter parallelo-fibros^, foliaceis superne sul- 
catis exteriore circ. medio proxima prope med. affixa> bractelL loratd, 
tubo purpunL striato, limbo yix unciali aureo sepalis extus plu- 
meo-histriatis, foliis angustis. Spec, ex Syrid prope Aleppo^ 
Russellf Herb. Banks. 

Var. 6.? Luteus; Lam. Enc. 6. 385. Bot. Mag. 45. C. moesi- 
acus, Ker Gonsule Bot. Mag. 3869. p. 3. Habit, inc. Forsan in 
Hsemo, yel inter Bolim et Gherizam, yel in Cycladibus orientalibus 
inyeniendus. 

Var. 7. ? Olivieranus; Gray BuU. de Fer. 25. 219. ex sicco. Tunic& 
yaginace^ exter. ut in aureo et luteo, foliaceis Iseyissimis supra 
medium affixis, foliorum basibus liberis, bracte& lorat&, stigmatibus 
4-6 exasperatis. Ipse non vidi. Hab. in insuld Chio. 

C. lagensefloro forsan adjiciendi sunt C. flayus scriptoris anon. Anthol. Ion. 



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Coreyne in coUibui Cephals Ypso, Feb. Apr. et C. sulphareiiB ib. tapn 
p6rtam Cullara et in incoltis Gato-Ganinse. 

9. Campestris ; Herbert ; Bot. Mag. 3864. ad caloem. Pallas M.S. Heib. 

Serotinas? mal^ Kerin Syn. B. Mag, 1267. C. bybemns Fridwalski. 
Flore autumnali aero, cormo nnigemmato 1 rariiiB 2-floro, t. Tag. int. 
oonfertim subparallelo-fibroaft prope baain aff. foliaoeiB tenniter retic. 
aapeme setosia ezt. infra med. prozimft paoUb aapra aff. bractea (ni 
fallor) tubat&, limbo gria. coeroleo (in sicco) Bepalia majoribus, stigma- 
tibuB troncatiB. Vvcum nan vidu Ni foliar in rieea^ differt a Byzan- 
Hno^ quern neque $iecum vidu spathd nudd bracteatd et tun^foHac. ext, 
infra medxum affixd; eert^ Byzantina tiffinis. 

§ 4. Reticulati ; tunica prsecipua reticulata. 

10. CanceUatoB; Herbert, Flore autumn. Tel aestiTo ; c. 1 -2-floro t. lat^ 

retic. demum cribroBia foMac. aup. aetoaia [acapo, ni fallor in aicco, nudo 
et BpathiL bracteat&] tubo aup. nudo fiareacente, limbo pnrpureo ad basim 
atriato. Fivum nan vidi, 

Y. 1. Katschiantu; minor limbo circ. 1^ unc. In Syria. 

y. 2. Naupliensis; major limbo drc. If. Oct. prope Naupliam. 

11. Beticnlatna; M. v. Bidf. — Bot. Mag. 3865. ad calcem. — Mal^ Suaianas 
Bot. Mag. 652. prope Susam nan inventws, Fl. vemo : c. tun. Tagin. 
int.depereunte, foliac.reticulatiaexteriore cribroB& prope baaim aff.inferDe 
apicnlat^ GircumaciBa&» prozimft aup. med. caeteria gradatim altitia, fol. 
coat& ciliat&, apatham bracte& tabat& aubaeq. limbi fauce et fil. laenbus, 
petalia inf. aubfuaco notatia ; aeminibua obacurd badiia. 

Yar. 1. Befexui: Suaianua, Bot. Mag. 652. C. fulTua, PaUaaberb. 
Limbo aureo aepalia reTolutia extua fuaco-purpureo atriatua aut auf- 
fdaua. Odessa; Caucasus. 

Yar. 2. Bectilimbus ; Similia, aepalia non revolutia^ Bed depreaaia. 
Hab, incert. In bortia. 

Yar. 3. Immaculatus. C. fulyua, PaUaa berb. — Spec, ex Byz. herb. 
Hooker foraan ad Gargaricum referendum eat. 

Yar. 4. Fariegatus; Homacb. et Hoppe ; foliis miniia atrictia, acapo 
elongatoi germine aubalbido* limbo pallid^ purpuraacente extna 
atriato fauce flayeacente, tubo aaturat^ 6-8tnato. Isiria^ Sylw 
Lipiza dictay Podolia australis intra Baltim et Jaorlik et circa 
Sanrran Andr. Besser, Odessa^ Caucasus. — Corcyra collibus Goto- 
nychii teste Anth. lonicd, 

12. Gkrgaricua ; Herbert. Ex sicco Bot. Mag. 3866. f. 2. G. aureua; Clarke, 
IVavehj ^c. 1812. Spec. Crips et Talden Herb. Banks. Dr. Clarke herb. 
Ex monte Gargaro m. Maio floridtis. Tunidl vag. int. fibria aupeme 
cribroa^ retic. infeme parallelia baai non circumacia8&) (apithft neado an 
bracteati) tubo aureo breyi, limbo f -unc. aubcitrino rariua aubaurao Tel 
aureo petalia obtuaia, aepalia acutioribua longioribna. 

13. Sieberianua; Spec. Sibth. Oxon. ex aumnua Cretae et Cypri jugia. Bot. 
Mag. 3866. f. 2. C. Sieberi, Gay B. F. 25. 220. 1831. C. nivalia; Bary 
F. du Mor. Fl. yemo, c. tun. tenuiaa. aubretic-fibroaia moll. (aec. 
Gay, foliac. demum cribroaia exter. prope baaim aff. apathi lati-bracteata 
tubum fer^ eequante, limbi uncialia fauce (ni fallor) leeyi, (purpuraacente 
in sicca Sibth. aurantiaco ? ex sicca Gay.) atylo aubalbido, atigm. vx 



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inciftis antheras ^uperantibuB. In Troadis et Cretm montibuSf Oay. 
Cormum integr, non vidi. An C. vemus in Gargaro, Clarke Trav. 
In summo Tayaetijugo sMstoso nivejusd statim exorilur ad ped. 6000 
alt. m. Maiojioridus. 

14. FleiscberianuB ; C. Fleischeri, Gay B. F. 25.— Spec, ex Smymm jnont. 
herb. Hooker, Fl. verno, c. tun. vag. craasis demum mere fibrosifi fib, 
tenac. subtil, intertextis foliac. retic. nervatis nunquam cribrosis, exte- 
riore med. aff. bractea tubat^, Btigm. multifidis, limbo albo sepalis eztas 
striatis; 4-floru8. 

* 2. Involvcrati ; i. e. scapo involucrato. 

§ 1. Membranacei. 

15. Parvulus; Herbert, Fl. autumnal!? conno parvo tun. badia leevi baa 

lacer&, (inyolucro, ni fallor in sicco, tubato apice brevi obtuao) spath^ 
tubat& (ebracteata?) apice bifido, foL angustis hysteranthuB capsiQ^ parr^ 
apicolata seminibuB pallida badiia apiculatis. Flos ignotus. Ex Syrid 
capsuldferh maturdfol, angustis subuncialibtts m, Martio receptus cum 
seminUms deperiiU Spec, in kerb. Hooker, deposui. Si in sicco erravi^ 
spatkd nudd est bracted tubatd, et in § 1. §§ 1. ante C, speciosum 
ponendus est. 

§ 2. Parallelo-fibrosi. 

16. Pyrenaeus ; Parkinson.Var, 1629. C. nudiflorus, pessim^, Smitb E. B. 
1798. f. 491. G. multifiduB, Ramon B. d. Sc. Soc. Pbil. 1800. C. spe- 
ciosus, Wilson E. B. sup. 2. 2752. Fl. autumn, c. ex basi et zonis om- 
nibus stolonibuB elongatia aucto, tun. fol. exter. supra rarii^s infira med. 
proximo summo ferd cormo aff. involucro subterraneo laxo 1-2-florOy spatb& 
ebracteata elongata Buperne subvirescente, tubo spath. superante, fauce 
IsbtI limbo purpureo. Hah. pascua Pyrenaica ad 6000 ped, alt, Cc" 
bennee pascua et Aquiianiam. 

\7. Asturicus ; Herbert y Bot. Mag. 3998. f. 2. Fl. aut. c. ut in Pyrenseo, 
Bpath& subTirescente | unc; exerto, tubo purpureo infra pallidiore spath. 
1^ unc. superante, limbo 1^ vel \-f^ unc. purpureo lacin. (sepalis prsecip.) 
ad basim tristriatis, petalis f unc. latis barba ad basim denssL pallidly 
sep. ^ unc. latis^ fil. albis ori ipsi insertis -^ unc. antberis aureis ultra 
f unc. stylo aurant. multif. antheras non sequ. primulamleyiter redolente. 
In collibus Asturim prope "Gijon*' et '*8antandef\' Pyrenaeo omni parte 
minor, colore saturatiore, mense et plus serior. 

§ 3. Subparalleli ; fibris parallelis confluentibus. 

18. Serotinus; Salisb. P. Lond. 30. 1805. Bot. Mag. 1267. non yer6 herb. 
Pallas ib. cit. neque Serotinus, Bertoloni. Fl. aut. sero, c. tunicS Tag. 
inter, fib. parall. Buperne confluentibus, foliac. ext. membranacei supra 
med. c. interioribus 3 gradatim altiCls affixis, involucro tubato apice acuto 
interdum bracteato, spatha tubata supeme yiridi-nervata, bractea acut& 
angust4 subeeq. basi latiore tubum amplexa, germ, subluteo, tubo exerto 
intiis pallid^ flavescente ad lacin. basim pubescente, limbo yiolaceo-griseo 
sepalis extus striis sex pallidioribus intus macula ad basim 8UDlute&« fila- 
mentis a tei^o canaliculatis. Hab, in pinetis Gaditanis et Alpibus 
Eltberitanis Sierra Nivoste in Hispanid, 



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19. Salxmannianug ; BoL Mag. 3868. f. 2. C. Sakmanni, Gay B, F. 25. 

220. Tingitanasy Herbert, Bot. Mag. 3868. f. 2. Fl. autumnali, c. py- 
riformi, tun. vag. int. aubmembranacea demum in fibraa paralldas sap. 
acnt^ confluentea Bolut4, ezt. baai persistentibaa, foliac. iKTiaBimisBupeme 
aetos^ apiculatis exter. parum vel long^ infra med. proximia gradatim al- 
tiiia aff. foliorum circa 7 synanthiorom marg. craasia IsTibua costa tix 
nervati Isevi canaliculis enervibus, spatb^ ebracteata, limbo drc. 1| unc 
fil. antlieras non aeqaantibaa, atigm. coccineis 5-6-fidi8 anth. equ. Hob, 
drc, Tingidem. 

20. Clusianus ; Bot, Mag. 3868. f. 2. Gay B. F. 25. 220. Fl. autamnsli, 

tanicis vag. ezt. basi persistentibua, interiore . . . . ? foliac. superoe 
retic. cancellatia inferne in fibraa liberaa aolutia, exter. panllo inf. med. 
aff. spathcl ebracteata^ per. fauce albid& atigm. multif. Hab. circa Olys- 
npem^t Gay ; mihi ignotus. 

21. Byzantinua; Parkinson, ^at. 168. JT^r Bot. Mag. 1111. p. 2. a. d. 1808. 
C. Banaticaa, Oay B. F. 25. 220. a. d. 1831. C. spedoana, Beichenb. 
Iconol. Bot. Cent. 10. C. iridifloms, Heuffel et Reicbenb. Fl. aatom. 
c. tanidL obac. rufesc. apatbft 1-2-flora Bcpalia pallid^ nigro-ccemleia fere 
albicantibna (i. e. griaeo-coeroleia) petala alba auperantibua, atigmat. apice 
laceria sea plumeia, aeminibua rotundia obacoiia fol. 3-4 hyaterantlms ; 
(teste Parkinson de Byzantino) sepahs lilacinia petalis albia minoribos 
lanceolatis ; (teste Betchenb, ae specioso perperam dicta et prope Kras- 
soviam, Krajova, in Banatu et Wallachi4 lecf-6) tun. panda yagin. de- 
mam in fibraa Ub. sol. foliac. subtil, reticulatim nervatis, foUia hjsteran- 
tbiis omnibus supra med. aff. spatha ebracteata, stigm. multif. perianthio 
violaceo; teste Gay ^ qui Batiaticum eundem esse cum specioso Reich, et 
iridffolio in literd monet. 

22. Versicolor ; Ker Bot. Mag. 1 1 10. Fl. vemo, tun. yag. 2 inter, infra non 
circumsciasis fibris duris parallelis confertis ac. confluent, prope basim 
aff. foliac. ext. nitida membranac. inf. med. aff. invol. apiculato spatba 
dimidio breviore, spathcl biflora exert4 bracteam lomtam angustam 
aequante, per. fauce Isevi, fil. Isevibus \ unc. inf. fauc. ins. stigm. snb- 
truncatis, foliorum canalic. nervatis, marginibus (ssepe obsolete) sub- 
scabris, seminibus badiis. 

§ 1. Fauce Jlavescetite. 

V. 1. princeps; Bot. Mag. 1110. C. insularis major; (ray in literd 

cum plantd ipso teste ex Corsicd, qua v. princeps ipsissinifis est; 

vix tamen Corsicum credideHm ; fol. canaliculis i^iinervibua. Ex 

Gallico 1 
V. 2. Gallicus ; germine invol. superante, per. fauce lutescente, ][»eta- 

lis extus plumeo-purpurascentibus sepaHs ext. pallid^ strammeis 

tristiatis, fol. depressis vix subscabris canaliculis binervibus. In 

confiniis GalluB et Italice circa Niceeam. 
Varietates cultm C. versicoloris multm et perpulchns sunt^ ex GaUiso 

proculdubio natte. 

2. Fauce pallidd.-^C obscums ? mihi. 

y. 3. Purpurascens ; (v. Uneatus^ Sabine; nam. ob lineatum, Jan, 
mutandum) nisi potius C. obscums, mihi, var. hortulanomm 
lineatum, plumosum, etpurpureum^ (Sabine) ex alid certh stirpe, 
forsan ex Dalmaticd natos^ complectitur, minores limbo magis 
purpurd plumechsuffuso spatiis inter strias subalbidis, fauce pal' 



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Uddj foUU angtiHioribvs. Minor, c. ton. foliac. ezt. intas nitida 
infra med. pronm& Iseyi sup. med. affix&y tnbo striato fil.albis laevi- 
bos -fg nnc. infra faucem albam laeyem insertisy bractecL spatham 
eequante limbo purpnreo intas pallidiore petalis satur. tristriatis, 
aepalis satoiationbas porpora plumeo-snfifasis intervallis inferne pal- 
liois, fol. canalicolis enervibos cost& subbisulcat^. 

y. 4. DalmatictiS; spec. herb. Hooker, Caucasico similis minor 
foliis angostb. Fanee pallida ? 

V. 5. Caucasicus ; spec, nerb. Hooker ex moniibus prope Trfflim. 
Tun. ezt. fib. parell. snp. confluent, germino in fauce invol. biflori 
aito» biacte& at in cseteru, limbo If unc. (in sicco, parpurascente.) 
Fauoepallidi? 

24. Imperatonianua ; Bot. Mag. 387 !• p- 2. C. Imperati; Tenore. Supra^ 
1993. Fl. yemo, c. tun. vag. int. fibris parall. supeme et rariiis inf. 
confluent, ezt. tenuibos membranac. foliac. ezt. crass4 intus glabriL ezt. 
confertim confluenter parallelo-fibros4, circ vel infra med. a£f. involucro 
scapoB infra arct^ amptezo 2-floro, germ, striato^ spatha bractese tubatse 
acuminata^ eeq. p. fauce Isevi saturate lutea, fol. canal, enerribus marg. 
lieyi, capsuli 6-Btriat4y sem. pallid^ badiis demum brunneis rapbe et cba- 
lazlL rugosis. 

Y« 1. Princeps ; limbo viol. sep. ezt. straminds plameo-3-8tnatis. 

Habitat coUes siccos dumosos et sepes prope Neapolim, 
y. 2. Bupestris; Tenore. Idem foliis depressioribas. Nescio an 

uta tU var. in niante celso PoUino inventa, 

Fariat. species nepalis basi tantum breviter S'Striatis^ vel itrid medid 
eUmgatdy vel obsolete plumeiSf vel estriatis^ et limbo albo sepalis 
extus stramineis estriatis vd breviter ad basim striatis, vel exttis 
subaWidis S^striatis. 

§ 3. Subreticulaii ; supeme reticulati. 

25. Suaveolens ; Bertoloni, Bot. Mag. 3864. Fl. yerno ; t. fibris sup. retic. 
foliaceftf int. pall, indso-notatli sup. med. afl*. spath& semper ebracteata, 
germ, estiiato, stigm. integris pallidioribus odoris: csetera 24 similis. 
Biffert ab insulari fieiace aurantio mac. et cormo. Habit. Terracinam, 
montes d^Ittri, prope Fundos^ et Ronue valient <f Inferno. 

26. Insularis ; nobis t. 21 bujus yoluminis ; germ. sup. purpureo. 

27. CambessedesianuB ; Oa^/, B.F. 15. 220. C. Cambessedesii. Fl. autumn. 

c. t. ya^. basi persistentibus, foliac. int. keyissimis, ezter. basi demum in 
fibros liberos solut& imo cormo a£f. spatha bracteatd., seminibus demum 
brunneis rapbe et chalas& paUidis. Affinis D. insulari minimo, secundum 
Oay ex sicco. Habit, Majorcam mihi ignotus. Descriptio prorsus 
insufficiens. 

§ 5. Reticulati. 

28. Odorus; Zerapha Fl. Melit. Bot. Mag. 3871. p. 3. Fl. aut. c t. yag. ad 
basim aff. retic. non cribrosis^ foliac. nitidis yiz nerratis ezter. inf. med. 
affl caeteris summo c. aff. fi;ermine purp. striato yel supeme macul. scapo 
breyi inyolucro breyi acummato spathft ebracteatd, elongate sup. yirescente 
acum. tubo purpuril 6-striato yiz unc. ezerto, limbo unc. lilacino fauce 
luteft ad petalorum basim subbarbat& laciniis inferne 3-striatis sepalis 

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ext. pallidioribus, fil. infra fane, insert, antheiis palHd^ flaTis, ttigm. 
truncato-dentatis odoris, foliis ma]^;inibuB densfe ciJiatii caaaL enenibos. 
Hab. montem Ferdalam, Mditensem. 

29. LongifloruB ; Rqfines^ Caratt. p. 84. Bot. Mas. 3871. p. 3. C. odoras, 

Bivo Bern. St. rar. Sic. 3. p. 8. C. serotinus, Bertoloni, Desc. Differt 
ab Odoro Melitensi inter alia, spatb^ magis virente subobtus&tnbo, Ion- 
giore lutescente estriato, fauce saturattiis lute&, limbo estriato sesquinn- 
ciali, c. tiin. miniis retic« Habit, prata marit. SicUia, monies Panor- 
mitanos et vallis di Mazzaro, montem Stellam props P^estum, pateua 
mont. Calabrim^ Serram^ Morgianam, et teste Bertoloni Dalmatiam, 
Si mavis f C. odorus. Yar. 1. Melitensis. Tar. 2. Longifloros. 

30. Medins ; Balbi. Bot. Mag. 3871. p. 4. Bertol. Besc. 9. Gay B. F. 1827. 
p. 8. et 29. Fl. aut. tan. retica. lato-cancellatis non stolonif. spatha 
ebracteata tubo prselongo ezerto, limbo grandi violaceo stigm. prof, mnl- 
tifidis croceis fouis hysterantliiia. Non vidi : semina tamen ex pratis 
irrope Varese in Ligurid teneo rufo-brunnea^ longijlori et speciosi se- 
minibus subsimiHa. A comparatione cL Bertoloni cum PyrentBO into- 
Incratus esse censendus est : si nudus esty falsa est isia medietas inter 
Pyrenmum et longijlonim, et C. cancellatus^ var. Balbisianus nuneu- 
pandus erit. Plantas semtnibus nuper enatas teneo. 

31. Pallasianns. Bot. Mag. 3871. p. 4. C. Pallasii, ilf. a Bteb. sup. Fl. ant. 
C. Tbomasiano affinis minor, tubo bre?i, limbo pallidiore striato, foliis 
anguatioribus, nescio an ciliatis. Vidi siccum c. tun. tenoiter retic 
foliis 7 fer^ filiformibus tubo pallido yix spatbam superante, limbo un- 
ciali pallid^ violaceo ad basim est. satur. striato : de bracteis nibil noTi. 
flab, colles apricos Tauritejlor. Sept. Oct. — In Taurid m. Jailajugum 
inter Baidar et Aluscktam 2800, versus Nikitam 3300, montis Tschadii' 
Dagh. 4240 ped, altum est, 

32. Thomasianus ; Bot Mag. 3871* p. 4. C. Thomasii, Tmore, Fl. aut. c. 
tun. supeme retic. inferne parallelis> foliac. apice subsetosis, invol. ad 
basim scaporum bracteato, spatba (quoad in culto vidi, ebracteata) in 
indigenis bracteat& (F). Ital.) limbo sesquiunc. satur. violac. estriato peta- 
lorum basi minute barbate, fil. subflavesc. ^ inf. faucem insertis, stigm. 
truncatis odoris limbo dimidio breyioribus. Hab, CalabruB syhas mont. 
La Serra et Lucania La Terza, Potenza alle Faje^ et Montorchto, 

Ybt. princeps ; fol. marg. et costoe angulis dense ciliatis. 
Yar. l€Bvis ; foliis non oliatis. Flor, Ital, Non Tidi. 

33. SatiTUs ; Linn, Bed. Lil. 173. C. autumnalis, Engl. Bot. 343. Autom- 
nalis. Lam. Sativus, Royle. Fl. autumn, c. tun. fib. stipatis reticulata 
confiu. foliac. apice setosis exter. inf. basim aff. vaginis 8-9 interiore (rar5 
tubata) basi tantiim inflata integral longit. sciss^ iuTolucro (rar5 tubato) 
acut^ lorato scapo amplexo, bractea ad pedem brevi, alter^ longiore acat4, 
(interdum obsoletis) spatb^ tubat^ acuminata bractei lorat4 sequali, ger- 
mine oblongo albo, tubo exerto sup. purpureo yd purp. macul. limbo 
pallide purpureo saturatiiis venoso inferne satur. striato laciniis inf. atte- 
nuatis, petal, basi minute barbatd, fil. ori ipsi insertis, stigm. sesquinne. 
cocc. truuc. pendulis antb. long^ superant. odoris fol. subundecem ses- 
quipedalibas marg. et costa fortiter nervata ciliatis canalic. enertibus. 
Habiiatio ineerta. In Europd non nisi in eultis inventus, apricis aau- 
det ; apud nos non nisi post cestatem calidam Jloridtu. Ex ortente 
crediderim. 



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34. TeniQfl ; Bot. Mag. 3874. p. 4. fTUld. Fl. verno, L vag. inter, retic. infia 
med. c. proxima reticulata basi propiiis sed Qon approximati (nnde Z. 
radicalis a basi distat.) foliac. exter. reticnlatHin frontec. a£f. involucro 
tubato scapom lax^ amplexo Taginis breviore, spatM tubata acut4 ebrac- 
teata supeme virescente tubum subaeq. fauce barbata nonquam lute£> 
limbo parpureo vel albescente, stigm. capitato-multifidis croceis interdum 
albescentioasy fol. 3-4 medio asepe latiohbus marg. tenuibas laevibus 
canal, vix nervatis. Hub. monies GaUuB merid. HelveticBy Italice, Fin- 
delicuB, Carinthia, Hungarue Septent, et Podolue australis ; prope 
CebennaSj in Pyrenceis rarior ; teste Brotero Beira monies, 

Var. 1. Neapoliianus ; fl. magno sepalis purpureis petalis paUidio- 

ribua plameo-porporeis^ Bot. Mag. 860. Subvar. cdta ; ib. 2240. 

In Aprutii ciier. m, Titione ei Spenia 5-6000 p. alt. Junio et Jidio 

Jl. m, Pollino Calabrue cit* 6000 p. alt, Julio Jl, In Lucania 

Rivezzone 5000. 

Var. 2. Albiflorus; Scbult. Mant. 1. 367. fol. 2-3, flore minore aae- 
piuB alboy rariiis pallidd sabpurporascente. 

Suby. 1. Ohovatus; lac. oboyatis. Alpes Vindel, prope Saltzburg 

et fit. drca Tergesiem* 
Suby. 2. Acutior; lac. acutis. M* CarinihuB et prope Cebennas 

et alibi, 

Var. 3. Parous ; tubo saturate purpureo limbo unciali infeme sata* 

rat^ pnrpureo supeme albo petalis purpura substriatis. Hab, 

jugum Splvgen dictum, 
Var. 4. Alpinus; ex Helyetia fl. minore, in sicco subpurpurascente. 
Var. 5. Podolicus ; fl. majore in sicco subpurpurascente. Ex PodolilL 

Mend, a Besser lectus. Color ei forma variat. in cultisfaace nnn- 

quam luted. 

* C.yemns; Anth. Ion. in collibusEatziari inCorcyra forsan non est C. vernus. 

* C. autunmalis, Loisel. Poir. £nc. 6. 558. Montanus autumnalis. Lob. ic. 

138, eodem loco cit. circa, Massiliam et alibi, nullus est. Desc. ex 
aatiyo et Pyrenseo conflata. Nescio qui sint C. autumnalis auct. anon. 
Anth. Ion. in collibus et aquaticis ac incultis Misostrati' in Corcyra, fl. 
yiolaceo pallid^ cceruleo-yenoso et C. lineatus ib. autumnalis limbi lac. 
longioribns angustioribus, in iisdem locis eodem temp. flor. W. H. 



41. THE GENUS SARCOGLOTTIS. 

In Presl's reliquiaB HsBokeansB was proposed a genus of 
Orchidaceous plants called Sarcoglottis, which was reduced in 
the Genera and Species of Orchidaceous plants to a section of 
Spiranthes. Dr. Klotzsch having however expressed his opi- 
nion that it really is distinct, chiefly upon the ground that the 
pollen-masses of Spiranthes are sessile while those of Sarco- 
glottis are stalked, and that in Spiranthes hoth sepals and 
petals spring directly from the top of the ovary, while in Sar- 
^glottis the two lateral sepals are decurrent in the form of a 

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bag as far as the base of the ovary, we think it desirable 
that his views should be placed before our readers. We 
therefore extract the following characters of the genus and its 
species : — 

Sarcoglottis, Presl. L c. Perigonii foliola exteriom lateralia majon, re- 
flexa, labeUo sapposita, in saccam ampuUaceam antice rima solatam, 
OYario per totam longitudinem^ decorrentia, Bopremum cum iDterioiibns 
arcte-adhserens. Labelliim apice dUatatamy infra rimam anticam cum 
pagina interiore sacci connatam» elongato-concannscalnmy cohmmam 
amplectens, basi liberum, aagittatnm. Colamna bre^ia. Anthera dor* 
aalia, atipitatay bilocolaria. Pollinia 2, pedioellata* lineari-cla?ata, longi- 
tndinaliter profimde sulcata, glandulee commani affixa. 

Herba epigiesB Americse tropicse; radicibus fasciculatia, crasaisy cylindrids, 
tomentosis; foliia radicalibua, magnia, lanceolatia ; acapo Taginato; spica 
moltiflora; floribua magma erectia baai tortuosia. Klotz9ck in AUg.Garienz. 
JprU 2, 1842. 

1. B.pieta; foliia radicalibua oblongia, acuminatia, baai attenuatia; acapo 

veraua apicem floribusque villosia ; floribua odoratis, perigonii foliolis 
albia, acutis; labello revoluto, apice obtuso. 

a variegata ; foliia macnlatia, roseo-costatia. 

Spiranthea (Sarcoglottis) picta a Lindley the Genera and Speciea of Ordii- 
daceoua plants, p. 475. Neottia picta B. Brown Hort. Kew. 5. p. 199. 
Sima Botanical Magazine, t. 1562. 

/3 immaculata ; foliia saturate-viridibua unicoloribusque albido-coatatia. — 
Both these varieties come from the West Indies. 

2. S. grandijlora ; foliis radicalibua spathulatis, acutia, Isete-viridibns ; sci^ 

versus apicem floribusque pubescentibus ; perigonii foliolis flavido-viri- 
dibusy exterioribus inferioribusque falcatis, obtuaia; labello deflezo, 
tridentato. 

Spuranthes picta /3 Lindley, the Genera and Species of Orchidaceous planta, 

p. 475. Spiranthes grandiflora, Hooker Bot. Mag. t. 2730. Found 

m Brazil and in the Caraccas. 

3. S. ru/escens; foliis radicalibua spathulatis, acutia; scapo glabro; floribua 

viUosis ; perigonii foholis angustis, sordide-albidis, dein rufescentibus, 
versus apicem glabris ; labello patentissimo, acuminato. 

Spiranthes rufescens Fischer Hortus Petropolitanus Native countiy 

unknown. 

The last species is S. apeciosa of Presl, which Dr. Klotzscb 
considers distinguished hy its lip heing emarginate ; unless 
Spiranthes cerina should also belong to Sarcoglottis ; (about 
which we entertain no doubt if the genus Sarcoglottis is even- 
tually adopted.) 



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42. THE GENUS RIBES. 

We find in the Oartemeitung the following useful cata- 
logue of the species of hardy Ribes cultivated in the gardens 
of Germany : 

1. Ribes spedosiimy Pursk, 

Ribes speciosuni, Parsh. Fl. amer. IL p. 732. Sweet Fl. ^d. t. 149. 
Bot. Mag. t. 3530. Bot. Reg. t. 1557. — R. stamineum. Smith in Rees. 
Cycl. — R. fdchsioides, Berlandier.— Robsonia, Spach. California, 

2. Ribes Menziesii, Pursh. 

R. Henziesii, Parsh Fl. amer. II. p. 732. — R. feroz. Smith in Rees. 
Cycl. California, 

3. Ribes oxyacanthoides, L, North America. 

4. Ribes setosnm, Lindl. 

R. setosum, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1237. — R. oxyacanthoides, var. /3. Tor* 
rey ct Asa Gray Fl. amer. I. p. 546. North America, 

5. Ribes Cynosbati, L. North America, Of this there are two varie- 

ties ; one with white flowers, smooth fraitj and thomless twigs ; the 
other with greener flowers, bristly fruit, and thorns. 

6. Ribes gracile, Michx. North America, 

7» Ribes rotandifoUum, Miehx.^-^^North America, 
6. Ribes triflorum, WUld, 

R. triflorum, Willd. Hort. Ber. I. t. 61. Guimpel, Otto et Hayne Hol- 
zarten, t. 3. — R. stamineum, Hornem. Enum. Hort. Havn. p. 237. 
' ' North America, 
9* Ribes divaricatum, Dougt, 

R. divaricatum, Dougl. — Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1359. North America, 

lO* Ribes Grossularia, L, Europe. Of the common Gooseberry the 

author considers the R, ttva crispa and reclinatum to be mere varieties. 

11. Ribes orientale, Poir, Syria, 

12. Ribe& diacantha, L.Jil, 

R. diacantha, L. fil. Suppl. p. 157. Pall. Fl. ross. II. p. 36. t. 66,"-^^ 
Dahuria. 

13. Ribes sazatile, P<M. 

R. sazatile. Pall. — Ledeb. icon. Fl. ross. alt. illustr. t. 339. Euma, 

14. Ribes lacustre, Poir, 

R. lacustre^ Poir. Encycl. Suppl. II. p. 856. Guimpel, Otto et Hayne 
Holsart. t. 136.-~R. echinatum, Dougl. — North America, 

15. Ribes rubrum, X.— — i^rope. The author refers here the R. eyheHre 

and domeatieum of Wallroth. 

16. Ribes petreeum, Wulfen.^^^^Europe, 

17. Ribes holosericeum, Hort, Berol, 

R. foliis trilobis supra hirtis, subtus tomentoso-holosericeis, lobis acuti- 
uscuHs serratis ; petioHs peduncuHsque tomentosis ; racemis erectis, 
bracteis ovatis minutis pedicello multo brevioribus : calycibus pelvi- 
formibus glabriusculis, laiciniis margine vix cihatis ; petalis spathulatis. 

Native country unknown.—— The fruit is smoother than that of 

the currant, red, and well tasted, and is in long drooping racemes. 

18. Ribes alpinum, L, Europe, 

19. Ribes multiflorum, JKi^.----— Croa/ta.-----^<ThiB is also called R, vitiJbUum, 

20. Ribes rigens, Miehx.^-'''^North America, 



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21. Bibes pro6tntam» rHerii.'-^-'Narth America. 

22. Ribes baUatum, Nob, 

B. caolibus ramisque erectis ; foliis palmato-qoinqiie-lobiB, iiipm hirtis, 
subtus yillosioBculiB, demum irregulaiiter bullatis, lobia tnangulinbus 
acutis Babtriplicato^serratia ; racemiB densia erectiosculiE, peduncnlid 
pediceUisque Tillosis, bracteis ovatia villosia, pedicellia breyioribaB ; 
calydbas turbinatia birtis, lacmiia obovatia ciuatiB ; petalis oboTads. 
—Native country unknown.— Flowen purpliah red. 
23 Bibes atropurpureum, C. A. Meyer. 

R. atropurpureum^ Ledeb. Fl. alt. I. p. 268. Icon. pi. Fl. ross. 1 231. 
Altai, 

24. Bibes pallidum. Nob, 

B. foliis palmato-quinquelobia utrinque parum pubescentibusy lobia sab- 
triangularibua acutis duplicato-serratis ; racemis elongatis lannscalis 
penduUs; pedunculis pedicellibusque pubeacentibus : bracteia pube- 
Bcentibus, pedicello multo breviorious ; calycibus glabiis, lacimia spa- 

thulatis ciliatis; petalis apathulatia. Native country uuknoYn; 

also called R. caucasicum. Flowers greenish^ tinged witb red. 

25. Bibes nigrum, L, Europe. 

26. Bibes floridum, VHerit. 

B. floridum, THerit. Stirp. I. p. 4. Guimp. Otto et Hayne Holzart 1 1. 
— B. nigrum, /3. L. — B. recurvatum, Michx. Fl. amer. L p. 110.— R. 
pensylvanicum. Lam. diet. III. p. 49. North America, 

27. Bibes Dikuscba, Fieheher Cat.- Native country unknown. 

28. Bibes beterotrichum, C. A, Meyer. 

B. beterotrichum, Ledeb. Fl. alt. I. p 270. Icon. pi. Fl. ross. t 235. 
Altai. 

29. Bibes punctatum, Buiz et Pavon. ChUe. 

30. Bibes sanguineumy Purah. 

Bibes sanguineum, Pursh Fl. amer. I. p. 164. Bot. Beg. t. 1349. Bot 
Mag. t. 3335.— -JVbrM America, 

31. Bibes malvaceum, Smith, 

B. malvaceum, Smith. — DeCand. Prodr. III. p. 552.— B. sanguineum, 
Hook. — B. tubulosum, Eschsch.— B. tubiflorum, Meyer. — N. America. 

32. Ribes glutinosum, Benth, 

B. glutinosum, in Trans, of the Hort. Soc. ll. Ser. I. p. 476. — B. 8U« 
gustum, Dougl. North America, 

33. Bibes aureum, Pursh, 

B. aureum, Pursh Fl. amer. I. p. 164. — B. pahnatum. Deaf. Cat 

North America, 

34. Bibes flavum, Colla, 

R. flavum, Colla hort. ripul. App. III. p. 4. t. 1. f. /3. — R. anreom, Ker 
Bot. Reg. t. 125. North America, 

35. Ribes tenuiflorum, Lindl, 

R. tenuiflorum, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. \27A,^^North America, 

It appears that the following are unknown in German 
Gardens, viz. 

Ribes niveum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1692.— R. irriguum, Dougl. in Hort. 
Trans. VII. p. 516.— R. hirtellum, Michx. Fl. amer. I. p. 111.— B. aci- 
culare, Smith in Rees Cyclop. — R. spicatum, Robson — Smith Engl, 
bot. t. 1290.— R. carpathicum, Kit. in Schult. Oestr. FL I. p. 432.-R. 



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dbinerriom, Hichx. Fl. amer.I. p. 110. — ^R. acnmmatumy WalL Gat. — 
R. triste, Pallas. — B. procambens, PaUas^ — B. reBinoBum, Panh FL 
amer. I. p. 163. — B. bracteoaum^ Dougl. — B. yiscoBissimam, Pimlil.c. — 
B. badaonianum^ Bichards. — B-glacdale, Wall. — B. inebrianBy Lindl. Bot. 
Beg. t. 1471.— B. cereom, Dougl. LindL Bot. Beg. 1. 1263. 



43. PUYA recurvata. 
Scheidweiler in Garten Zeitung^ 1842, p. QIJ5. 

P. caule Bimplici altisBimo, BqiiainoBo» polTeralento ; sqnamiB herbaeeia, 
lanceolatiB acutis ; foliis integerrimisy acutisy apice aenticalatiB, Buprs 
nitidis^ Bubtos floecoBO-pulYendentiB ; Bpica terminali; bracteia imbri- 
Gatia, arete appreasiB, aiccia, roaeia^ acutia ; floribua aubgaleatia aeaaili- 
biiB, recuiratiBy albia ; ataminibQB luteBcentibus corollam eequantibaa ; 
Btylo triangolari ; stigmatibaa lobatia, poat antbeain contartia. 

A Brazilian plant of the Bromeliaceous order. Its flower 
stem is described as being 5 feet 3 inches high, covered with 
green lanceolate scales. The leaves are 3^^ feet long and 
2 inches broad, shining green above, white with cottony wool 
on the under side. The spike is about a foot long, covered 
with white sessile flowers. It has flowered in the Botanical 
Grarden at Brussels. 

44. PITCAIRNIA undulata. 

Scheidweiler in Garten Zeitung, 1842, p. 275. 

P. acapo erecto, aimplici^ aquamoBO, polYerulentOy coccineo ; aquamia lanceo- 
latia, cnapidatia, baai acarioaia, apice berbaceia, integemmia ; racemia 
elongatia, simplicibua ; pedicellia floribuaqae coccineia; periantbii la- 
ciniia exterioribua camoaia carinatia; bracteia lanceolatia aiccia, foliia 
lanceolatia integerrimiB, loDgiaaime cnapidatia, xnargine undolatia vel 
mgoao-UDdulatia, aapra glaberrimia, aubtaa albia pulyemlentia ; acapom 
aequaDtibna, ataminibua iAclaaia. 

A native of Brazil, which has flowered in the Botanical 
Garden at Brussels. The leaves are dull green, here and 
there striped with yellow, and the flower stem scarlet, 2^ feet 
high, The spike is 10 inches long ; the flowers scarlet, with 
bracts of the same colour. 

45. CATHA paniculata. 

Scheidweiler in Garten Zeitung, 1842, p. T15. 

C. fratex apinoaua, ramia angulatia ; foliia petiolatia ovato-lanceolatia aer- 
ratia, utrinque attenoatia, macronatia ; nunia junioiibua apinosiaj apinia 



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patentibttB dipbyUis ; foliolia alternis ; gemmis snpn axSkrilnn, squi;- 
mis ciliatisy nunis adaltis flonferis, spinonB ; spinis brevioribuB, axiUa- 
libasy nudisy erectia; atipalis ezignis, filifarmibaSy dHatiB; floribiu 
hermaphroditis in apioe ramulomin paniculatia albis, pediceUk triflom. 
Folia ad siccitatem odorata. 

A bush of the Celastraceous order, about 3 feet high, 
which has been for some years in the Botanical Garden at 
Brussels, but whose native country is unknown : it is sup- 
posed to have come from the East Indies. The leaves smell 
something like Melilot. The flowers are small, greenish 
white, and scentless. It seems a plant of no interest. 

46. HYDROMESTUS macnlatus. 

Scheidweiler in Garten Zeitung^ 1842,^. 385. 

Calyx bibnicteolatua, quinquepartitas ; laciniis sajperioiibas sequalibiu acutis, 
quinta postica obtasa. Corolla hypogyna infundibuliformia, bilabiata, 
tubo longo ; labio superiore bifido, lobia obtuais reyolutia inferioria tri« 
fidi laciniis nqualibus. Spicse bracteiB arete appressisy cncullatia, aqua 
limpida impletis. Stamina quataor, aeqoalia, corollse tnbi inaerta, ex- 
aerta, barbata ; anthers uniloculares, apice et basi lanuginoao-barbatse. 
Ovarium bilocolare, locolia biovnlatia. Stylus simplex ; stigma bilabi* 
atom, labiis inseqaalibus. Capanla sessilis, tetxmgona, bilociilariBi locnlii 
dispermisy dissepimento incompleto, loculicide biTalTis, yalvis medio 
septiferis. Semina discoidea mgosa retinacnlis uncinatis anfiulta. 

H. maeukUw ; Scheidw. Suffirutex mexicanus ; canle erecto gLabro ; foliis 
cmciatum oppositis, nitidis, ragosis, undulatis, luteo maculatisy coiiaoeUf 
obtusiasenlisy basi acutis, petiolatis. Spica terminalisy quadrifuiam im* 

brica; florea lutei. Caulis 2 ped. attus ; folia 8 poll, longa, 3 poll. 

lata ; petioli poUicares ; spica 4-5 poll, longa. 

A small Mexican hush, belonging to the Acanthaceous 
order. The flowers are yellow, and like those of a Justicia. 
The leaves are stiff and shining. From the Botanic Garden 
at Brussels. 

47. RHODOSTOMA gardenioides. 

Scheidweiler in Garten Zeitung, 184S, p, 286. 

Calyx tubo cylindraceo tribiacteolato, cum ovario oonnato» limbo superoy 
persistente, fisso* quinquefido ; laciniis nqualibus recur?ia, acutis. Co- 
rolla supenty infundibuUformis, tubo longo cylindricoy intus gLabro; 
limbi quinquelobi laciniis lanoeolatis, plicatuMs, reflezis, mueronatiB. 
Stamina quinque, aummo tubi inserta ; filamenta breyissima. Anthene 
linearesy indusce mediofixsei basi sagittatae. Ovarium inferum, biloculaie, 
disco epigyno camoso. Orula in locuHs solitaria. Stylus aimplez, stig- 
mata duo lineares. Fructus ■ Patria ? 

Shodostoma gardemoidet: firucticulus erectus ramosoa articulatus, oartice 



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foBOO glaberrtmo; ramis oppo6iti8« cylindriciB urticalatis; foliis DetiolatiB, 
oppoflitis, OTEto-oblongis aeaminatisy undolatiB, ntrinque gkberrimiB ; 
nervis altemiB ; stipulu basiliaribns, acutis^ exigms, basi jnnctia ; flori- 
boa tenmnalibua cymoaiay albia, ante anthesm rubeUia^ bractda sub 
calyce et cymse ramia camoaiasiiniB. 

A little inconspicuous bush of the Cinchonaceous order, 
and allied to Gardenia. It exists in the Botanic Garden at 
Brussels, where its origin has been lost. It seems of no 
other than Botanical interest 

48. AERIDES yirens. 

A. wen9 ; foliia latia obliqa^ retnais, racemia pendulia maltifloria» sepalia pe- 
taliaqae oboyatia obtaaiay ktbelli cornu ^aminat^ aacendente lobis late- 
rafiboa apice denticulatia intermedio lanceolato medio canaliculato yeraus 
apieem denticcdato. 

A very fine plant from Java, with sweet-scented flowers 
as large as those of A. odoratum, white, stained and spotted 
with deep lilac. Its leaves are remarkable for their bright 
green colour. Messrs. Loddiges have recently flowered it 
Aerides odoratum, quinquevulnera, crispum, affine and virens, 
would form such a cluster of beautiful flowers, as it would 
be very difficult to match if all the vegetable kingdom were 
ransacked. 



49. OXYLOBfUM obovatum. 

Bentham in Lindley's Sketch of Swan River j p. xii. 

This pretty greenhouse shrub has been lately flowered by 
Messrs. Lowe and Co. of Clapton. It has the habit of Pul- 
tensea daphnoides, but is a stiffer and broader leaved plant. 
Its flowers are in axillary and terminal sessile clusters, and 
of a bright orange yellow, stained on the keel with crimson. 

50. BOSSI^A paucifolia. 

Bentham mss. 

This, like the last, has been ^flowered by Messrs. Lowe 
and Co., from the same country. As it was exhibited the 
other day before the Horticultural Society, it was a pretty 
leafy rather spiny bush, with gay yellow and crimson bios- 



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soms, and if it can be kept in that state it will be a good green- 
house shrub. We fear, howeyer, that it will become naked, 
and leafless ; in which case it wiU only rank with such plants 
as BossisBa Scolopendrium. 

51. BOSSIiEA eriocarpa. 

Bentham in HtigeVs Enumeratio. 

A little Swan River bush, lately flowered by Mr. Groom 
of Clapham. It has been expected to prove a plant worth 
cultivation, for it has a dwarf habit, and a pretty good foUage. 
Its flowers, howevej", prove to be of a dingy nankin colour, and 
therefore render it but little suited for ornamental purposes. 
It is, however, a curious thing. 

52- GONGORA truncata. 

G. truneaia: sepalifl lateralibuB rotundato-oblongis supremo obovato apicn- 
lato carinato, petalis minimis ovatis acutis decurrentibos qiiinqaeneniis» 
labelli yemicati hypochilio medio compresso (ande bicamerato^ maigine 
laen apice bicomi^ epichilio ovato canaliculato. 

A Mexican species, quite distinct from any previously de- 
scribed'; introduced from Mexico by Mr. Rucker, who received 
it from Linden in 1840. The flowers are pale straw colour, 
with some brownish purple speckles and a yellower lip. Before 
expansion they are almost of the form of a bean ; which is 
owing to their sepals being so blunt that when flattened they 
are nearly half oblong. The lip has no speckles at all, and 
looks as if varnished. It has a very peculiar scent, and is a 
really fine thing. 

53. ACACiA spectabilis. 

Bentham in London Journal of Botany ^ 1. 383. 

A most beautiful pinnated Acacia, with charming glaucous 
foliage, and erect racemes of deep yellow balls of flowers, 
introduced from Swan River by Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and 
Co. of Exeter, and just flowered by H. B. Lott, Esq., of 
Tracey House, near Honiton. It is one of the very finest 
species in cultivation. 



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54. EPIDENDRUM arbuscula. 

Lindley in Bent A. Plant. Hartweg. p. 93. 

For some years there has heen in our gardens, to which 
it has been introduced by the Horticultural Society from 
Mexico, a singular Orchidaceous plant, with a large branch- 
ing stem, leathery leaves three or four inches long, and many 
pale stout roots, and no one could tell what it was. It has 
now flowered with the Society, and proves to be the Epiden- 
drum arbuscula, a species discovered by Mr. Hartweg, 
flowering in April, near a place called San Juan Sacatepequez. 
It is more curious than beautiful, resembling E. nutans in 
some respects, and quite destitute of brilliant colours. The 
flowers are a dull chocolate, only relieved by a patch of yellow 
in the middle of the labellum. The latter organ is so folded 
back at the sides and front, that although it is really almost 
circular, it has altogether the form of an old fashioned three- 
cocked hat. 

56. CEANOTHUS divaricatus. 

Nuttall in Torrey and Grays Flora^ vol. 1. p. 266. 

Under this name we are able to announce the introduc- 
tion of another beautiful hardy shrub. It is described as a 
straggling bush, in California becoming spiny, and loaded 
with clusters of blue flowers. As yet it has not flowered, 
but the young plants have beautiful deep green glossy leaves, 
and it may be anticipated that in a country so much damper 
than California, as England is, it will preserve that verdure, 
which now makes it so very attractive. The plant has been 
raised by the Horticultural Society, from seeds presented by 
R. B. Hinds, Esq., late Surgeon of H. M.'s ship the Sulphur, 
by whom it was found in California in great abundance, and 
forming a most conspicuous object. 

56. ERIA floribunda. 
Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7408. 

^.floribunda (Tonsse) ; caulibas camosis snbflexaosis teretibuB, foliis lanceo- 
latis acuminatis, racemis oppositifoliis patulis multifloris pubescentibus 
foliis brevioribas, bracteis defloratis ovatis concavis retrorsis, sepalis 
petalis 3-pl6 latioribus, labello angasto nado basi saccato : laciniis late* 
ralibuB ascendentibog abbreviatis intermedia caneat& tridentatft. 

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A caulescent species, with lanceolate leaves seven or eight 
inches long. The flowers are small, pink, smooth, in close 
spreading racemes much shorter than the leaves. The column 
is dark purple at the top. Mr. Prince originally found it at 
Sincapore, and communicated it to Dr. Wallich. Messrs. 
Loddiges, have since received it from the same place through 
Mr. Cuming. It is a pretty plant, worth cultivation. 

57. PITCAIRNIA micrantha. 

p. mierantha; foliis enBiformibus acmninatis basi extilta pabescentibns, ra- 
cemo tenui panicnlato, floribus minatia, petalia baai nudia lanceolatii 
acatia. 

** This singular little species was found among some 
Orchidaceous plants imported from Rio, in December, 1841, 
by Lieut. Christopher Smith, of fl. M. Packet " Star," and 
presented to Sir Charles Lemon, Bart. M.P. It flowered at 
Carclew in March, 1843, and proves to be very distinct from 
any other of the genus to which it belongs, as well as the 
smallest that has yet come under my notice. It requires the 
constant heat of a damp stove ; and thrives very well either 
iu loose vegetable matter, or on the decayed brandb of a tree. 

*^ Leaves numerous, flat, undulated at the margin, flaccid, 
spreading and recurved, linear-lanceolate acute, from nine 
inches to a foot long, and about an inch wide ; of a deep green 
above, and a pale glaucous green beneath, without any spines 
at the edges. Scape erect, nine inches long, issuing from the 
centre of the plant, of a brownish green, remarkably slender, 
round and downy, with several linear bracts along the stem, 
which is half its length, covered with flowers. Flowers white, 
not exceeding a quarter of an inch across, drooping and open- 
ing one or two at a time in succession, from the base upward. 
Pedicel round, very short, almost concealed by a brown- 
coloured acuminate bract to each. iSgoaZs three, of a pale 
green, ovate acuminate, alternate with the petals, and about 
half their length. Petals three, recurved, lanceolate acute. 
Filaments half as long as the petals, very slender, bearing 
long yellow anthers, which roll up and appear as if they were 
round when the flower has been some time expandold. Ova- 
rium about the length of the sepals, deep green, roundish 
oblong, crowned by the style, which is round and slender, and 
a little. shorter than the petals." — TTm. B. Booth. 



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58. HARTWEGIA purpurea ; var. angustifolia. 

^* This plant was gathered in Gaatemala by George Ure 
Skinner, Esq. and added to Sir Charles Lemon's coUection 
at Carclew in August, 1841. Although very distinct from 
the original form of this species in its leaves and flowers, yet 
the general habit and appearance of the two plants are so 
very similar, that the present one can only be regarded as a 
well-defined variety of the other. Its leaves are from three to 
four inches long, and from half an inch to an inch in breadth^ 
oblong lanceolate acute, very thick and fleshy, hollowed along 
the middle, and tapering to both ends ; of a brownish green 
colour, singularly marked with numerous deep brown irre- 
gularly formed spots. The scape is erect, about a foot long, 
round and wiry, with many joints, each of which is surrounded 
by a pale brown-coloured bract, which closely embraces the 
stem, and covers it half way between the joints. The flowers 
are terminal, of the same bright pinkish colour as those of 
the old variety ; from which, however, they difibr in the form 
and sizQ of the sepals, which are not obliquely cordate, but 
ovate oblong, and rather smaller than in the other. The 
labellum is also very difibrent, being much larger in every 
respect, and having a notch at the point ; whereas in the 
original species it is small, roundish, cordate, and forms a 
kind of spur where it joins the column. In this variety there 
is no appearance of a spur, but it is narrowed round the 
column, and has a singular indentation just opposite its point. 
The column is curved, and about the same length as the 
sepals and petals. It is also of a deeper pink, and is rounded 
on the upper side ; beneath it is two-edged, from being slightly 
hollowed out along the middle. The anther case is somewhat 
reniform, brownish pink, much darker than any other part 
of the flower.*'— Fin. B. Booth. 

59. HYMENOCALLIS Skinneriana. 

l^.Skumeriana ; **balbo modico, foliis petiolatis fortiter costatis lamina dilute 
▼iridi lacanosa acuta pedali 5 unc. lata, scapo 4|- unc., BpatbsL sesquiun- 
ciali sex-flora, genuine sessili, tubo erecto 2^unc.gracili limbo albo triun- 
ciali, corona infra angust^ unciali dentate, filtmientis 1^ unc. liberis, 
antberis semuncialibus stylo f unc. brevioribus. W. H. 

*^ These bulbs, from the exact resemblance of their foliage, 
^-1843. t 



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were mistaken for Callipsyche eucrosioides, till they flowered 
in the stove at Spofforth in March. Mr. Skinner found them 
in a part of Guatemala little visited." 

For the ahove I am indehted to the Hon. and Very Rev. 
the Dean of Manchester. 

60. EPIDENDRUM laraellatum. 

Westcott mss. 

£. lameUatwn ; (§ Euepidendrum) caule erecto articdato ; foliis lanoeolatis 
enuu^natis glabria aubcamosis, corymbo aeasili paucifloro, sepalia lan- 
ceolatis acatis, petalis obovato-lanceolatis, columna apice alatX labello 
obovato integemmo yel obscur^ emarginato basi lamellato. 

'* Stem ahout a foot high, articulated, and much resem- 
bling that of Dendrobium. The sepals and the petals are of 
a delicate pink colour. The column is very short, not more 
than two lines long, and having appendages at the apex as 
long as the column. The labellum is united to the column 
the whole length, and is entirely undivided or very slightly 
notched at the end. The appendages at the apex of the 
column are of a darker pink colour, and the lahellum is still 
darker and more brilliant, having the disc covered with a row 
of scaly yellowish plates.*' 

For die above memorandum we are indebted to Mr. West^ 
cott, who first named the plant in Mr. Barker's collection, 
where its origin was unknown. It has been subsequently 
communicated by Sir Charles Lemon, to whom it had been 
sent from Honduras. It is a pretty species, with flowers 
about the size of E. Schomburgkii. 

61. GLADIOLUS splendens. W. H. 

G. iplendem (Anisanthus splendens. Sweet B. F. G.) ; labio inferiore qaam 
maxim^ abbreviate yiridi laciniia biteralibaa interdam in eodem caale 
elongatis pallid^ Btramineis, labii superioria lateralibus interdnm (altero 
.▼el duobus) elongatis, summo breviore, ceetera G. Cunonio proraua similia 
colore multo miniis splendente. — JF. fT. 

Mr. Plant's " Mule Anisaixth,*' figured in this work at 
fol. 53 (1842), calls attention to this, which was its female 
parent. 6. Cunonius, and splendens, and Plant's hybrid 
from the latter by pollen of a mule Gladiolus between G. 
tristis and Cardinabs, being all three in flower together at 



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Spofforth, a favorable opportunity occurs for examining them. 
There is no visible difference between the plants of the two 
former, excepting that the flower of Cunonius has the tube 
yellow, the lower lip diminished, and yellow tipt with red, the 
rest of the flower scarlet, the upper segment being concave 
and prolonged, the laterals compressed ; splendens has the 
like form, the tube and lower lip dull green, the lower 
edge of the upper laterals pale straw-colour, which is yellow 
in Cunonius. On the same stem, in one flower, the two lower 
laterals are prolonged 5-8ths of an inch, of a pale straw- 
colour, the two upper laterals also prolonged, and the upper 
segment shortened to their usual length. Another flower has 
one of the upper laterals prolonged to the length of the upper 
segment and entirely red, and one of the lower laterals pro- 
longed 3 - 1 6ths of an inch and straw-coloured with a little 
red. Plant's mule has the upper segment scarlet, a little 
speckled, largest, and concave; upper laterals similar, ex- 
panding, and sub-concave ; lower lip 7-8ths of an inch shorter, 
sub-erect, and conniving, pale straw-colour marked within 
with red having a straw-coloured middle stripe. The expan- 
sion of the upper lip and the foliage shew that it was bred as 
Mr. Plant asserts. G. abbreviatus, Bot. Rep. 166, orqua- 
drangularis Bot. Mag. 567, (Anthol. quadrang. Burm.fl. C. 
genus Petamenes, SaL^ has the upper segment large and con- 
cave, all the rest abbreviated. All the three natural sorts 
have the usual seed of the Cape Gladioli with foliaceous mar- 
gins. I have had many instances of seedlings amongst the 
mixed produce from Cardinalis, blandus, and tristis, with the 
lower lip abbreviated,' sometimes only during an unfavourable 
season. Cunonius and splendens which are closely akin, and 
scarcely separable, are both stoloniferous, quadrangularis is 
not, the latter having precisely the singular leaf of G. tristis 
with four angles, the midrib being like the blade of the 
leaf. It is evident that the genera Anisanthus and Peta- 
menes cannot be supported, their distinctions depending upon 
features which are variable. — W. H. 

{^2. PLEUROTHALLIS peduncularis. 

p. piiuneuiwis (§ aggregatse pubescentes) ; folio elongato lanceolato piano 
basi et apice carinato, floribus aggregatis, pedicellis calycibus duplo Ion- 
gioribos, bractea et sepalorum basi pubescentibus, sepalis acuminatis 
liberis, petalis ovatis setaceis sepalis brevionbus^ labello ovato bicarinato 
juxta apicem lineari-cuncato. 



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Imported from Rio Janeiro by Messrs Loddiges. It has 
th6 habit of Pleurothallis ruscifolia, but is a mucb larger 
plant The flowers are pale straw-colour. 

63. BIFRENARIA inodora. 

B. inodora; pseudobulbis tetragonis,* folio oblongo acato plicato xnaigiDe 
crispo basi in petiolum brevem canaliculatum angastato^ pedunculis uni- 
flons pseudobulbis brerioribas, sepalia oblongis obtuais coma doneato 
claTato, petalis BubconformibuB paul5 undalatis, labelli trilobi cuculati 
lobia TOtundatis undulatia anbdentatiB intermedio piloso^ callo disci en- 
neato camoso emarginato. 

'^ This plant was imported from Rio in 18S9» and added 
to Sir Charles Lemon's collection at Carclew, where it flowered 
in April, 1843. In habit and general appearance it ap- 
proaches so near to Maxillaria tetragona, as to have been 
mistaken for it, but on flowering it proved to be widely dif- 
ferent from that species, and much handsomer, although the 
flowers are destitute of that peculiar fragrance which M. te- 
tragona is said to possess. It requires similar treatment, and 
flourishes in a warm, moist stove, potted in a mixture of rotten 
wood and other decayed vegetable substances. 

" Pseudo-bulbs of a dull brownish green, ovate-oblong, 
four-angled, a good deal hollowed between them, upwards of 
three inches long, and nearly the same in circumference at 
the base, from which they taper to the point, where there is a 
black coloured band, indicating the joint at which the leaf is 
united to the pseudo-bulb. Leaves solitary, oblong-lanceolate 
acute, on short foot- stalks, spreading and recurved, measuring 
when full grown a foot in length, and four inches across. 
They are thin and rigid, of a pale green below, rich deep green 
above, slightlv undulated, or crimped, at the margin, with a 
prominent vem on either side of the midrib. Ftawers lai^ 
and spreading, of a brownish green, with a hairy, red label- 
lum. Scape radical, very short, sacrcely half the length of 
the pseudo-bulb, round and of a pale green, bearing two and 
sometimes three flowers. Pedicels about two inches long, 
slightly curved, and similar in size and colour to the scape, 
with a brown-coloured acuminate bract at the base of each. 
Sepals of a dull green, slightly tinged with red. The two 
lateral ones are roundish oblong, a little recurved at the point, 
upwards of two inches long, and an inch wide, and ending at 
the base in a kind of spur, half the length of the pedicel. 



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The upper sepal is about the same size as the other, but is 
more concaye and pointed. Petals oblique, ovate-acuminate, 
of the same colour, but rather shorter than the sepals, and 
about three-fourths of an inch wide, having their edges slightly 
undulated and the point recurved. Lahellum three-Iobed, out- 
wardly of purplish-red colour, but inwardly more pale and deli- 
cate towards the base, where it tapers and forms a sort of pouch. 
The two lateral lobes are erect and of a pale brownish-red, 
marked with dark coloured veins. The middle lobe is roundish 
oblong, recurved and undulated at the margin. Outside it is 
smooth, but the inner surface is thickly covered with pale soft 
hairs. In the centre of the lip is an elevated process, similar 
to those in the flowers of M. aramatica^ cruentaj tetragona, 
and other allied species. Column about half the length of the 
labellum, slightly curved, of a pale yellowish colour above 
where it was rounded, and slightly tinged with red below, 
where it is hollowed out so as to appear two-edged. Anther- 
ccue large and fleshy, one-celled, containing two collateral pol- 
len-masses, each of which easily splits into two roundish ovate, 
slightly pointed waxy bodies of a dull yellow." — W.B. Booth. 

For this memorandum, a drawing, and specimens of the 
highly curious plant, I am obliged to Mr. Booth, Sir Charles 
Lemon's intelligent gardener. The species is much the finest 
yet known, its flowers being as large as those of Maxillaria 
Harrisoniffi. 

The Maxillaria tetragona above referred to, as resembling 
this in habit, belongs to the genus Lycaste, in my recent enu- 
meration of whose species, it was unsettled. I therefore avail 
myself of the present opportunity of adding its amended 
character. 

64. LYCASTE tetragona. 

L. tetragona (Maxillaria tetragona, LindL in Bot. Reg. 1. 1428. Hooker Bot, 
Mag, ^. 3146 ); pseudobolbis ovatie tetragonis, foliisoblongo-lanceolatis 
plicatia basi in petiolum angustatis solitariis, scapia l-4-flori8 pseudo- 
bulbis brevioribus, sepalis petalisque oblongo-ovatis obtusiusculis patulis 
sabseqnalibus, labello camoso ventricoso trilobo erecto : Ipbis lateralibus 
parvis acutis intermedio ovato exi^% conyexo, disci appendice camoao 

tabular! incumbente. BrasiL Very sweet-scented. Flowers 

greenish, streaked with crimson. Lip white and purple in one variety, 
and green and purple in another. The appendage of the disk is very 
conspicuous, and shovel-shaped. 



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65. COLAX. 

Several years ago I proposed the establishment, under this 
name, of a genus which eventually proved the same as Maiil- 
laria ; and which was therefore abandoned. I would now pro- 
pose to apply it to a small set of plants of the Maxillaridous 
division of Vandese, at present included in the genus Maxil- 
laria itself. These species, consisting of my M. viridis and 
jugosa, and the M. placanthera of Sir W. Hooker, have the 
closed, scarcely ringent, flower of Promenaea mid Warrea, but 
they have a caudicula quite unlike any thing at present known 
among their race. It has no distinct gland, but consists en- 
tirely of a thin wavy membrane, strengthened by an elevated 
line in the middle, and gradually narrowing to the point, 
where the gland is usually found. It has also a thick fleshy 
crested anther, whose cells are planted on its lower side. 1 
cannot but regard these circumstances as sufficient to justify 
the separation of the plants in which they are found as a dis- 
tinct genus. The following characters will indicate the limit* 
of the genus and its species. 

CoLAx. Flores subglobosi, vix ringentes, in mentum breve 
producti. Sepala et petala subsqualia. Labellum ungui- 
culatum, trilobum, inappendiculatum, planiusculum (vix 
cucuUatum). Columna paul6 elongata semiteres, clinan- 
drio marginato. Anthera camosa, cristata. PoUinia 4, 
in paribus globosis coUigata, caudiculae obovatae membra- 

nacese adnata; glandula nulla ; rostello fisso Herb® 

pseudobulbosse ; folia terminalia et radicdiia, plicata. Fe- 
dunculi radicales, erecti, uniflori, vaginati. Flores vire- 
scentes. 

1. C. tiridia (MaxiUaria Tiridis, LindL in Bot. Beg, L 1510.) ; sepalii peta- 

lisqne conniyentibus oblongo-Bubrotandis obtosis suba&qualibusy labelli 

brevia trilobi lobo medio tranivers^ rhomboideo unguicolato piano. 

Brazil. Flowers green, with a dingy violet lip. That it differs from 

C placanthera^ in the manner stated under that species, I know from 
having preserved the specimen from which the figure in the Botanical 
Register was taken ; which figure well represents the pecuUar rounded 
form of the sepals. I believe it is no longer in our gardens ; for C. pta- 
canthera is usually cultivated under its name. 

2. Q. placanthera (Maxillaria placanthera, Hooker in Bot, Mag, t, 3173. 

lAndl. in Bot. Reg, 1841. misc, 103.) ; sepalis lineari-oblongis obtasis 
intus secus medium seriatim maculatis, petalis angustioribus onmin6 
conformibus maculatis, labelli angusti trilobi minute pubescentis Ifens 
laciniis lateralibus acutis nanis intermedia dilatata rotundatfi. cuncata, 
column^ apice lobata versus basin bisulca pubescente. Brazil. - — - 



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I was certainly wrong in referring this plant to C tiridia^ from which it 
differs in its sepals and petals heing mach narrower, the flowers less 
green, the lip larger, and of a different form in its upper lohe. 
3. C.jugami (Maxillaria jagosa, LindL in Bot. Reg. 1841. misc. 104.) ; se- 
palis ohlongis incarvis ohtusis, petalis conformibas concavis basi angus- 
tatis, labelli sigmoidei oblongi ungnicolati pilosi jugosi lobis lateralibus 
nanis obtusis, intermedio semi-circnlari> colnmna apice lobat& bisulc^ 

villosissim^. ^roW/.— — Near C. placanthera, from which it differs 

in haying the flower of* a globose figure, with much less linear sepals 
and concave oblong petals narrowed to the base. These parts are of a 
rich cream colour, speckled with crimson. The lip has quite a different 
form, being semicircular at the tip, deeply furrowed and closely coTered 
with short hair. The column has two deep funows in front almost 
buried in hairs. 

66. CERflUS biformis. 

C. infomoM ; ramis alatis articulatis crenatis, sterilibus oblongis sessilibus, 
floridis lanceolatis basi teretibus, petalis linearibus acutissimis, stigmate 
5-lobo. 

A curious and very pretty plant from Honduras, commu- 
nicated by Sir Charles Lemon. It has bright rose-coloured 
flowers, not unlike those of Cereus flagelliformis. I hope soon 
to be able to figure it» with a full description by Mr. Booth. 

67. BIFRENARIA. 

This genus differs from Maxillaria proper in having its 
pollen-masses attached to a short gland, by a pair of distinct 
straps, or caudiculas, instead of one ; a character, minute in- 
deed, but constant and readily detected, although often over- 
looked. On that account several species have been referred to 
Maxillaria, as I have now ascertained, and it is not improbable 
that others may still lie unknown among that large and trou- 
blesome genus. The following are characters of all of which 
I possess any certain information. 

BiFRENARiA, LindL Sepala patula, libera, subaequalia; late- 
ralia cum basi producta columnse connata. Petala sepalis 
dupl6 minora. Labellum cpm pede columnse articulatum, 
cucuUatum, trilobum, medio callosum. Columna brevis, 
semiteres. Anthera subcristata. PoUinia 4, per paria in- 
cumbentia, caudiculis duabus distinctis, glandule oblong&. 

Herbse epiphytse, pseudobulbosse. Folia termincdia 

subsolitaria, plicata, cartilaginea. Pedunculi radicales, 
uniflori V. racemosi, ssepe elongati. 



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1. B. atropurpurea {L, no. 1. Maxillaria atropnrparea, Lodd. BU. Cab. t. 

1877.) ; pseudobalbis oyatis obtuais tetragonia foliis oblongo-^Lanceolatis 

plicatifl solitariis, racemis radicalibus 3-flori8 pseudobulbis paiil6 longio- 

ribu8« labelli lobis lateralibus brevibus di^ergentibas, intermedio trans- 

yeno sub-S-lobo reroluto suberoso ; callo in medio antic^ tridentato. 

Braeil. Flowers dark purple, very sweet-scented. 

2. B. inodora (lAndL in Bot. Reg* 1843. mi»c. 63.) ; pseudobulbis tetragonis, 

folio oblongo acuto plicato margine crispo basi in petiolum breTem cans- 
liculatum angustato, pedunculis unifloria pseudobulbis brevioribus, sepa- 
lis oblongo-obtusis, comu elongato clavato, petalis suboonformibus 
paul6 undnlatiB, labelli trilobi cucullati lobis rotundatis undulatis subden- 

tatis intermedio piloso, callo disci cuneato camoso emarginato. 

BragiL Flowers as large as those of Maxillaria HaniBoniae, greeoi 

with a bright violet lip. 

3. B. racemosa (Maxillaria racemosa. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 2789. Lodd. 

Bot. Cab. t. 1318.) ; pseudobulbis ovatis compressis tetragonis moDO- 
phylHs, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis tricostatis scapis gracilibus strictis 
multifloris brevioribus, sepalis oblongis acutis; lateralibus basi vald^ 
elongatis, petalis linearibus spatulatis tripl6 minoribus, labello oblongo 
cucidlato indiviso undulato emarginato in axi calloso, column^ pabe- 

scente.— — -BrartY. Flowers ptde^ dirty straw-colour, with a white 

lip» slightly speckled with pale crimson* It is well figured in the Bota- 
nical Cabinet ; the representation in the Botanical Magazine appears to 
have been taken from a withered specimen. 

4. B. aiwreo'^lva (Maxillaria aureo-fulva, Knowlee and Weeteott Floral Cab* 

t. 83. Hooker Bot. Mag. t. 3629. M. stenopetak, Knoudes ^ Weeteott, 
2. p. 112.?); pseudobulbis rotundato-ovatis angulatis rugosis monophyl- 
lisy foliis oblongo-lanceolatis costatis acutis scapo radical! multifloro 
brevioribusy floribus long^ pedicelktis, sepalis lanccolatis acuminatLs la- 
teralibus apice reflexis^ petalis striatis lineari-lanceolatis acaminatls, la- 
bello unguicnlato trilobo in medio striato : lobis lateralibus acutis inter- 
medio lanceolato acuminato. BranY. — Very pretty. Flowera 

? orange-coloured. It is the " Epidendre Limodore' of Descourtilsy and 
was found by that traveller in great abundance upon fallen trees encum- 
bering the sandy plain through which the great public road passes from 
Bananal to Ilha (rrande. 

5. B. vitellina (Maxillaria viteUina, Lindl. in Bot. B^» 1838. tnise. 116. 

1839, 1. 12. M. barbata, Weeteott in Phgtologist, p. 7.) ; pseudobolbia 
ovatis obtusd angulatis monophyllis, foliis lanceolatis in petiolum cana- 
liculatum anguatatis, racemo cemuo foliorum longitudine, labelli cuneati 
trilobi lobis lateralibua acutis antic^ crenulatis intermedio bilobo rotun- 
dato cordato crennlato, tuberculo disci tnlobo obtuaissimoy ung^e pube- 

scente. Brazil. Flowers bright yellow, with a purple spot in the 

middle of the labellum. 

6. B. aurantiaea (Idndl. in Bot. Reg^ 1836, t. 1675.); pseudobulbis subro- 

tundis compressis diphyllis, foliis oblongis plicatis racemi erecti longi- 
tudine, sepalo dorsah fornicatb lateralibas oblongis acutis, petalis linea- 
ribus, labelli unguiculati lobis lateralibus semicoroatis intermedio majore 

transverse ovali subcrenulato basi bicalloso, column^ pubeacente.- 

Bemerara. Pseudobulbs and leaves beneath spotted with crimson. 

Flowers orange-yellow, spotted with crimson. 



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68. STENOCORYNE. 

With respect to the Bifrenaria (?) longicornls, formerly 
described in this work, it must be regarded as still another 
genus, agreeing with Bifrenaria in having two straps (caudi- 
culae) to its pollen-massesy but differing in having two distinct 
glands also, as is the case with a part of the plants now re- 
ferred to Angrsecum. For this I would propose the name of 
Stenocoryne. 

Stxkocoryne. Flores ringentes^ clausi^ long^ comuti. Sepala basi lon- 
gissim^ producta, et connata. Petala conformia. Labellum longiBsim^ 
UDguicalatam, trUobDm, disco calloBom. Pollinia 4, per paria connata. 
inseqnaliay semiglobosa ; caudiculis 2, glandulisque totidem ovalibus. 
Herbae epiphytae pseadobolboBie. Folia cartilaginea, solitaria. 
Flores racemosi, radicales. 

1. S. longieamis (Bifrenaria longicomis, Lindl, in Bot, Reg. 1838, mi»c, 
177.); pseudobulbis elongatis tetragonis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis sub- 
plicatis nitidis, racemo laxo multifloro, sepaJib lateralibus ovatis acutis, 
petalis ovatis acutis, labeUo long^ nnguiculato spathulato apice trilobo 

ladniis rotundatis medio pubesoente disco elevato calloso. Bemerara, 

Flowers racemose, orange, spotted with brown. 

69. LANTANA. 

In the Gartenzeitung for Oct. 1, 1842, is the following 
useful enumeration of the species of this pretty genus, actually 
in cultivation in the gardens of Germany. The authors are 
Messrs. Otto and Dietrich. 

A. Prickly Species 
a* Flowers white. 

1. Lantana alba. Vent, 

b. Flowers lilac. 

2. L. mutabilis, Lippold. Not tbe L. niyea mutabilis of tbe Bot. Magazine. 

3. L. mnltiflora, Hort. 

4. L. variegata, Nov, spec. 

L. ramis aculeatis; foliis oppositis^ ovatis, acutis, crenatis, supra scabris, 
sabtus Yillosulis ; capitulis bemisphsericis ; pedunculis folio subbre- 
yioribas ; bracteis oblongo-spatbijdatis, ciliatis, corollse tubo breviori- 
bus.— —Native of Brazil; forming a bush several feet high. 

5. L. amethystina, Eort, Berol. 

6. L. mista, L. This is probably the L. nivea mutabilis of the Bot. Mag. 

c. Flowers orange-yellow. 

7 L. aculeata, L. 
8. L. scabrida, AU, 

Gf— 1843. * 



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9. L. crocafty Jaeq* 

10. L. Camaiay L» 

11. L. crenulata, O, et Dietr. 

B. Smooth Species. 
a. Flowers orange-yeUow. 

12. L. Moritziana, O. et Dietr. 

13. L. glatino8a» Puppig. 

L. glatinoso-villosa ; ramia iaenniboa ; foliiB oppositis, ovatis, acamina- 
tis, basi sabcordatis* crenatis, scabriasculis ; capitulis aubumbellari- 
bus ; peduncolis folio brevioribiis ; bracteis lanceolatis tubum corolise 
aubsequantibus. A native of Peru. It grows 2-3 feet high. 

b. Flowers lHac-yellow. 

14. L. involucrata, X. 

15. L. incana> O. et Dietr, 

c. Flowers lilac. 

16. L. lilacina, Deefont. 

17- L. Sellowiana, Lk. et O. 

18. L. Radula, Swartz. 

19. L. trifolia, L. 

20. L. salvisefoliay Jaeq, 

d. Floioers white. 

21. L. recta, Ait. 

22. L. teucriifolia, 0. et Dietr. 

23. L. lamiifolia, O. et Dietr, 

24. L. Geroldiana, 0. et Dietr. 

25. L. alba. Miller. 

26. L. braailiensis, Lk. 

e. Doubtful Species. 

27. L. cinerea, Lam. Has not yet flowered. 

28. L. laTandolacea, W. Is lost from the gardens, and is probably a Lippia 

or Zapania. 

29. L. yiburnoides, Vahl. Lost oat of cnltiyation. 

30. L. abyssinica, O. et Dietr. This is the Lippia Schimperi of Hochstetter. 

31. L. annua, L. Seems to be a Lippia. 

70. DENDROBlUM planibulbe. 

D. (Onychium) planihulbe ; caule compresso distich^ folioso erecto basi OTsli 
complanato, foliis oblongis obtosis emarginatis, pedoncalo vaginato 
aphyUo, floribns terminidibus e paleis glumaceia erumpentibns, sepaHs 
petdisqne acuminatis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus dilatato-rotondatis 
intermedio lineari pectinato basi appendice emarginata aucto. 

A singular plant, found in Manilla by Mr. Cuminf?» and 
by him sent to Messrs. Loddiges, who have just succeeded in 



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flowering it The stems are about three inches high, flat- 
tened at the base into an oblong thin-edged pseudobulb. The 
leaves are a dall greenish-red. The flowers small white, 
veined with purple, placed at the very extremity of a leafless 
peduncle. It is very near D. Blumei. 

71. EPIDENDRUM Ovulum. 

£. (Encyclium) Otndum ; pseudobolbis oYiformibas dipbyllis, foliis linearibus 
canaliculatis acutisy scapo filifonni foliis paal6 longiore 3-floro, sepa- 
lis linearibus 3<Yeniis, petalis angustioribus spatbulatiB, label! i trilobi 
lobia lateralibus acutis intermedio dilatato rotundato venis radiantibus 

§landalo8i8 variegato, colomnee tridentatae dentibus lateralibos rotundati» 
enticulatis. 

A curious little plant, in the way of E. Pastoris, or bractes- 
cens, or aciculare, from Bolanos, for which we are indebted to 
Messrs. Loddiges The sepals and petals are olive-green; the 
lip white, with crimson glandular radiating veins. 

72. ERIA multiflora. 

Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. p. 68. 

Bl. mulHJhra (^(mm)\ caulibus teretibus clavatis 2-3-pbyllis, foliis lineari- 
lanceolatis canaliculatis i spicis multiAoris> bracteis minimis spbacelatis, 
floribus pubescentibus, labello cuneato-obovato indiviso basi excavato 
nectarifluo supra foveam dentibus 2 membranaceia erectis aucto. 

A rare little plant, for which we are indebted to Mr. 
Van Houtte, of Ghent, who received it from Java. It has 
small white flowers, covered externally with fine down. The 
only coloured part is the column, which is deep violet. In 
habit it resembles a small specimen of Eria floribunda. 

73. HABROTHAMNUS fasciculatus. 

Benth. in Plant Hartweg.p. 49. 

This most beautiful greenhouse plant is in the possession 
of M. Van Houtte, of Ghent, to whom we are indebted for 
specimens. It forms a bush five or six feet high, with broad 
ovate-oblong leaves, and heads of crimson flowers about the 
size of those of Burchellia capensis or larger. These heads 
are arranged in a panicle so as to render the branches a com- 
plete mass of blossom. A specimen before us has the flowering 
part ten inches long and six inches in diameter. It )^ from 
Mexico, and will soon be figured in this work. 



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74. DENDROCHILUM latifolium. 

D laiifoliMMi foliia oblongo-lanoeoUtiB comoeiB trinemis, pedunciilM ekm- 
gatifl apice long^ spicatis* labdli leetis lobiB bsMlibuB lineari lanceolatiB 
acominatiB cUiatia, laciniis coluinn& dentat& brevioribas aetaceia e basi 
ortiB. 

A plant with the hahit of Dendrochilum glamaceum, hut 
with much hroader leaves and quite a different lip. It has 
long graceful spikes of green flowers, and was imported from 
Manilla hy Messrs. Loddiges. It is not among Cuming's 
dried specimens. 

75. ANGRiECUM Ashantense. 

A* AMhmUenxe ; caolibua repentibua, foliia diaticbis coriaceia oTatia apice ob* 
lique erosis, spiels foliis subaequaliboSy floribaa resupinatis, aepa&a peta- 
lisque galeatia denticalatia oyato*lanceolatiB obtnaiaaculia, labello pandu* 
rato obtoso denticulato baai nmdentato, calcare arcnato aubcompresso 
baai constricto labelli longitudine, poUinioram caudiculi acn]niDat& 
bipartibili. 

A most curious plant with creeping stems, ovate leaves 
ohliquely toothed at the end, as if they bad heen eaten away, 
and lignt cinnamon coloured flowers in spikes about four 
inches long. It was imported from Ashantee by Messrs. 
Loddiges, and flowered on the 15th June, 1843. 



76. ONCIDIUM candidum. 

O. candidum ; pseudobtdbis ovalibus compressis monophyllis, folio lioeari- 
lanceolato basi canaliculato, racemo pandfloro flexuoso, sepalia oblongis 
latendibus connatis, petalis majoribus patentibus planis obtusis, labello 
ovato-obloDgo piano baai lineft convexa elevate tiaxkavers^ aucto, colomiue 
alia rotundatia aerratis tubercnlo baseos eleyato labello adnato. 

A very curious plant sent by Mr. Hartweg ftt>m Guatemala. 
It belongs to the tetrapetalous division of the genus ; and has 
ivory white flowers, with a couple of small violet dots at the 
base of each petal, and the usual prominence at the base of 
the column, bright yellow and adnate to the lip. The 
flowers are an inch in diameter. 



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77. SPHiEROLOBlUM acuminatum. 

Bentham in HugeVs JSmmieratiOf p. 3S. 

A little Swan River shrub, with rush-like stems, and 
whorls of orange-red papilionaceous flowers. It has been 
flowered by Messrs. Pope and Sons, of the Handsworth 
Nursery, Birmingham. 

78. HYPOCALYMNA angustifolium. 

Mndlicher in Hugets Enumeration p. 50. 

A charming sweet-scented greenhouse shrub, raised from 
Swan River sMds by Messrs. rope and Sons, of the Hands- 
worth Nursery, Birmingham, it has the habit of Hypoca- 
lymna robustum, but the flowers are white, and the leaves 
narrow and weak. 

79. PLEUROTHALLIS Smithiana. 

p. Smthiaui ($ e£fiiB8e pubescentes) folio oblongo coriaoeo racemom dimidio 
ezcedente, sepalia oblongia lateralibus ad apicem cohflerentibua, petalis 
oboTatiB et clinandrio denticolatis, labello obovato utrinque dentato 
medio ezcavato utrinque callis 2 elevatiB. 

*'This plant was imported from Rio in December, 1841, 
by Lieut. Christopher Smith, of H. M. packet <* Star," and 
added to Sir Charles Lemon's collection at Carclew, where it 
flowered in May, 1843. Like others of this genus it proves 
to be only interesting as a subject for the Botanist, who, on 
dissecting the various parts of the flower and examining them 
through the microscope, cannot fail to be highly delighted 
with their singular construction, and the beautiful frosted 
appearance they present. 

*^.Stem round, erect, from two to three inches high, 
brownish green, with a single joint about an inch from the 
root, surrounded and embraced by a brown sheathing bract, 
which extends nearly to the base of the leaf. Leaves ovate- 
oblong, slightly curved and hollowed in the centre, about two 
inches and a half long, and an inch broad, very thick and 
leathery, of a brownish green colour. Flowers six, sometimes 
seven, arranged alternately in a close raceme, issuing from a 
two-valved brown spathe at the base of the leaf, and extending 
about an inch and a half along the midrib. Sqpals fleshy, 

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striated and covered on the outside with dense brownish 
pubescence. The upper one is oblong lanceolate, with three 
brownish purple lines along the centre, and another round the 
margin. The lower sepsJs are united, and appear as one 
roundish ovate acuminate bodj, of a brownish green, marked 
with numerous elevated puce-coloured spots. Petals ve^ 
small, thin and delicate, about one-fourth the length of the 
upper sepal, oblong obtuse, having a purplish line sUms the 
centre and the margin, fringed and slightly marked with the 
same colour. JLabdlum roundish obtuse, somewhat spathu- 
late, and spotted in the same manner as the lower sepals ; 
attached by a small elastic membrane to the end of the 
colunm, which is curved and elongated so as to have the 
appearance of a little spur. Column about the same length 
as the petals, round and striated above, hollowed on the under 
side, with a thin pellicle at the extremity on either side of the 
anther case, so as to make it have the appearance of being 
winged. Anther^case deep brown, containmg two very small 
waxy pollen-masses. 

*' The plant requires the constant heat of a moist stove, 
and thrives either on a piece of wood or in a pot of decayed 
vegetable matter/' — W. B. Booth. 

80. STIGMAPHYLLON jatropheefolium. 

Adr.de JusAeu in Ann. sc. n. s. IS. p. 288. 

We have received specimens of this pretty plant from a 
Liverpool correspondent, who describes it as a free flowerer, 
growing luxuriantly in a moist stove. It has palmated leaves, 
and yellow flowers, much like those of the other species. As 
far as we can judge it is the best of the genus yet m gardens. 

81. STANHOPE A Martiana; i;ar. bicolor. 
Bateman in Bot. Beg. 1840. misc. 19- 

Although it is probable that somQ of the so-called species 
of Stanhopea are mere varieties of oculata, and that others 
may be wild mules, there seems no reason to doubt that this 
is really a distinct plant, for it has a lip unlike any other that 
we have seen, remarkably short and saccate at the base. 
The present variety is a lovely plant with large pure white 
flowers richly but sparingly spotted with crimson. In the 



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original S. Martiana the sepals are straw-coloured, and much 
more dotted with purple. Messrs. RoUisson have lately 
flowered it, and helieve they obtained it from Mexico. It is 
as fine a thing as S« tigrina would be if its flowers were white, 
and is very sweet-scented. 



82. DION edile. 

The addition of a new ffenus to the Cycadaceous order is 
indeed a fine thing ; and that which is now about to be de- 
scribed is quite as different from the others of the order as 
Cycas is from Zamia. For our knowledge of it we are in- 
debted to Mrs. Lavater, a lady long resident in Mexico, who 
brought home a cone and a live plant, both of which she ^pre- 
sented to the Horticultural Society. The cone was filled with 
seeds, about the size of a Spanish chesnut, but after some 
time fell to pieces, the seeds proving to be all destitute of 
embryo. The plant, which is growmg, has a simple ste^, 
like that of a Zamia, but buried in wool. The leaves are 
deep and light green, about two feet long, pinnated, with 
about sixty pairs of leaflets, which are shaped like the blade 
of a straight sword, very sharp pointed, attached to the pe* 
tiole by their whole base, with parallel simple veins, which 
pass distinctly into the petiole ; they are about two inches 
and a half long. 

Although the male and female flowers of this plant are 
unknown, the fruit affords abundant marks of distinction. 
It consists of woolly rigid scales, tapering to the point, and 
collected into a cone the size of a child's head, which scales 
are heart-shaped at the base, and bear on each lobe a single nut, 
about as large as a Chesnut. So that we have in this plant the 
cones and geminate seeds of Zamia and Eucephalartos, with 
the flat woolly scales of a Cycas ; but without the marginal 
seeds and lax inflorescence of that genus. We propose to 
characterize the genus thus : — 

Dion (Siy et (oov). Flares masculi et fasminei ignoti. Stro- 
bilus ovatus, dense lanatus, (capitis mfantis magnitudine) ; 
e squamis constans imbricatis, densissim^ lanatis, petio- 
latis, alt^ cordatis, acuminatis, intus Isevibus, basi utrin- 
que semen solitarium (Castaneee magnitudine) gerentibus. 

Arbuscula humiUs Mexicanoy foliis pinnatis ; fbliolis 

btisi laid petiolo adnatis. 



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We learn from the lady who brought this to England, that 
the seeds are employed in Mexico as a source of arrow-root 
The plant must therefore be extremely common in some parts 
of that country ; and we believe it has actually been imported 
in some abundance by a collector, who sold his stock to 
Messrs. Loddiges. 

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83. LINDLEYA mespiloides. 

Humboldt ^ Kunth nov. gen. et sp. plant. 6. 239- t. 56i. 

This very rare and curious plant has just flowered in the 
Garden of the Horticultural Society, where a single specimen 
exists, which was raised sometime since from Mr. Hartweg's 
Mexican seeds. It has something the appearance of Crataegus 
mexicana, but has a dry capsular fruit. It proves evergreen, 
and may possibly be hs^y : but of that we have as yet no ex- 
perience. Humboldt compares it for habit with the common 
Apple, but it would be better likened to a small narrow-leaved 
Medlar. 

84. SPIRANTHES rosulata. 

S. (SarooglottiB) roeidata ; foliis oblongiB coriaceis rosiilatiB glabris, scapo 
aphTUo hirsuto 2-3-yagmato« spied ovatft hir8at&, bracteis uneari-lanoeo- 
latia dono glabris, labelli oblongi rotundati Tenosi UDgae apice ezcarato 
baai bicruri. 

A Guatemala plant, not unlike Spir anthes picta. It has 
a scape about nine inches high, and a close spike of green 
flowers. The leaves are most beautifully coated on the under- 
side with vesicular cells, which give them a peculiar frosted 
appearance. Mr. Hartweg sent it to the Horticultural 
Society from Guatemala. 

85. EPIDENDRUM coIImc. 

£. (Aalizeum) eoiiare; caulibua fanformibaB elongatia apice triphjrllia* foliii 
coriaceia canalicnlatis patentibus, raoemo laxo paucinoroy ovaiio canicu- 
lato, aepalis petaliaque conformibua petaloideia lanceolatis, labello onto 
obtuBo unduiato apice recturo baai trilamellato, dinandrio maigine ele- 
Tato denticalato cincto. 

From Guatemala, where Mr. Hartweg found it Its 
stems are 18 inches long, strong and deeplv furrowed. The 
flowers are white, changing to yellow and brown as they go 
off. The anther-bed is surrounded by an elevated edge, 



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which stands up something like the collar of 9, coat. It is 
not prettj. 

86. TURRiEA lobata. 

T. lobata ; foliis rhombeis apioe trilobis dentatisqne subtas pubescentibus, 
floribas Bolitariis aziUaribnay calycibus 5-dentatis, petalis spathulatis 
colamnse longitudine, colainn& yiginti-dentat^ laciniis subulatis, anthe- 
ria 10 exsertis, OTario 5-loculari. 

A very curious stove shrub, of the Meliaceous order, rc« 
ceived by His Grace the Duke of Devonshire from Mr. Whit- 
field, who collected it at Sierra Leone. It has white axillary 
flowers, about as large as orange blossoms. It is near Turrtea 
heterophylla of Smith, a plant from the same coast of Africa. 
We shall take an early opportunity of figuring it. 

87. CALATHEA villSsa. 

C. viUo9a ; foliis subtas glands pilosis, scapo elongato bracteisque cuspida- 
tis buds yillosisi petidis obovatis bilobis. 

A Demerara plant, sent to Messrs. Loddiges by Mr. Schom- 
burgk. It has thin pale green leaves, glaucous underneath, 
and hairy. Its flowers are large, yellow, showy, in a loose 
spike, consisting of cuspidate shaggy bracts. It is a tender 
stove plant, with the habits of a perennial Canna. 

88. EARINA suaveolens. 

E. suaveolens; spica oblong*^ dens^L basi snbcompositfti labello transverso 
rbombeo versus basin bicalloso obsolete trilobo lacini^ intermedia rotun- 
data undulate emarginata. 

This extremely rare Orchidaceous plant was sold the 
other day among a collection of New Zealand varieties, brought 
to this country by Mr. Bid will, and is now in the possession 
of Messrs. Loddiges. It is a tufted species, with stems four 
to twelve inches high, clothed with narrow distichous some- 
what rigid leaves, about three inches long. The stems are 
terminated by dense oblong spikes of white flowers, having 
a double yellow spot on the lip. In a memorandum now 
before me from Mr. Bid will, I learn that it grows near 
Roturoa in New Zealand, on trees not very densely covered 
with leaves ; that it is very rare even there, exceedingly beau- 
tiful, and most deliciously perfumed. From Earina mucro- 

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nata it differs altogether in the form of the lip and the size of 
the flowers, which are collected in dense spikes, and not in 
slender branched ones. As the temperature of New Zealand 
is rarely above 7^% that circumstance will have to be attended 
to in its cultiyation. 

89. ASTER cabullcus. 

A. eabuUeut; froticosas, ramis ferrogineo-pubeBoentibus, foliis lanceoUtis 
bre?i*petiolatifl denticulatis subpabescentibas sabtiltB pallidis, floriboB 
corymDoso-panicalatiB, inTolucri squanus ovato-linearibus apicolati^ ndio 

vigintifloro Receptaculam conyezum, areolatam. Achasniam imma- 

tarum compreaso-tetragonum pubescens. Pappus aerie simpliciy pilifor- 
mis, aubaeqaalisy BcabriascaliM. Anthene ecaudatae. Stigma exacts 
Keerlia. 

Almost the only plants which the Cabul expedition has 
yet added to our gardens are the pretty Erysimum Perofskia- 
num and this ; the seeds of which were received by the 
Horticultural Society from William Griffith, Esq. now Super- 
intendent of the Botanic Garden, Calcutta. It forms a small 
half-shrubby bush, quite hardy, with willow-like rugose leaves, 
smelling something like wormwood, and flowers, at first 
white, afterwards becoming pale lilac, and resembling those 
of an American Aster. Although not referable to any of the 
sections admitted by DeCandoUe into that genus, it does not 
appear in any way distinguishable, unless the ripe fruit, at 
present unknown, should afford grounds of distinction. 

90. STENOMESSON aurantiacum. Herbert. 

&. aurantiaewn ; spatb^ aesquinnciali peratanter pallid^ vireacenteypedancolis 
maequalibuB longiore, germine ?iridi, tubo gracili j undali vel nltia in- 
feme sabyirenter pallimore aupeme X unc. lato aurantiaco, limbo aunn- 
tiaco aemoncialiy laciniarum mai^nibna undalatia , coroni brevi, sinubas 
edentatia^ filamentia ^ unc. limbo aemnndam atylo breTioribtia. Tar. !• 
Spadia interatamineia repandia. Pancr. aurantiaciun Humb. Konth. !• 
280. CMlo inprav. Quito {ipse turn vidi). Var. 2. Spatiia interatami- 
neia acut^ inciaia. Ex Quito i Spqfihrthia floruit. W. H. 

91. STENOMfiSSON eustephioides. Herbert. 

8. eMt^hioidea; apath4 unciali marceaoente pedunculoa yix auperaate, ga- 
mine viridi, tubo } unciali vel ultra infeme pallidioie baai virente (W- 
panulato \ unc. lato aurantiaco, limbo aemunciali aurantiaco marginibas 
pallidioribua^ apatiia coronas interatamineia acutd inciaia, filamentia alatit 



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alid snpeme setos^ prodnctisy aniheris limbmn Bupenntibiis stylo f unc. 
breyioribus. Ex Quiio ; SpofforthitB floruit. W. H. 

These two bulbs are only known to us by the above brief 
memoranda from the Dean of Manchester. 

92. RANDIA oxypetala. 

R. oxypetala; Bpinescens, fruticosa, undiqne glaberrima ramnlis tantum ju- 
moribuB pubeacentibuB, foliis ovalibus Bessilibus approximatisy floribus 
terminalibiis seaailibnB Bolitariis, calycis limbo qninquedentato dentibus 
aetaceisy corollse brevis infondibularis lobiB acominatis arct^ reflezis tubi 
longitadine, ovarii IocuUb diapermiB. 

This new species of Randia has been raised in the garden 
of the Horticultural Society, from seeds received from Dr. 
Falconer of Saharunpur. it forms a dense somewhat spiny 
shrub, with shining small oval densely crowded leaves, and 
solitary terminal stalkless flowers, which are yellowish and 
sweet-scented. It approaches R. dumetorum in many respects, 
but its flowers are smooth not downy, the lobes of the corolla 
are turned back and pressed close to the tube, and are drawn 
to a fine point ; finally, the teeth of the calyx are setaceous, 
and not oblong or leafy. The ovary is two-celled, and each 
cell contains a pair of ovules, fixed by their middle to a pro- 
minent placenta. It is not quite hardy here, but would pro- 
bably prove so in the south-west of England. 

93. BRONGNIARTIA sericea. 

Schkchtendahl in LintKBa^ vol. IS. p. 336. 

A downy shrub, when out of flower looking something 
like an Amorpha, with leaves pubescent on the midrib and be- 
neath, but smooth above when full grown. Each leaf consists 
of about nine pairs of oval leaflets, terminated by a little 
setaceous point. The flowers grow singly in the axils, have 
a large green calyx, and dingy purple petals very little larger 
than it is. It was raised in the garden of the Horticultural 
Society from Mexican seeds, presented by G. F. Dickson, Esq. 
It has little beauty, and is too tender for the climate of 
London. We perceive no material difference between the 
garden plant and that described by Professor Schlechtendahl, 
except toat he speaks of his flowers growing in fours ; here 
they are always solitary. We find, however, upon reading 



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his detailed description, that it was the strongest of the wild 
specimens examined hy him in' which this character existed, 
and therefore it may he presumed that the solitary flowers of 
the garden plant may be owing to its being young. 

94. ALSTRGEMERIA magnifica. Herbert. 

A. magw^ea ; perianthii sepaliB apicalatd obovatiB pallidisaimd purpurascen- 
tibus biuncialibuB 1^ unc. latis, petalo inferiore concolore rotandat^ ob- 
tuso unciam lato 1^ andalibusy saperioribas angustioribas } unc. latis 
1} longiB infeme dena^ aatorat^ porpunL Btiiato-saffiiBiB medio falviB 
sapeme fulyo-purparaBcentibaa. W. H. 

Of this fine plant a single flower has been examined by the 
learned Dean of Manchester, who regards it as a new species 
allied to the Ligtu of Feuille, which he considers distinct 
from our A. Ligtu, figured at t. 13. of 1839; the latter. 
Dr. Herbert lools upon as a very striking variety of A. pal- 
chella. The plant has been raised from seeds collected near 
Coquimbo by Mr. Bridges, and was sent us by Mr. Carter, 
seedsman, Holbom* 

95. ALSTRGEMERIA Chorillensis. Herbert. 

A. ChoriHensia; caule circiter vel sub-pedali, pedunculiB 2-3-floris, folits cir- 
citer 2\ unc. longis | latis saperfide superiore re8iipinat4 costata forti- 
ter 2-4-neryat& confertim aloo punctata inferiore surBum-vera^ glabra 
nitente, periantbio subseBqaiunciali (circiter If) dilute roseo costia ex- 
tenuB apicibusque viridibus, sepaliB lat^ spatulatis subparibus ultra sem- 
unciam latis, petalis angustioribus acutis superioribus summa parte 
dilute rosei media Intel ima pallida a parte rosea usque ad basim macu- 
lis brevibus angustis linearibus rufescentibns obliquis notatis, genitalibus 
dilute roseis, poUine pallido, capsula subspbserica seminibus parvis ro- 
tundis obscur^ brunneiB dens^ tuberculatis cbalaza obscuriore orbiculari 
medio depressa umbiHco inconspicuo subapiculato pallidiore. Habitat 
mantana Chorillos dicta prope Limam in Peruvid, W. H. 

We are unacquainted with this plant, except by the fore- 
going description ; for which, and the following, we are in- 
debted to the Dean of Manchester. 



96. BARBACENIA squamata. 

B. squamata ; (§ Yeitcbia, vel> si mavis, genus Veitcbia; squamis sex petaloi- 
deis stamina et limbi lacinias interpositis) foliis subtrifariam patentibus 
triancialibus canaliculatis acutis viridibus margine sub lente scabro, caulc 
quadrunciali subtereti unifloro undo, germine subtrigone anguste snb- 
campanulato f unc. longo luteo rubro-striato angolis subaculeatiB, tubo 



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parili I anc. limbo ladniis acnt^ saberectd aemipateiitibtis ultra semun- 
cialibus acutis rubm^ sepaloram costi lutescente, antheris fauce tubi 
subseasilibuB sub-j-ancialibasy aqnamis longitadine antheras pamm su- 
perantiboa liberis saperne latioribus erosis rubris infeme latescentibuB^ 
stylo erecto gracili antberis brevioire pallido, stigmate param crassiore 
rabeacente. Habitat BraziUam in numtibw Organ dictis. Credo equp- 
demjilamenta in Barbaeenid purpured (cujua inter VeUosias et Barbace- 
nias tantumjhrea recentes vidi) apiee eroea et antheras euperantia squamas 
esse reverd Jllamenta mentientes et antherarum dorso adnatas, gucdes in 
hdc sectione Veitehid liberas invenimus vix ed ratione, ut credvderim^ a 
Barbaeenid ^mnino distinguendd W. H. 

This neat little plant is one of the many novelties intro- 
duced by the collector of Mr. Veitch, nurseryman, at Exeter, 
who called it a Vellosia ; but Vellosia has numerous stamens 
in fascicles. It approaches nearer to Barbacenia, from which 
it is distinguished by six remarkable petaloid scales between 
the segments of the limb and the anthers. Mr. Veitch well 
deserves that the section of Barbacenia with free scales, or 
genus if it be considered distinct, should be named after 
him. W. H. 



97. EPIDENDRUM diotum. 

E. CEncyclium) diotum; pseudobulbis ovatis corragatis monopbyllis^ foliia 
coriaceis ensatis patolis racemo daplo brevioribus, floribus distantibusy 
aepalis petalisque obovatis unguicnlatis undulatis acatis, labelli obtus^ 
rhombei tripartiti azi elevato camoso in medio foveato> laciniis lateralibus 
planis erectis rotundatis, iiitennedi& rotundata undulata cnspidata con- 
veza, clinandrio integro. 

From Guatemala, where it was found by Mr. Hartweg. 
Its leaves are about a foot long, spreading, and very stiff. 
The raceme is about two feet high. The flowers are an inch 
and a half in diameter, of a dull cinnamon colour, with a little 
yellow and some chocolate veins in the lip. It is one of the 
many species in the way of E. asperum. The flowers are 
either scentless, or have a slight odour of Elder leaves. 

98. SCLEROON oleinum. 

ScLERooN. Calyx campanulatas, bre?iter 4-dentata8. Corolla infundibuli- 
fonnisy limbo qoadnfido. Stamina 4. Ovarium 4-loculare9 loculis uni- 
ovulatis, oviilis lateraliter affixis. Stylus brevis. Stigmata diatincta, 
obtusa. Drupa indehiacens, calyce immutato aufiulta, putamine oaseo, 
loculis 4 (quorum 2 seepe abortiant) monospermis. Semina oblonga late- 
raliter affixa. Embryonis recti radicula ad basin fiructus spectans brevis- 
sima ; cotyledones crassee carnosse. Plumula inconspicua.— ^Frutex ; 



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foliiB oppoiitiB int^pris integerrimiB^ infloresceatia axillui cymoaa pand- 
flora. BetUham in Hit. 

There is a little Mexican shrub in our gardens, with the 
appearance of an Olive, the flowers of a Verbena, and the 
name of Daphne* Mr. Hartweg found it in fruit only, and 
sent it to the Horticultural Garden, where it has flowered ; 
and has proved to be a new genus of the Verbenaceous order, 
for which Mr. Bentham has framed the preceding technical 
character. Its nearest affinity seems to be with ^giphila. 
The flowers are small, greenish white, in little axillary cymes. 
It has no beauty. 

99. PERISTERIA. 

Upon reconsidering the generic character of this genus, 
and carefully studying its species, we find that it has not yet 
been defined with sufficient exactness, and that we ourselves 
lately, deceived by habit and a loose definition, have admitted 
into it a species which ought to have been excluded. The 
type of the genus is the Dove Plant, or Spirito Santo, of Pa- 
nama, in which we find an erect scape; globose fleshy flowers; 
equal and regular sepals united at' the base, but projectiDg 
forwards with the chin usual in the Maxillaridous section ; a 
lip continuous with the column, fleshy, arrow-headed at the 
base, distinctlv articulated in the midcUe, and having its epi- 
chilium undivided and bent down over the face of the column; 
a column short, fleshy, and wingless ; and finally a pair of 
furrowed pollen-masses, sessile on a narrow gland. With 
these peculiarities, most of the Peristerias afterwards published 
agree, except that their scapes are pendulous, instead of being 
erect. 

But I find that Peristeria Humboldti, figured at t. 18 of 
this volume, is in some important respects different ; its upper 
sepal stands a little apart, so as to give the flower somewhat 
a two-lipped appearance ; its labellum has no articulation in 
the middle ; and its pollen-masses are placed at the end of a 
narrow caudicle, terminating in a crescent-shaped gland; 
added to which the column is furnished with a pair of veiy 
broad wings. All these circumstances induce us now to sepa- 
rate Peristeria Humboldti under the name of Acineta, in 
allusion to the immoveable jointless condition of the lip* 
Peristeria Barkeri is a second species of this genus. 



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In addition to these we have a plant in cultivation, disco* 
vered by Mr. Hartweg in Guatemala, the habit of which is 
exactly that of a Peristeria, but which has the lip not only 
articulated in the middle but also with the column, and has 
the caudicle and gland of Lycaste, from which it differs, inde- 
pendently of habit, in having two pollen-masses and not four. 
To this plant I propose to give the old classical name of 
Liacaena, which the incision between the upper and lower half 
of the lip renders applicable. 

The following will be the technical characters of the plants 
to which these observations apply. 

Peribteri4. Hooker Bot. Moff. 3116. PeriaDthium globoBom. Sepala 
basi connata concaya. Petala conformia, paul6 minora. Labellain cum 
columnft continaumy epichilio oamoso incombente indiviao cum hypo- 
cbilio sagittato leyit^r articulato. Golomna erecta, aemiteres, aptera, c. 
hypochilio continaa. Anthera ecristata, bilocolaria. PoUinia 2, postic^ 
fissa^ in glandolam linearem sessilia.— — Herbse Bubterrestres, psendo-' 
bolboaiB. Folia plicata. Scapi Taginati, radicaleB, moltiflori. florea 
speciosi. 

1. P. elaia (Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 3116); scapo erecto orgyali, racemo 
laxo elongato^ epichilio rotundato serrulato medio elevato calloso, hypo- 
chilio mazimo lobis obtusis disco nnidentatis colnmn^ longioribus.^— 

Panama, Flowers white, with lilac specks on the base of the lip^ 

▼ery sweet-scented. Stem sometimes six feet high. 

*i. ¥.pendula (Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 3479. P. maeulata^ Hort.); scapo 
brevi pendolo, racemo denso, epichilio rotundato integerrimo supra bi- 
lameliato, hypochilio elongato lobis rotundatis callo maximo lunato in 

medio, column^ bicomi, rostello truncate. Demerara. Flowers 

pale purple, spotted with lilac, with a scarcely pleasant aromatic odour. 

3. P. guttata (Knowles & Westcott, Floral Cabinet, t. 70.) ; racemo breyi 

denso pendulo, epichilio rhombeo-oblongo serrulato leviter Terrucoso, 
hypochilio brevi lobis acutis, column^ muticl, rostello breyi.— Dem«rara. 

Flowers deeply speckled with brownish purple, on a pale dingy 

ground, rather agreeably sweet-scented with an aromatic resinous odour. 

4. P. eerina ^Lindl. in iBot. Ree. t. 1953.) ; scapo brevi pendulo, racemo 

denso, epichilio ovato emargmato crispo serrulato, hypochilii lobis bre* 

▼ibus acutiusculis, column^ mutica, rostello truncato. Central Ameriea. 

Flowers yellow, unspotted, with the smell of bruised juniper leavesi 

only more aromatic. 

100. ACINETA. 

Perianthium camosum, patulum, sepalis basi connatis supremo subascendente. 
Petala conformia, paulo minora. Labellum cum columnft continuum^ 
camosissimam, hypochilio oblongo concavo, epichilio baud articulato tri- 
partito ascendente, basi appendice carnos& aucto. Columna erecta 
utrinque in marginem latum rotundatum producta. Anthera ecristata, 
bilocularis, Polhnia 2, postice sulcata, caudiculft linearis glaadullL lu- 
nati. Herbse Peri^teriae habitu. 



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1. A. HumMdHi {Peritteria Hunthotdiu, Lindl. in Bot Reg. 1843, t. 18. 

Anguloa tuperbUf H* B. K. nov. &8p. 1. 343. t. 93. Lindl. g. & sp. ordi. 
160.) ; petalis quam sepala dapl6 miDoribaSy callo labelli lineari simplici 
lacinii intermeaia biloD& latendibuB cuneatis, columna breyi alia latis- 

simia. Central America. Racemes very long, pendulous. Flowers 

of a rich purplish browUf enlivened by deep spots and blotches of the 
same. 

2. A. Barkeri (Peruieria Barkeria, Bateman Orch. Mex. et 6uat. t. 8.); 

petalis sepalis sequalibus, caUo labelli duplici inferiore lineari yilloso 
superiore subhastato apice 3-dentato basi multidentato, lacinift inter- 
medin emarginatli lateralibus acinaciformibus, column^ elongate ahs sn- 

gustioribus. Mexico, Scape long, penduloifltSt lax, many-flowered. 

Flowers yellow, whole coloured. The lip has certainly no articulation 
in the middle, although from Mrs. Withers's figure in Mr. Bateman'i 
splendid plate such would seem to be the case. 

101. LACUNA. 

Perianthium camosum patens, sepalis subsequalibus basi subconnatis. Pe- 
tala conformia minora. Labellum cum columniL et medio articnlatum, 
hypochilio unguiculato cuneato bUobo apice pulvinato, epichilio integro. 
Columna erecta semiteres PoUinia 2, postic^ fissa, caudicula setaoe&y 
glandul& minut&. — -Herbse, Peristeriae habitu. 

1. Lacsna bieolor. Guatemala Racemes long, drooping. Flowers 

pale yellow, with the lip spotted with dark purple. 

102. CYMBIDIUM chloranthum. 

C. chloranthum; foliis ensiformibus supra pseudobulbum breve oblongam 
equitantibuB obtusis supra medium planis recurvis, racemo stricto foliu 
breviore, bracteis minutissimis, sepalis petalisque obtusis, labelloban 
pubescente apice retuso emarginato laciniis laterahbus nanis triangdsri- 
bus, lamellis distantibus arcuatis verrucosis* 

A Nepalese species, v^hich has lately flowered with Messrs. 
Loddiges. Its strictly erect racemes, such as those of C. ensi- 
folium, separate it widely from the majority of Indian species. 
The sepals and petals are green ; the lip yellowish spotted with 
crimson at the base. After flowering the blossoms soon be- 
come of a dusky wine colour. 

103. ACHIMENES hirsiita. 

A. hirmita; caulibtts hirsutis paniculatis bulbilliferis, foliis cordatis semtis 
hirsutis, pedunculis solitariis foliis asqualibus, corolls limbo piano Isci- 
niis rotundatis serrulatis. 

^ This very pretty new species of a charming genus was 
raised by Mr. Henderson, of Pine Apple Place, from among 



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a mass of Guatemala Orchidacese bought at one of Mr. 
Skinner^s sales. It is in the way of A. pedunculata, but the 
flowers are larger, the border is much more flat, . and the 
colour is a deep rich rose instead of the clear orange of A. 
pedunculata. We hope soon to be able to figure this. 

104. EPIDENDRUM limbatum. 

£. limbatum (Encyclium) ; oiiiliin6 facie E. fflauci, sed sepalis petalisqae sub- 
rotnndo-ovatisy columnse appendice trancat& dentatii tenui, floribus 
dapl6 majoribag. 

A Guatemala plant, purchased by Messrs. Loddiges at one 
of Mr. Skinner's sales. It has quite the habit of E. glaucum, 
but is much larger, and its flowers have roundish sepals and 
petals, like those of E. squalidum. The appendage at the 
back of the anther is thin, truncate and toothed, not rounded, 
fleshy and entire. It flowered in August last. The name 
alludes to a narrow yellowish border which surrounds the dull 
purplish brown sepals and petals. It has a very slight smell, 
like that of cobler's wax. 

105. ACRIOPSIS picta. 

A. picta ; pseudobulbis ovatis, foliis solitariis linearibus canaliculatis patulis 
emarginatis, scapo paniculato, labelli laciniis lateralibus triangularibus 
intermedin elongate lineari disco bilamellato, columnse brachiis 2 glan- 
dolosis. 

A rather pretty small flowered Orchidaceous plant, with 
the habit of Sarcanthus pallidus. Its flowers are white and 
green, with a dull purple stain at the point of the four seg- 
ments of the perianth, and the same colour on the disk of the 
lip, leaving a white border all round. We have received it 
from M. Van Houtte of Ghent, who informs us that it was 
obtained at Bantam, in the virgin forests of Datarbjaay and 
Bodjomanik, on the river Tjileman, by Mr. Adolph Papeleu, 
one of the partners in M. Van Houtte 's Nursery. 

106. VERTICORDIA densiflora. 

LindUy Swan River Vegetation^ p. vi, 

A small heath-like shrub, with dotted scentless leaves, and 
corymbs of pink flowers, not white as they were supposed to 



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be from the appearance of dried specimens. It is one of the 
curious race of Fringe Myrtles. The flowers are exquisitely 
beautiful when viewed with a magnifying glass, but they are 
not bright enough in colour, nor in sufficient mass to produce 
a striking effect. It is a native of Swan River, and has been 
raised in the Nursery of Messrs. Veitch of Exeter. 

107. GOVENIA fasciata. 

G. fueiata ; spic^ elongate cylindraceft, bracteis ovario seqaaliboBy sqpalii 
angustis acutis, petiJis oboyato-lanceolatis dapl6 lationbns, labello ob- 
longo apiculato intus leevi, anthene macrone inflezo. 

A discovery by Mr. Linden, who sent it from Mexico to 
Mr. Rucker. It is one of the prettiest of this genus of Or- 
chidacesB, having clear yellow flowers, whose sepals and petals 
are beautifully marked by fine broken bands of crimson. The 
long bracts, thin narrow spike of flowers, and oblong, not 
ovate, lip, are the marks by which it is best recognized. 

108. FRIESIA peduncularis. 

DeCand. Prodr. 1. 520. 

A neat evergreen half-hardy shrub, with deep green 
leathery ovate-lanceolate serrated leaves, sometimes opposite, 
sometimes alternate, and varying a good deal in the length of 
their foot-stalks. The flowers are something like those of an 
Andromeda speciosa, white, drooping from a slender stalk, 
and composed of from four to six sepals and petals. The latter 
are wedge-shaped, exactly 3-cleft, with two deep crimson 
stripes in the middle. The plant, which we owe to the kind- 
ness of Mr. Henderson, of Pine Apple Place, will probably 
become a pretty conservatory plant ; or perhaps it may be as 
hardy as a Camellia ; but that has to be ascertained. It 
belongs to the Elseocarpaceous order. 

109. BOLBOPHYLLUM calamarium. 

B. ealamarium ; pseadobulbis tetragonis, folio oblongo piano coriaceo obtiua 
basi canalicalato, scapo stricto longisBimo apice florido> bracteis membra- 
naceis emarcidis ovarii longitadine, sepalis angustd triangularibaa mar- 
gine pubescentibus, petalis comuformibus subteretibus glabria, labello 
sessili mobili linear! basi solcato maigine omni tomentoso aapia mediam 
villis longissimia crinitnm, colamnce coniabas faleatis. 



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A very singular plant, allied to B. saltatorium, and like 
that species having a moveable lip fringed with long purple 
hairs, which rises and falls spontaneously as the stem sways 
about in the wind. Its scape is full two feet long, stiff and 
erect. The flowers are of a dirty yellow ochre colour with a 
little purple upon them ; the lip is dull purple. For our spe- 
cimens we are indebted to Col. Fielding, who procured the 
species from Sierra Leone. 

110. MILTONIA Candida; var. grandiflora. 

Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838. misc. 29* Sertum Orch. t. 21. 

Of this fine plant a most beautiful variety has flowered 
with Mr. Rucker, who purchased it in Hamburgh. Its flowers 
are twice as large as those of the original variety, the lip is of 
a most brilliant white, and the sepals and petals are of a deep 
rich brown spotted towards the extremities only with yellow. 

111. CATASETUM Naso. 

C. Noio ; spicft brevi erect&, sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis complicatis petalisque 
lanceoktis ascendentibus seqoalibuB^ labello hemiaphserico apice abrupt^ 
in appendicem camoBam ovatum obtusum producto : marginibus basi 
tenuibus laceria amplezicolumnibas : hnek intramarginali camo8& inflexa 
comuyente aperturam cordiformem efficiente, columna bicirrhoBa. 

This singular plant was received last year from Linden by 
Mr. Rucker, with whom it has lately flowered. It is a plant 
whose flowers before opening might be mistaken for C. tri- 
dentatum, but when expanded they are totally different. The 
sepals and petals, which are very pale dull green outside, are 
slightly pink inside, and richly spotted, in irregular bars, with 
a deep crimson-purple. The lip is a most singular organ, 
and very difficult to describe. Viewed from the side it has a 
hemispherical form, and is green except at the base, where it 
is extended into a black-purple lacerated margin embracing 
the column, and at the point where it is extended into a long 
flat horn or nose. Seen in front it is almost wholly of the 
same rich black-purple, and looks as if it were a solid hemi- 
sphere pierced in the middle with a large heart-shaped hole ; 
but this appearance is owing to a thick fleshy rim which rises 
from within the true edge of the lip, and directing itself in- 
wards horizontally with an uneven outlinci at last touches in 



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front of the column, and produces the appearance of a junction. 
The flowers have no smell. 

112. MASDEVALLIA floribunda. 

H, JtorilnMda ; folio camoao spathulato obtuso apice tridentato, so^ lon- 
giore anifloro, flore bilabiato, Bepalis lateralibus oblongis doTBali diip]6 
breyiore ovato omnibus in acumen linearem obtnsum productiBy petalii 
truncatis anticeinfira medium unidentatia lineia diiabua bferibua eamotb 
venua apicem incraBsatisy labello ovato-oblongo hen lineia duabua elevatiB 
camosis rotundatia obsoletis. 

A little Mexican Orchidaceous plant, from the collection 
of John Rogers, Esq. of Sevenoaks, flowering profusely during 
a large part of the year. The leaves are olive green, about 
three inches and a half long, including the stalk, of a thick 
texture, and a rounded, not acute, margin. The flowers are 
a dull brownish yellow, and grow singly on slender stalks five 
or six inches long. The length of the sepals is about three 
quarters of an inch. It is the only species of this singular 
genus not found in the northern hemisphere. 

113. RODRIGUEZIA carnea. 

B. eamea ; pteudobulbis compreBsia ovaMbua, foliis lanceolatia canalieolatii 
acutia, racemo secundo foliis breviore asoendente, sepalo supremo fond- 
cato inferiore bidentato, petalis ofatis obtusis', labello jnzt4 basin aurito 
disco interrupt^ bilamellato apice cuneato emarginato, columnft elongata 
basi lanat&. 

A discovery of Mr. Linden in Columbia, in the year 1842, 
very like a small pale specimen of R. secunda. It differs 
however not merely in size and colour, but in having only two 
instead of three raised plates on the bend of the labellum, and 
in its column being unusually long and woolly. We are in- 
debted for our specimen to the Rev. J. Clowes. The foliage 
is much the same as that of R. secunda, but narrower. 



114. BEATONIA atrata. 

Herbert in Utteris. 

B. atrata ; cormo oblong^ ovato apiculato, foliis plicatis suberectis acntif 
utrinque attenuatis 12-15-unc. sesquiunc. vel ultra latis ^labris [msrgiiie 
Tix sub lente subscabro] viridibus, caule bipedali articulis foliaceo-brs^ 
teatis, spatb& 2^ unc. biTslfi sequali bracteis 2 intemis minoribus, floii- 
bus successivis, pedunculis teretibus undam exsertis yirescentibus, omno 



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semoDciali oblongo infmne attenuatOy perianthio sesqaiunciam patente 
antemeridiano fugad, sepaloram ungue pallid^ vireaceate dens^ etminat^ 
faaco-parpureo notato lanuD& rotandatft concav^ fasco-parpareft, infeme 
pallida, petalis brevioribiu ungae angnstiore pallidiore laming pallid^ 
saperne fQaoo-pnrpore^ colamD& stamine^ -^ nnc. antheria -fg one. 
acatis diyaricatia polline obscor^ aureo, ttyli lobia tenuibus depreasia an- 
peme bifidis Btigmate minato terminali, capaula tr^n& undali. W. H. 

This plant was imported by Sir C. Lemon in the spring 
of I84id, having been sent by Mr. J. Rule, of the Real del 
Monte mines. The foregoing character is taken from a de- 
scription transmitted by Mr. Booth, and an examination of 
the dry specimen of the plant and flower sent from Carclew 
in a letter. It appears to agree in essential points with 
Beatonia purpurea, and Beatonia curvata, one of Hartweg's 
plants, which flowered at Spoffbrth in August, 184>S. — W. H. 

The following is Mr. Booth's, above alluded to : — " This 
plant has so great a resemblance to the old Tigridia Pavania 
in general appearance, that I suspected it to be nothing more 
than a variety of that well known plant. On flowering, how* 
ever, it proved to be totally difierent, by no means so showy, 
but quite as remarkable in some respects, especially in its 
flowers, which are beautifully pencilled all over with dark 
coloured spots like a Fritillary. 

'^ Bulbs ovate oblong, tapering upwards. Leaves ensiform, 
plaited, nearly erect, oblong lanceolate acute, quite smooth 
and of a rich deep green on both sides ; varying from twelve 
to fifteen inches in length, and one and a half or two inches in 
breadth, tapering gradually to both ends. Scape two feet 
high, (extrafoliaceous as in other Beatonias — W. H.) round 
and erect with several joints, having each a one-leaved spathe, 
similar in form and colour to the leaves, but narrower and 
shorter, producing several flowers one and a half inch in dia- 
meter, which open in succession, one at a time, and continue 
expanded during the day, finally closing again in the after- 
noon. Pedicells round, pale green, an inch longer than the 
spathe. Sepals ovate oblong concave, the inner half (unguis) 
which is narrowest, of a pale dirty green marked with nume- 
rous small dark brown spots. The outer portion (lamina) is 
roundish concave and reflexed, of a very deep brown colour, 
paler towards the margin, and spotted. Petals about half as 
long as the sepals, but broader in proportion and more con- 
cave, tapering to a narrow claw at the base, and having a 
small roundish reflexed point, spotted in the same way as the 

I.— 1843. 



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sepals, (certainly not so in the specimen. — W. H.) Column 
round, erect, brownish yellow, rather higher than the depth 
of the cup, bearing at the top three lai^, oblong-lanceolate 
antherSf which spread in the same direction as the sepals, and 
split along the margin to emit the pollen which is dark co- 
loured. Styles three, apparently six, owing to each of them 
being divided near the base into two roundish, curved, shining 
yellowish coloured bodies. Capsule triangular, an inch long, 
pale green, 3-celled, containing numerous seeds in each, 
attached in twos to the placenta. The plant delights in a 
rich loamv soil, and is probably quite as hardy as the Tigridia 
Pavonia.' 

In addition to this» the learned Dean of Manchester adds, 
that *^ the true stigma appears to be the terminal point of each 
lobe, as in other Beatonias, and not a fimbriated line along the 
lobes, as in Tigridia. It appears under the lens to have be- 
tween the lobes the same minute crest as B. purpurea. The 
anthers are decurved as in Beatonia, not recurved as in Tigri- 
dia. It seems to be in perfect accordance with B. purpurea 
and B. curvata.*' 



115. BEATONIA curvata. 

Herbert in litteris. 

B. curvata ; cormo ut in B. purpurea, foliis 7 et ultra anc. sub | unc. latis 
plicatis.acutis glabris Yiridibus, caule tenui extrafoliaceo bractea circitn' 
Besquiunc. infra Bpatham tenui acuta 3 J unc, spathl I -Tain acut4 sub- 
sesquiunciali, pedunculis supernd ezsertis curratis, ovario trigono i unc, 
penanthiq unguibus crateritbrmiter approximatis macula ad basim pur- 
pure&, sepalinis inferne pallide viridi-lutescentibus medio minutd pur- 
pure& punctatis supernc densius punctatis lutescentibus lamina pateute 
rubro-purpure& semunciam lata ultra semunc. long4 apicem subacutum 
yersdts undulat&, unguibus petalinis magis crateriformibus dens^ obscur^ 
purpurea punctatis super ne obscur^ rubro-purpureis cubito velut utrinque 
in cratere lateraliter prominente lamina rubro-purpure& -fg lat4 j- unc. 
loDga subreflex^ patente crateriformi acut&y column^ 8tamine4 ungues 
subsequante pallidal, antheris sesailibus basi latiore obtuse snbulatis 
loculis sepala respicientibus parum decurvis poUine rufescentey styli lobis 
rubro-purpureis decurvis superne bifidis lobis tenuibus glabris decurvis 
stigmate minuto terminali. W. B, 

One of Hartweg's plants, probably from Comalapan or the 
ticinity of Real del Monte. It confirms the correctness of the 
separation of Beatonia: conforming in all the important 
features of difference, though differing from i?. purpurea in 



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important points, especially the curvature of the peduncle. 
The Beatonias, whether considered as a section or a distinct 
genus, have much smaller flowers, in all tending to purple, 
and they will not breed with Tigridia as far as tried. — W. H. 

116. STANHOPE A guttulata. 

S. guttulata : sepalo sopremo oblongo concavo apice abrupt^ recarro, labelli 
hypochilio angusto a latere compreBso apice carnoso dente,va]ido inflexo, 
epichilii comubus lateralibus teretibas apiculatis lobo intermedio ovato 
indiviso brevioribus, columnsL apice tantiim abrupt^ alat4. 

Of this very singular and most distinct species I have only 
seen a single flower, from the collection of J. H. Wanklyn, 
Esq. of Crumpsell House, and I am unacquainted with its 
history. The flower was rather small for the genus, of a clear 
very pale nankin colour, closely covered all over with small 
crimson and brown spots and dots, even up to the tip of the 
labellum. It is to be hoped that further information con- 
cerning it will soon be gained. It is a plant of the greatest 
interest. 

117. CYCNOCHES ventricosum, and 
CYCNOCHES Egertonianum. 

" Strange things," says Mr. Bateman, in his magnificent 
work on Orchidacese, now alas concluded — *'and no less 
strange than true — have already been recorded of Orchida- 
ceous plants, but the case which is repres^ted in the accom- 
panying plate casts into the shade all former frolics of this 
Protean tribe. The facts are briefly as follow. 

*^ Among Mr. Skinner's earliest Guatemala collections, 
attention was particularly directed to the specimens of a plant 
which to the habit of a Cycnockes joined the long pendulous 
stems of a Gongora^ and for the possession of which, in a 
living state, no small anxiety was entertained. Some plants 
were speedily transmitted by Mr. Skinner, but these, on flow- 
ering, proved to be merely the old C ventricosum. A mistake 
was of course suspected, and Mr. Skinner being again applied 
to, sent over a fresh supply of plants, for the authenticity of 
which he vouched; but these were scarcely settled in the 
stove, when flowers of C. ventricosum were again produced. 
Mr. Skinner being importuned for the third time, and being 



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then on the point of returaing to this country, determined to 
take one of the plants under his special protection during the 
voyage, which, flowering on the passage, seemed to preclude 
the possibility of further confusion or disappointment. The 
specimens produced at sea were exhibited, and the plant itself 
placed in the stove at Knypersley, where it commenced grow- 
mg with the utmost vigour. The season of flowering soon 
arrived, but brought with it a recurrence of the former scene 
of astonishment and vexation, for the blossoms, instead of 
those of the coveted novelty, were not distinguishable from the 
old C. ventricomm. These were still hanging to the stem 
when the inexplicable plant sent forth a spike of a totally dif- 
ferent character, and which was, in fact, precisely similar to 
the specimens gathered in Guatemala, and to those produced 
on the voyage. It is, at present, impossible to attempt any 
explanation of so strange a phenomenon, especially on the 
supposition that the two forms of flower are analogous to the 
male and female blossoms of other tribes, for C. ventrtcoswoi 
alone not unfrequently perfects seeds/' 

The plant here alluded to is a Cycnoches, which at one 
time bears large green flowers, in a short spike, with broad 
flat sepals and petals, and a convex white ovate undivided 
labellum ; and at another produces small blackish simple 
flowers in a very long drooping spike, with narrow sepals and 
petals rolled back upon the stalk, and a circular purple label- 
lum, with the edge broken up into many fingers, a lancet- 
shaped appendage at the point, and a kind of horn springing 
from the middle. These things are so totally difierent that, 
notwithstanding the strange sportings represented at fol. 1951 
of this work, and the unquestionable authority of Mr. Bato- 
man, there were many persons, well skilled in the habits of 
Orcbidaceae, who felt convinced that some mistake had been 
made, and that in reality it was impossible that such totally 
different flowers could have been borne by one and the same 
plant. 

But what is impossible in nature ? 

On the 15th o\ September last, I received from Robert 
Steyner Holford, Esq. of Westonbirt, near Tetbury in Glouces- 
tershire, a flower-spike bearing flowers of Cycnoches ventri- 
cosum and C. Egertonianum intermixed ; it was exhibited at 8 , 
meeting of the Horticultural Society, and I now produce a 
figure of it. The plant which bore this specimen had been 



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purcliased by Mr. Holford of Messrs. Rollissons of Tooting as 
Cycaoches ventrkosum. 

Here it will be seen 
that fig, 2. is nearly 
Cycnockei ventricomm, 
but its lip is here and 
there raised into warts, 
which are the begin- 
ning of the lobes of 
C £gertomanum, and 
moreover some of the 
dark purple of the 
latter is appearing at 
the base of the column 
and the tips of the 
sepals. At fig. S. the 
purple of Egertonia- 
num is displacing the 
green of ventricosum, 
the sepals are rolling 
back, and the label- 
lum is almost wholly 
changed, but the sepals 
are still those of C. 
ventricosum. At fig. 4. 
and 5. the transfonna< 
tion is complete. 

Another curious 
point in this instance 
IS that the transforma^ 
tions occur in no cer- 
tain order. The lowest 
flower on the spike, 
No. 1, is more Egertontanum than ventricoium ; the next above 
it, No. 2, is almost wholly ventricosum ; that which succeeds, 
No. 3, is more ventricosum than £gertonianum ; and 4< and 5, 
the last on the spike, are wholly Eyertonianum. 

What with such cases as this, the Dean of Manchester's 
Nardssi, and the singular hybrids with which botanists 
are becoming familiar, all ideas of species and stability of 
structure in the vegetable kingdom, are shaken to tbeir 
foundation. 



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118. LONICERA divereifolia. 

Wall, cat herb. ind. no. 477* 

L. dwernfolia ; pabescens, erecta, foliis ovatis acatis, floribas geminis smu- 
libas ludlliiribus, corollas lobo inferiore lineari recurro tuperiore oordito 
convexo apice trancato tridentato. 

A hardy sbrub, raised in the Garden, of the Horticultural 
Society from seeds presented by the Honourable Court of 
Directors of the East India Company. It is in the way of 
Lonicera Xylosteum, the common Fly Honeysuckle, and has 
bright yellow sessile flowers appearing in June. 

119. EPIDENDRUM dichrSmum. 

E. (Encydiam) dichrammm ; pseudobulbia oyato-fasifoniiibas diphyllia, foliis 
ligulatis plants apice rotandatis racemo laxo paucifloro brevioribns, 
sepalis liiieari-lanceolatia, petalis oboTato-lanceolatia latioribus, labelli 
tnlobi lobo medio obcordato cam mucrone planes costato lateralibns 
dapl6 brevioribas rotandatis apice patalis, colamn4 apice biaurit&. 

A specimen of this plant was exhibited to the Horticul- 
tural Societjr on the 3rd Oct. by Mr. Quesnel of Havre, who 
stated that it came to him from Pernambuco. Unfortunately 
its colours were much changed, and it was in such a bad state 
that no positive opinion could be formed of it except that it is 
new. If, as we are informed, it had, when fresh, pure white 
sepals and petals, and a rich rose-coloured labellum, it must 
be handsome ; but when we saw it, the flowers were of a dirty 
yellow. Thev are a little larger than those of JEpidendrwn 
bifidunij to which indeed the species nearly approaches ; but 
its flowers do not seem to be panicled, the labelliun wants the 
two appendages found in that species, the column has two 
large ears, and the latter organ is perfectly free from the 
labellum. 

120. EPIDENDRUM leucochilum. 

Khtzsch in Gartenzeit. 1843. p. 145. 

E. (Spatbiam) leueoehUum ; foliis distichis, coriaceis, patenti-recarvis, ob* 
toais, emarginatis, subtas costato-caiinatis, basi articalato^vagiiiatis ; 
racemo simplici, termiDali, 6 floro, e spatlia ancipiti pedunculo breviorc 
orto ; floribus magnis, arcoato-pedicellatis, odoratis ; perigouii foliolis 
linearibus, acatis, flavo-viridibas, venas basin attenaatis, margine te- 



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carvifl, interioribuB patenti-arcuatiB^ exterioribus deflexis ; labello trilobo 
albido, lobiB lateralibuB brevioribus, integerrimiB, oblique orbicularibuB, 
intermedio elongato, acuminato, venis baseos 3, elevatiB instructo ; co- 
lamna elongata, Candida, inferne ad apicem biloba. 

This is a plant found in the Caraccas hy Mr. Edward 
Otto, in March, 1 840, growing on the stems of trees at the 
height of 4500 feet ahove the sea. It is said to prefer a cool 
house, and to have heen shewn at the Botanical exhibition at 
Prague by Professor Tausch. It is fully described by Messrs. 
Klotzch and Edward Otto in the above mentioned place. 



121. MAXILLARIA rugSsa. 

SchetdweUer in GartenzeiL 1843. p. 101. 

M. rugosa ; pseudobalbis oblongiB compreBsiB Bulcatis monopbyllis vaginatiB ; 
foliis laiiceolotiB coriaceiB rugosis apice obliquiB emarginatis mucronatiB, 
basi plicads ; Bcapo unifloro yaginato erecto pBeadobulbo longior, Bcapi 
▼agiuiB 6-8 yentricoBiB, marginatiB, caiinatiB acutiB, BepaliB lateralibus 
lanceolatiB explanatiB, Bnpremo fomicato, petaliB angustioribuB conni- 
yentibuB ; labello trilobo camoso, lobis lateralibaB iQtegriB, intermedio 
oblongo apice Bolcato, in azi callo obcordato ad baBin callo oblongo 
craBsiore munito. 

A Brazilian plant, according to its author allied to his 
Maxillaria galeata, the flowers of which have appeared in 
Count Aremberg's collection. Its pseudo-bulbs are described 
as being two inches high and nine lines broad ; the leaf nine 
inches long and fifteen lines broad ; the scape S^ inches 
high. The sepals, are lanceolate, acute, ochraceous, purple 
towards the base ; the petals are purple ; tha lip dark purple ; 
the pollen-masses four, with a transverse transparent gland, 
and a membranous white caudicula. 



122. CRYPTOSANUS scriptus. 

Scheidweiler in Gartenzdt. 1843. /?. 101. 

Under this name is described a Brazilian Orchidaceous 
plant, said to be botanically intermediate between Cjmbi- 
dium and Maxillaria. The pseudo-bulbs are one-leaved, com- 
pressed and two-edged. The leaf is lanceolate, coriaceous, 
opaque, and mucronate. The racemes are axillary ; the 
bracts subulate and very small ; the flowers two or three on 
each stalk, scentless, small, green, with sanguine spots and 



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lines. Mr. Scheidweiler giyes the following definition of his 
new genus. 

Char. gen. Perianthiam cxplmatnm, septlis petaUsqae sabttqnslilrat, tepalo 
supremo fomicato, labello indiTiao oblongo apiculato, diaco calloao, com 
baai colnmnse accretOy saccato ; aaocnli ore dliis denus cincto ; colamna 
brevia clavata apice auiicolata. Anthera nnilocolaria, polliiiia dao, 
pyriformia, poatiAe anlcata ; caudicola aabolata, glandola oblonga. 

123. CATTLEYA Arembergii. 

Scheidweiler in GartenzeiL 1843. p. 109. 

C. JremberffH ; aepalis lateralibna falcatia obtuBinsculiay aapremo lanoeolato^ 
petalis latioribua imdiilatia» labelli triiobi lobia undulato-criBpisy inter- 
medio margine lilacino lamina Intea, lateralibas margine lateacentibiiiy 
apatha horoaoea compreaaa obtuaa, psendobnlbia <^lindraceia niddiB, 
foliia ovatia camosiay obsure Tiridibaa. Canlia 8 poU. altna, fol. 4 poll, 
longa, 2 poll, lata, florea inodori. 

This species, says Mr. Scheidweiler, although having 
much resemblance to some others, is nevertheless distin- 
guished by its beautiful dull CTeen ovate leaves, and its great 
filac flowers. It is a Brazilian species, and we presume 
described from Count Aremberg's garden, though that is 
not stated. 

124. EPIDENDRUM glutinosum. 

Scheidweiler in Gartenzeit. 1843. j>. 110. 

B. fflutinotum; foliia in pseudobulboa pyriformes tnnicatoa glabroa, binia 
linearibuB coriaceia oblique truncatis, racemo snbsimplici pedicelliaque 
eludnoBiSy sepalia oblongis acnminatia petalisqne spatbuladB patentibm, 
ubelli fere liberi triiobi lobis lateralibna oblongia obtnaia integria erectia» 
intermedio ovato crispato, disco calloao depresao* columna bidentata.— 
Scapns terminalia peaalia, petak et aepala yiridi-purpurea, extna lineit 
purpureis notata, labellnm albo-luteacensi lobo intermedio lineia pnrpn* 
reis omato. 

This plant, which comes from the neighbourhood of 
Rio Janeiro, and is remarkable for the glutinous condition of 
its scape and peduncles is, according to Mr. Scheidweiler, 
very near Epidendrum odoratissimum, which he considers 
identical with the Encydia patens of Hooker and Macradenia 
lutescens of Loddiges. Its scape is a foot high. The petals 
and sepals are greenish purple, marked outside with purple 
lines. The lip is whitish yellow, its middle lobe being 
marked with purple lines. 



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125. MASDEVALLIA cuprea. 

M. cuprea ; folio obovato-Ianceolato basi angostato sub apice leyissimd triden- 
tato carinatOx scapo panl6 longiore triqnetro bifloro, bracteis carinatis 
pedicelloram longitudine, sepaUs lateralibus oyato-lanceolatis tricarinatis 
semiconnatis supremo lineaii-lanceolato paul6 longiore marginibus re- 
flens^ petalis linearibus tnincatis apiculatis, labello basi concavo oblongo 
Tarsus apicem convexo lineari apice obtoso reflexo. 

An unknown correspondent has sent this from Hamburgh, 
as a native of Cayenne. Its leaf was four inches long ; the 
scape a little longer ; the upper sepal copper-coloured, the 
lower dark purple, copper-coloured at the point. It manifestly 
differs from M. guayanensis in its sepals not being caudate. 

126. CROCUS pulcheUus. Herbert. 

Crocus pulcheUus ; cormo e minimis tunicis non fibrosis, prsedpu^ truncate 
dark intus glabriL prope basim affixa annulo infeme drcumscisso fibris 
altemd brevioribus ciliato, persistente, interioribus (i.e. foliaceis) summo 
cormo affixis, spath^ f unc. byalind indusa albescente acut&, bractea 
fequaU lat^ lorat4 genuine sublutescente, tubo li-2^ unc. exserto sub- 
lutescente estriato fance subcrocetL, limbo 1|-1| unc. laciniarum obtu- 
sarum basi intus saturate croce& subbarbata pallid^ subpurpureo, venis 
pnecipuis sepalorum tribus petalorum quinque purpureis,Slamentis j^unc. 
hispidis croceis, antheris -A unc. cum polline albis ! ! ! stylo pallid^ croceo 
lobis tribus sub sole flaccide recumbentibus f unc. supeme furcatis rariiis 
trifidis stigmatibus erosis saturatioribus, seminibus e minimis rotundatis 
Tel subangulat^ compressis pallid^ rufis bilo apiculato raphe ad chalazam 
yalde prominente. Obs. In specioso anthens cntrea triplo ferh filamentU 
lonffiarea, fiL alba, tubus purpurascenSf limbi basis extus saturath purpu^ 
raseens inttts immaculata, stylus erectior, tunica prcecipua temds neque 
annulo ad basim persistente duro, /oliac. exter. medio circ. cormo affixa^ 
semina obseurh ru/o-brunnea superficie quasi velutind hilo apiculato raphe 
et chalcusd inconspicuis. — W. H. 

127. CROCUS nubigena. Herbert, 

Crocus nubigena ; nisi potiits C. nubigena, o. Troicus ; adjectis v. 2. Sib' 
tharpianus ex ins. Cretd tunicis ohsoletis tenuibus recti {et forsan v. 3. 
lavigatus duris squammaformiter) incisis ; quod^ his minks cognitis, neque 
negare neque affirmare ausim. Cormi basis in speciminibus C, Sib' 
thorpiani caret ; annulus in icons Boryano C. Uevigati et in spec. Sib- 
thorpiano deest, sed curatihs inquirendum est; a C. ToumefortianOf a me 
non visOf certh distinguendus) cormi tun* yaginace^ interiore membranaceft 
tenuiy basi ^imulat^ circumscissa, annulo duro persistente fibris aculei- 
formibus ciliato, foliace& exteriore membranace4 dura intus nitid4 prope 
basim affiz^ foliaceis interioribus obsoletis basi gracili circum-bracteatSly 
bracteis tunicarum fragmenta apiculata mentientibus, foliis circiter 4, 

af.— 1843. p 



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scapo nndo, gennine tix sabterraneo, bractel loratft spatham fleqoante, 
tubo vix loDgiore sapenie (ta neeo, perianihium vivum non vidi) ocenileo- 
purpnreo, petalis ad basim sepalis tot4 longitadine medio pnipareis 
marginem yeniia et supeme paUidia, hate mtat luteft, filamentia aa- 
theras aequantibuB Inteis, stylo sapeme aabcoociaeo lobia tenmbiu Bini- 
plicibaa antheias Buboqaantibtts vel param &upeiaiitibaa« In ^mp /er^ 
Gatyari cacumine m. Martio foretUem legU dom. Ltmder cmfu9 cperd 
betievold eomd figpmd wte vim euni, — ^W. H. 

128. CROCUS lagenseflonis ; var. Heemicus. 

jfferberL 

rocua lageniefloraa ; ▼• 8. HcemiciiB ; (Olwierano proxkmu) c. tun. vaci- 
iiace& interiore laeyi prope basim affixi infeme sub lente fibris parallelia 
compact&y prozimft eztenoie tenui fibria pauds panUelia, inter qnas sona 
radicalia, foliace& interiore lievi non aolcatli fibria intua parall^ia panci- 
oriboa, perianthio anreo. In monte Homo prope AdrianopoUm. Fivat 
a dam. Cartwright accepi, nondimjhridoi. 

129. CROCUS lageneeflorus ; var. Landerianus. 

Herbert. 



' ■ y. 9. Landerianna; c. t. vag. interiore anpeme membranaceft 

inferne fibria paraUelia manifest^ compact^, proxim& ext. tenni fibria 
paacia» foliacea exteriore aummo cormo affixIL cur?^ anlcatS, apatha 
triunciali ebracteat&y perianthio anreo vel fiavescente. Periantbinm 
Tiyum non vidi. Bx Rnrchomla Tep£ in Troade TiToa a dom. Lander 
accepi. Oba. Semina in lagenseflona ragoa^ oblongata pallid^ badia 
aubpnraacentia aunt ; seatate recenti intempeat& capaula nuhi una aoni- 
nibua albia exatitit, unde varietatum apem aliquam prseaumo.— fF. H. 

130. CROCUS nivigena. Herbert. 

CrocUB nivigena ; {nm poHksy quod vub credo, C. mmgena, v. Ode$deus; ad- 
jeeto V. 2. Sieberiano ex eummo Taygeto et Creta montUnu^ eerik inter 
crocoe proximo) c. ttin. vaginaoeia tenuibua fugadbua fibria infiimia 
parallelia^ in obaoletia infeme demum liberia, tunica pnBcipu& (i. e. ni 
fallor fDliace& exteriore) fibria reticulatia non cribroaia imo fer^ cormo 
affix&, baai cum foliacei proxima (neado an semper) connat4, foliia an- 
gttstis ; perianthio (a me non viso) albo aepalia intcxdum extua atriatis. 
In regione Steppea dict& prope Odesaam nive recenter fua& m* Febr. a 
dom. Teamea lectua ; cormi apud me riri aunt opera benevolft dom. 
Cartwright et Yeamea. — W. H. 

131. CROCUS Cartwrightianus. Herbert. 

Crocua Cartwrightianua ; (nut poime, C. PaUaeiano non eoHe eogmto^ C. Ptd- 
htmmuM V. CartwrigkHasiua coneendiu riif eertk PManamo proximut) 
G. tun. omnibua tenoiter membranaceia fibris eitua sapeme sditQiter 



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reticolatisy obsoletb demam inferne parallelo-fibrosis, vaginaceis circ. 
quinque, dn&boB inter quas zona nulicalis est prope basim affixis, teriik 
idiquantam supia, prozimi interiore medio conni affix& et da&bus 
foliaceis proxinuB basi spiraliter (nescio an semper) connexSl, foliacea 
exteriore i unc. in£ra apieem, tertii et quarts a vaginaceis basi inter se 
connatiB, quints basi semicirculari, foliis angostis pliis miniia semilineam 
latis margine reflexo et co8t& dorsali dens^ minntd ciliatis canali yix 
albescente ortu proteranthiis seritis explicatis> scapo inyolucrato invo- 
lucro bifloro spathis hyalinis pamm breviore, spathae bracteli acuta tubnm 
inyolvente non tubat4 spatham eequante, germme albicante, tube sesqui- 
unciam exserto pallido, limbo albo venis intus ad petalorum basim satu- 
rate alies dilutiiis porpureis, fiince extns nebnlos^ snbpuipnrascente 
demnm pa]lid£l intos alb&, barb& albft petalinft, sepalorom basi Isevi, 
filamentis albis Ifleyibns i unc. fauci ipsi insertis, antheris aureis ultra 
f unc. stylo saturate coccineo lobis usque ad fancem tubi ferd divisis 
supeme crassioribus, stigmatibus breviter apice incisis. Flore autumnalif 
ex insvld Teno a dom* Cartwright minus; apud me umts foco eale/actus 
HI. Nov, fianiit ; ctBteri forntan /oUis (mare C Imperatonii, in Italid 
ferh hiemaUe) autumnalibtu verm evenient, — ^W. H. 

132. CROCORUM SYNOPSI 

Addenda qiUBdam et Corrigenda. 

C. chrysanthus ; pro Prope Byzantium lege In Ronmelia. 

C. speciosus; poet spatM occult^ insere l-2-flora9 pro barbata lege subbar- 
batd, post Tifflim adde tubo et fauce extus paUidioribus, poet Transyl- 
vamd adde fauce intus laeviore, poet 3 Laxior ; ib. ineere v. Ibericue, 
Tenore cat. hort. Neap. 

C. Sibthorpianus ; dele (nisi sit reyera Toumefortianus autum. var.) 

C. lagenseflorusy var. 6. luteus ; udde c. tun. vag. interiore conspieu^ et con- 
fertim paraUelo-fibrosa proximtL ext. basi tantum dura persistente inter 
quas zona radicalis, foliace& exteriore IsTi sulcata supra medium affixa. 

C. reticulatus ; ita corrige, c. tun. vaginacei interiore tenui depereunte fibris 
ad basim duris parallelis aculeiformiter persistentibuB, foliaceis reticu- 
lars exteriore demum cribrosa prope basim affix&y proxim& ssepius supra 
rariiis infra medium, cseteris in vertice, zon^ radicali inter t. vag. et 
foliac. sita. 

Var. 5. albicans ; periantbio subalbo sepalis extns purpura striatis. Fix vivoSf 
prope Odeesam inventos, mieit dom. L Cartwright. 

C. Gargaricus ; c. tun. prsecipu^ (vaginacea, puto, interiore) fibris supeme 
subtiliter reticulatis inferne parallelis prope basim affixa dudum per- 
sistente et demum cribros^ interioribus ipso cormi vertice parvis incon- 
spicuis, nuUarum basibus^ ut in reticulato, disrupt^ persistentibus ; 
seminibus minimis subrotnndis dilute badiis non rugosis, cbalaza circu- 
lari plani obscuriore, raphe et bilo inconspicuis pallidis. Vivos a dom. 
Lander aceepi* 

C. serotinus ; post foliac. extus membranace& insere supeme sulcata. 

P. 33, art. 27, pro fibros liberos lege fibras liberas. 

C. sativus ; post foliac. apice setosis exter. mf,pro basim lege medium. 



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Yenras; Yar. 4. Alpinns ; adde In Alpe Wangen^ Umbo albo tubo purjmreo, 
menae Junto Jhret. 

Subfunge Yar. 6. Luaitanictia ; mihi ignotas. In erecHoribus wumiotiM Jx* 
ieramnUe in HerminiOy et alibi in Beird ; fi. Febr. et Mart, Brotero 
Fl. L. 

Observ. Zonae radicaUs sitna in speciebus diversia variat. In lageniefloria 
omnibus, et in verno, cultia etiam ac Talidiaaimis, zona rad. semper inter 
yagin. interiorem et prozimam ext. In bifloro, culto et yalidissimot inter 
tertiam et quartam a foliaceis ; in pusillo tnnicse yaginaoese annulatae paa- 
ciores sunt et zona radicalis, ut in specioso quoque, inter secundam et tertiam 
a foliaceis ; in satiyo inter secnndiun et tertiam ab ipsa basi, in reticnlato 
inter yaginaceam inter, et foliac. ester, est. — W. H. 

133. De SISYRINCHIIS spuriis tentamina. 

Obttat ientamini speeiea tot diversaa vivas adquirendi^ adquisiias eolemK, 
Jloresque itafugaccB in sieeo accurate perspieiendi dijleultas, prceeipui m 
plantia inter Sisyrinehium et Tigridiam poeitie, ubi maximi appropk^ 
quandOf resiUendo^ viae tritaa vitando^ ludit natura. Ita igiiur laboixm' 
dum eetf ut plantarum vix eatie cognitarum phalanges vel pro Iridacearum 
generibuSf vel pro generis cujusdamy ubi affines ecetera pleniiu Juerini in- 
vestigate, stare possint sectionibus, 

Sisyrinchium ; Linn. Syst. specie in edit, primd unicd, Bermudiand sdUeet ; 
in herb. Jlore earuleo, foliis et caule gracillimiSf negue apud nos eultd. 
'< Gynandria triandria. Spatha uniyersalis anceps diphylla yalyulis com- 
pressis carinatis acominatis. Petala sex oblonga oboyato cum acumine 
erecto-patentia pbina. Fil. 3 brevissima e tunic& styli. Antherse infeme 
bifida stylo ad basim stigmatis (non reverd) affizse. Oermen oboyatum 
inferum. Stylus subulatus rectus coroM breyior. Stigmata trifida 
erecta. Capsula oboy. triq. triloc. triy. Semina plana subrotunda." — 
Characterem Linncei servando, ita rectiiu. 

134. SISYRINCHIUM. Herbert. 

Inyolucrum dipbyUum yalyis compressis carinatis acuminatis. Periantbium 
sexfidum regulare basi yix annulare, laciniis acuminatis yel apiculatis 
planis. Filamenta breyissima columna stamineft exserta. Antbere 
breyes infeme bifidse erectae stylo ad basim stigmatum adpressse. Stylus 
subulatus rectus. Stigmata tenuia parvula. Gei^men oboyatum. Capsula 
sphserica triloc. triy. Semina plura subrotunda parya, test4 dur& obscuriL 

Species vens, mihi satis nota. 

§ 1 . Column^ 8tamine& cylindridl. 

1 . Bermudianum ; Linn, foliis et caule graciUimis, fl. Umbo coemleo 

paryulo. 

2. Anceps. 3. Mucronatum. 4. Bamosum, mibi ; caule ramoso,fl. laciniis 

saturate purpureis breyiter apiculatis. Subvar. I . Chilense. 2. Nuttal- 
lianum.^-5. Genicnlatum, mibi ; ex proy. Texas dicto, panra caule geni- 
culate periantbio limbo ket^ coeruleo. 6. Acuminatum, mihi ; caule 
elongato ancipite ramoso, fl. pallid^ coeruleis longi acuminatis stella 
intus saturate coeruleo-radiata : et alia qusedam. 



85 

7. Striatum (vel si mavis latifolinm) marica striata qnomndnm limbo lutes- 
cente piuparft mac. et striate yentricoso. 

§ 2. Colamnft stamiiie& yentricos4. 
1. Iridifolimn. 2. Micrantbum. 3.'? Pedancalatum. 
4. Jundfolinm ; cum aliis fl. subroseis confertis inYolacri ysIt. sup. yalde 

elongat& ex Cbili pnedpa^ ; 5. Boseom, mibi ; inyoluc. 14-anc« fl. 

snbsemmic. 

135. PSITHYRlSMA. Herbert, 

Periantbium tubatam ; stigmata breyia patentia: ceeteia at in Sisyrincbio. — 
Speeiet qiuBdam, nunc Siayrinchia auetomm^ 

1. Nardssoidesy Cavan. Odoratissimamy Lindl. Bot. B^. 

2. Flexnosum. 

136. ECHTHRONEMA. Herbert. 

Stigmata longa patentia apice spatbnlat^ condaplicato» filamenta elongate ex 
cylindro stamineo divaricantia; antbene longce ad basim bifidse yersatiles : 
caetera ot in Sisyrincbio. — Spedea quadam^ nunc Siajftinehia aueiamm. 

1. Californicnm. 2. Tenoifoliom. 3. Graminifolimn. 4. Pumilum. 
5. Maculatum. 6. Conyolutum, plante Americana fals6 Capensis dicta. 

137. ERIPHILEMA. Herbert 

Periantbium ut in Sisyrincbio. Filamente recte subulate infra majora et 
connate. Stylus rectus stigmatibus simplidbus semipatentibus. Cap- 
sola subrotunda. Semina parva subrotunda. 

1. Grandiflorum. Sisyrmehium ffrandifiorum^ Bot. Beg. 

138. CALYDORfiA. Herbert. 

Periantbium dispar reflexo-petelum petelis mult6 minoribus basi annulatum, 
filamente subulate erecte libera, antberae suberectee [acumine recuryo] 
germen oblongum, stylus supeme patulo-trifidus, stigmate emarginato- 
spatbulate fimbriate. [Radix bulbosa ; semina ex conjecture me& an- 
golata.] Oenus inter Ecbtbronema et Herbertiam. 

1. Spedosa. Sisyrinckium Bpeciomm^ Bot. Mag. 53. 3544. 

139. GLUMOSIA. Herbert, 

MM dvhitanti vix satU ex deeo eognita. Inyoluc. uniyalye rigidum. Spatbse 
confertee capitulum glumosum simulantes. Periantbium, ut in Sisyrin- 
cbio, regulare. Stylus filiformis simplex. Filamenta libera [usque 
ad basim 7] Antberae basi bifidoe. Capsula subrotunda. Semina rotunda 
cbalaz& apiculatd pauca Sisyrincbio majora. Folia subrigida neryosa. 
Caulis cost& rotund& alatus. 

1. Palmifolium ; Sisyrinchium palm/oUum; Linn, berbar. aUaque mwiw 
noi<B, W. H. 



INDEX 



TO THE 



BOTANICAL REGISTER, 

FOR THE YEARS 1838 TO 1843. 



PART I.— SPECIES DESCRIBED. 



Abies Katrow . 
Abatilon itriatom 



▼itifoliam 



Acacia caltrlformit 
, cyanophylla 

cuneata 

■ platyptera 

biflora J 

uropbylla 

spectabiliB 

Acaathophippiam vtriatam 
Achimeoes grandiflora 

hinnta 

— — longiflora 

— ^— ^-^ peduneulata . 
— — . rosea 
Acantbostachys strobilacea 
Acianthera panctata 
Aconitom ovatom . 
Acrioptif picta • 

Aerides Brookeii 

- crispam • 

' ylrens . 

JEonium craentum •. 
JEscbynanthos maenlatas . 

■ grandiflonis 

iEscalns Ohioteniis . 
Liberia occulta 
Aganisia pulcbella • • 
■— ^^-^-^■""■"'^"^■"""■^ • • 
Agapantbos umbellatus Tar. 
maximos • • 

Agare saponaria 

■■ • • 

Allium coBrulenm • 
AlousJoruUensis 
AlstrGBmeria Ligtu . 
— — magnifica 

' Chorillensis • 

■ lineatiflora 
AmarylUfl BankfiaDa 
Ammoniacum > • 
Ampelygonum cbinense • 
Ampbicome arguta . 
Amygdaluflincana . 
Anagallis alternifolia 
Anemone rivnlaris . 

~— ^— — > longiscapa 
AngnDCum armeniacum 



841 

839 

841 

840 

838 

839 

839 

841 

841 

841 

843 

838 

842 

843 

842 

843 

841 

841 

843 

840 

843 

841 

842 

843 

841 

841 

841 

838 

838 

839 

840 



• • 



46 



65 
19 
31 
65 



misc. 
24 
53 
16 

114 
62 
64 
74 
10 
30 
64 
53 
68 
59 

103 



55 

• • 
61 
28 
49 
51 



32 



36 

10 

118 

105 

116 

• • 

48 



179 
66 



843 


7 


• • 


838 


• • 


141 


839 


55 


■ • 


840 


51 


• • 


840 


• • 


52 


839 


13 


• • 


843 


■ • 


94 


843 


• • 


95 


843 


58 


• • 


842 


11 


16 


839 


• • 


105 


838 


• ■ 


118 


838 


19 


• a 


839 


68 


• • 


840 


• • 


144 


842 


8 


• • 


842 


8 


• • 


839 


• • 


109 



Angnecum Asbantense 
bibobum 



— gladiifolium 

— brevifolium 

— omitborhyncbu 

— polyBtacbyum 

— tenne 
-- ▼esicatum 



Ania bicomis 
Anigozanthus flaWda 



Anizantb, Plant's 
AotuB lanigera • • 
A plotaxls albescens • 
Apornm Leon is 
— ^— siouatnm • 
— — cuspidatum. 
Aqnilegia glauca 
■ ■ - ■ fragraos 
■ - — pnbiflora . 
Arbutus laurifolia 
Arctostaphylos nitida 
Argyreia festira 
Arisiema macrospatha 
Aristolochia Qleas . 
Armaria fasciculata . 
Arpophyllum spicatum 
Arundlna bambnssBfolia 
— ^^-^ densa 
Atafoetida 

Asagnea officinalis . 
Aspasia epidendroides 

Asteracantba longifolia 
Asterotrichion sidoides 
Aster cabulicus 
Astragalus strobiliferus 
Azalea altaclerensis . 

double red Indian 

Azara integrifolia 
Babiana riogens 
Babingtonia Campborosmes 
BsBckea Campborosmso 
Banisteria tenuis 
Barbacenia squamata 
Barkeria elegans • 

Lindleyana . 

— - spectabilis • 
Barnadesia rosea 



1843 
1840 
1841 
1840 
1840 
ml840 
1840 
1840 
1843 
1842 
1838 



pi. mi«c. 
.. 76 
.. 151 
36 •• 
68 .. 
68 .. 
68 .. 
68 .. 
68 .. 



Tar.bicolorl838 
1842 
1841 
1839 
1840 
1841 
1841 
1840 
1840 
1840 
1839 
1840 
1841 
1840 
1842 
1841 
1839 
1841 
1842 
1839 
1839 
1840 
1842 
1839 
1841 
1843 
1840 
1842 
1842 
1840 
1838 
1842 
1841 
1838 
1843 
1840 
1842 
1842 
1843 



37 
64 
53 



67 



60 
21 

• • 
■ • 
38 



27 
56 



10 



9 
31 



88 
129 
126 



46 



140 
141 

• • 
69 

127 
54 
53 
17 
16 
6 
26 

106 

• • 
92 
18 

117 
36 
89 
71 



29 



10 
19 

140 

131 

96 

67 

6 

46 



SPECIES DESCRIBED. 



Batatas beUcM 



— bonarieosis 
Baahinia corymbosa 
Beatonia purpurea 

atrata 

— curvata 

Becium bienlor . 



Begonia crasnicanlis 
— — — divenifolia 

- punctata 
incana 



— papulosa 

- Titirolla 



Berberis empetrl folia 
— — -trlfollata 
— — tenulfnlia 
— - eoriaria 
— — umbeltata 



•palUda 



Bessera elegans 
Betula Bhcjpattra 
Bifrenaria longicornis 

■ Inodora 
Bignonia picta 

■ Tweed iana 
Billardiera daphnoides 
Blandfordia marginata 
Bletia haTanensis 

Sfaepberdii '. 

secunda . 

Bolbophyllum cupreum 

_ clandestinum 

^-^— ^— calamarium 

^— adenopetalum 

flavidum • 

-^— imbricatnm 

fascum 

— limbatum 

■ sordidum 

— umbellatum 

> setigerum 

Bomarea aentifolia 
Macleanica 

■ Bubglobosa 
— — ^ punctata 

— uncifulia 

Tnrneriana 

Tariabilis 

Boronia erennlata 

■ trlphylla 

■ mollis 



anethlfolia 

faldfolia 

dicbotoma 

— — ovata 
Bosslsa disticha 
pancifolia 



>- eriocarpa 



BouTardia splendens 
Bracbycome iberidifolla 



Brasavola angnstata 
Martiana 
— gtauca 



18S9 

1840 

1838 

1839 

1842 

1843 

1843 

1842 

1843 

1842 

1840 

1841 

1841 

1841 

1842 

1840 

1841 

1838 

1841 

1842 

1843 

1830 

1840 

1838 

1843 

1842 

1840 

1840 

1842 

1838 

1838 

1840 

1838 

1841 

1843 

1842 

1840 

1841 

1839 

1840 

1840 

1838 

1838 

1842 

1842 

1842 

1842 

1842 

1842 

1842 

1838 

1841 

1841 

1841 

1841 

1841 

1841 

1841 

1841 

1843 

1843 

1840 

1840 

1841 

1838 

1839 

1839 



15 
44 



pi. mlie. 
.. 152 
56 • 
• . 99 
47 •• 
.. 84 
.. 114 
• • 115 
.. 44 

• ■ 

21 
44 

34 
73 
74 

20 

149 
121 

• • 

42 

28 

169 

177 

63 



27 



46 



34 



45 
45 



• • 



38 

93 

35 

73 

120 

183 

166 

109 

95 

195 

65 

5 

171 

217 

102 

24 

91 

85 

80 

87 

88 

89 

90 



12 
47 

47 
47 
47 
47 
47 
55 

• • 
63 

• • 
37 

• • 
9 

• • 
5 



• • 
67 

108 
50 
51 

• • 
148 

• • 
67 

67 



Braaafola glanea 

grandiflora 

Tenosa 

Brassia cocbleata 

bracbiata 

Lawrenceana 

macrottacbya 

Terracosa 

BravoA geminiflora • 
Bromelia discolor 
Brombeadia palustris 
Brongniartia sericea 
Brougbtonia aurea . 
Bruwnsea grandiceps 
Bryobiuo) pubescens 
Bulbine sua? is . 
Burlingtonia maculata 

rigida 

Calandrinia discolor 
Caliintbe discolor 



. furcata 

Masuca 

bicolor 

veratrifolia 

Calatbea viUosa 
Calectasia cyanea 
Callipsyche eucrosioldef 
Callistemon xnicrostacbyum 
Calostenima cameum 

^ luteum . 

Calystegia sepium • 
Calydorea 

Campanula grandis . 
Loeflingli 

CundoIIea tetrandra 



Carpeslum pubescens 
Catasetum comutnm 



callosum • 

deltoidenm 
maculatnm 

MUIeri 

Naso 

poriferum 

abruptum 

atratom 

globiflomm 

proboscidenm 

planiceps • 

longifolium 

laminatum 

lanclfiBmm 

discolor • 

fuliginosum 

roseo-albnm 

splnoanm • 

Russelliannm 

saccatum • 

TmUa 

WailetU 



1840 

1839 

1840 

1840 

1843 

1841 

1838 

1840 

1838 

1838 

1841 

1843 

1840 

1841 

1838 

1838 

1839 

1841 

1839 

1840 

1838 

1838 

1842 

1838 

1839 

1843 

1841 

1842 

1838 

1840 

1840 

1838 

1843 

1842 

1842 

1843 

1842 

1843 

1838 

1840 

1841 

1840 

1841 

1840 

1840 

1840 

]8;)8 

1843 

1838 

1842 

1838 

1842 

1839 

1841 

1843 

1839 

1841 

1841 

1841 

1841 

1840 

1840 

1840 

1840 

1840 

1841 

1843 



plabc 
44 80 
•• 14 
aO 24 
•• 37 
.» i 
IS 
31 
66 






.. 86 
.. 184 

.. 9S 
.. 99 

30 .. 
.. 145 

.. 78 
44 .. 

• • 
4 

55 

• • 



41 






99 
34 

.. 62 

• • 38 

98 
.. 87 
.. 19 

• • 49 
7 .. 

26 ■• 
10 .. 
.. 104 
.. 198 
41 
64 
19 .. 
•• 99 
60 .. 
.. 199 
.. 189 

5 .. 
•. 189 

5 .. 
.. 157 
69 •• 
•• 99 
.. 149 
.. Ill 
.. 164 
.. 91 
63 114 
.. 48 
.. 140 

5 .. 
9 .. 
.. 154 
5 .. 
5 .. 
.. 19 
.. 198 
.. 195 
.. 196 
.. 19 
..179 
.. 176 
94 .. 
.. 1 



SPBCIB8 DK8CRIBBD. 



CkfhaiMuileaUto 
Cattleya Aclandis 
Arembtigii 

■ bieolor 

grannlotii 

Perrinli 

■■ Mostia 

■ Skinn«rl 
saperbft 



pi. mliG. 



Ccanothus pallidal ; 

: diTarioatuf 

Centanrea palcbrm . 

• • ' ■ 
Cttntranthen ponetata 
Gentradenia rotea • 
Centropogon eonUfolim . 
C^reas leacanthnt • • 
— — •tpeeiosliilmiify tar. 

biformls . . 

Cbenanthe Barlceri . 
Cheiranthnt oehroleacv • 
Chdrostylif parrlfolia 
CborosEema cordatum 
^-^—^-^ speetabUe 
— — — — Yarinm • 
GhysislflBtis . 
braeteseena . 



Girrbea saccata 
Cirrbopetalam eornatom 
cbinense 



cflBspitosum 

Macrsei . 

MedasflB 

maculosiim 

Thouanii 

nutans 

Wallichii 

flmbriatam 

pictaratum 

auratam . 



▼aginatum 



Citrus delieiosa 
Cleisostoma latlfolium 

■ dealbatam • 

■ maculosam . 
tridentatam . 

■ roseum • 
Clematis florida, yar. bioolor 
lathyrifolla 

' montana • • 

Qeome Intea . 

Clethza mexicana 

■ ' qaerdfolla . 
Clerodendron fragrans 

■ ■ splendens . 

— — squamatum 

Clianthut earneos 
Qitanthus humilis 
Clowesia rotea 
Cobsea stipularis 



Coburgia homilii 



1843 


• • 


46 


1840 


48 


• • 


1843 


• • 


123 


1838 


• • 


148 


1849 


1 


• • 


1838 


2 


• • 


1840 


68 


• • 


1840 


• • 


83 


1830 


• • 


47 


1840 


20 


• • 


1843 


• • 


65 


1830 


• • 


84 


1840 


28 


•• 


1843 


•• 


11 


1843 


20 


• • 


1841 


• • 


192 


1840 


13 


•• 


1848 


49 


•• 


1843 


• • 


66 


1838 


• • 


60 


1840 


•• 


29 


1830 


« • 


20 


1838 


10 


• • 


1841 


46 


66 


la'W 


49 


63 


1840 


• • 


130 


1840 


•• 


131 


1841 


23 


• • 


1833 


• • 


121 


IWM 


• • 


138 


1849 


• • 


29 


1843 


• • 


49 


1838 


• • 


58 


1841 


• • 


105 


1842 


12 


• • 


1841 


• • 


173 


1838 


11 


• • 


1839 


• • 


118 


1839 


• • 


119 


1839 


• • 


120 


1840 


• • 


106 


1840 


• • 


107 


1843 


*• 


61 


1840 


• • 


173 


1842 


12 


• • 


1841 


• • 


44 


1840 


• • 


127 


1843 


• • 


5 


1840 


• • 


67 


1838 


• 


46 


1838 


• • 


150 


1838 


25 


• ■ 


la'W 


61 


• • 


1840 


53 


• • 


1840 


•• 


117 


1841 


67 


• • 


1840 


■ • 


51 


1842 


23 


• • 


1838 


41 


• • 


1841 


• • 


177 


1842 


7 


• • 


1841 


51 


9 


1839 


• • 


141 


1843 


39 


39 


1840 


• • 


50 


1841 


25 


• • 


1842 


46 


• • 



Gobaigla Tenfcolor . 
Codonopsis larida 
CoKa Baoerana 

macrostachya . 

Ccelogyne flrobriata . 
— — — proUfera • 

— ' testacea 

— Wallicblana 






ovalls 
Cumingii 



— ^— coronaria 

flaccida 

cristata 

— — — elata 

■ ocnlata 
Colea floribanda 
Colomnea Sebiedeana 
Comarostapbylis arbutoides 
ComparettiiEi coccinea 
■ rosea . 

Commelina orchioides 
Conofttylisjancea • . 
ConvoWnlns floridos 
^— — — yerracipes • 
— ^— scoparius 
Comos grandis . • • 
Coryisartia indica • 
Coryantbes speciosa alba . 
Corycium orobanchoides • 
Cosmusscabiosoides . • 
Cotoneaster denticulate . 
Cotyledon cristatum 
Crinum brachynema 
Crocorum synopsis • 
Crocus Cartwrightianus . 

• nivigena . , 

■ landerianus 
lagenieflorus Hsb- 



micus 



nubigena 
insularis 
pnlcbellus 
spedosos 



Crotalaria nndttlata . 
Crucianella stylosa . 
Cryptochilus sanguineot 
Cryptosanus scriptui 
Cnpressus tburifera . 
Cyclamen neapolitanum 
Cyclosia maculata • 
Cyclogyne canescens 
Cycnoches yentricoaum 

» yentricosum & 

Bgertonianum 
maculatum 



pentadactylon 

Cymbidlum irldifolium 

' bieolor • . 

madidum 

— ^ pendulum • 

yar. breyUabre 
— — chloranthum . 
' pubescent • 



▼imeenf 



842 
830 
842 
842 
838 
838 
842 
638 
840 
838 
840 
840 
841 
841 
841 
839 
839 
841 
841 
843 
838 
840 
833 
839 
840 
841 
841 
840 
842 
840 
838 
838 
840 
839 
842 
843 
843 
843 
843 



843 
840 



pi. mlic 
66 .. 
.. 126 
36 .. 
36 .. 
.• 172 
.. 75 
.. 34 
.. 167 
24 .. 
.. 171 
.. 178 
29 .. 
.. 178 
31 •. 
57 54 
.. 151 
.* 25 
19 .. 
60 .. 
30 
68 
.. 186 
96 
73 
.. 190 
.. 45 
43 152 
.. 50 

• • 61 

• . 75 
45 .. 
15 •• 
.. 58 
.. 134 
.. 28 

• • 132 
.. 131 
.. 130 
•• 129 






• * 



843 .. 128 

843 .. 127 

843 21 .. 

843 .. 126 

839 40 .. 

840 .. 32 
838 55 .. 

838 23 .. 
843 .. 122 

839 .. 101 

838 49 .. 

839 .. 7 

840 .. 68 
840 .. 98 

843 •• 117 

o4U •• 8 

843 22 26 

839 •• 37 

839 •• 69 

840 .. 6 
840 25 .. 
842 .. 



.. 67 
.. 102 
. . 177 



841 38 
838 .. 



SPBCIBS DESCRIBED. 



CynogkMtum anehuoidei 
^— ^— CQDleitiDDm . 
' glocbidiatnm 



~^— — ffrasdifloniin 

— — lougifloruiD . 

CypeUft plombea • 

(^pripcdiam barlMitaiii 

^^^■~~^^"^~^"""~ ^■— ■"— ""^^ « 
CyrtoeUlani mystucinum 



tteUatnm 
graminifoliom 
fllipet . 
maculatain . 



Cjrtopodlani Andemonli 
— — — cristatum 

Wilmorai 

Cy tisat Weldenii 



Bthlia glabnita 
Daphne australia 
Danbenya faint, 
Delphinium laxiflornm 
"' — intermediam, 

TOT. sapphirinuin . 

intermediaix). 



Tar. palmatifldum 
decorum 



Dendrobium aciculare 
■ adnncnm 

— aqueam . 

^ calcaratum 



cucumerinum 

denudaiis 
candid um 
discolor 



— secundum 

— Juuceum 

— formoBum 

— formosum 



— stuposnm 
-~* scopa • 

— sulcatum 
sanguinolentum 



- bicameratum 

- compressum 

- Ueyneanum 

•'- macrophyllum 



dum 



Puxtoni 
aureum, palli- 
• • • 
crumenatum 
Jenkinsii • 
linguoeforme 
tcretifolium . 
tetrogonum . 

to rtile. 



849 

880 

880 

841 

888 

840 

888 

841 

848 

888 

880 

880 

841 

841 

888 

840 

841 

841 

841 

841 

841 

880 

848 

843 ' 

840 

838 

830 

838 



pl.flilM. 
14 .. 
86 •• 
.. 1S8 

16 .. 

• . 127 
60 .. 
.. 180 

• • 110 

17 .• 
.. 88 
08 .. 
.. 64 
.. 180 
60 78 
44 80 

• • 86 
.. 87 
.. 14 

8 40 
8 «. 
8 .. 

• • 188 
40 .. 
.. 88 
80 .. 
66 .. 
63 .. 
30 .. 



838 69 .. 

0Oo SKI • ■ 

840 64 .. 

840 .. 188 

849 .. 69 

843 64 6 

840 .. 910 

842 .. 63 

843 37 .. 
838 .. 166 
838 .. 64 

841 62 60 
849 .. 6 
841 .. 168 



842 .. 

838 .. 

830 64 

888 .. 

842 .. 

838 66 

842 .. 



11 
86 

• • 
04 
66 

• • 
73 



843 .. 
888 .. 86* 
.• 76 



849 .. 

838 .. 

830 .. 

842 .. 

830 .. 

830 90 

830 22 

830 37 

838 .. 

830 .. 

830 .. 

841 .. 

830 .. 



41 
46 
04 
60 



26 
20 
30 
8 
31 



Dendrobinm pygmmm 

■ Cambridge 



nun 



acerosnm 

moschatnm 

ealamiforme 

excisnm 

elongatum 



Boekeri 

— ^^— pngfonifonne 
planibulbe 

■ cFastnliefoUuin 

• eomplanatom 

— — ^— herbeceom • 

longieolle 

plicatile 

'— ' ■ reTolotam 

— ^— — — rhombenm • 

■ teres • • 
taorinnm 

■ gemellnm • 
Dendrochllum flliforme • 

glamaceam 

latifolimn 

Dentxia coiymbosa • 



Dianthns Bisignani . 

fernigineus 

Dieb»a oehraeea 
DIcrypta discolor 
Dienia cordata . 
Dinema paleaeeum . 
Dion ednle 
DiplolsBua Dampieri 
Diplopeltis Hogelii • 
Drymonia bicolor 

punctata • 

Duvana longlfolia 
Dvckia altissima 
Barina suareolens 
Bcheandia terniflora 
EcheTcria acutifolia 
secunda 



lorida 
rosea 



Echinacea Dicksoni • 
Echinocactus Ottonis 

Eyriesii, Tar. 

glaucus • 

Scopa 

Echthronema . 
Eehltes atropurpurea 
Bchium petrsBum 
Elseagnns panrifolia . 
Eleutherine anomala 
Elisena longipctula • 
Encyclia, note upon . 
Entelea palmata 
Epacris impressa, var. 
Epidendrum pictum 
■ cubense 



paohyanthnm 
papillosum 
coiiare . 
Pastoris 



1890 

841 
841 
841 
841 
841 
830 
841 
843 
880 
843 
830 
890 
840 
840 
840 
840 
843 
840 
843 
840 
840 
641 
848 
880 
840 
838 
830 
830 
830 
1«38 
840 
843 
841 
880 
888 
849 
843 
841 
843 
880 
849 
838 
840 
841 
849 
838 
838 



.. 171 
86 
•• 16 
.. 96 
•• 186 



• • 68 
60 88 
.. 84 
.. 70 
•• 86 

86 
.. 168 
.. 179 
.. 7 
.. 110 
17 .. 
.. Ill 

98 .. 
.. 198 
.. 118 
.. 68 
.. 74 
.. 40 

6 •• 
90 .. 
16 .. 
.. 71 
•• 146 
.. 184 
.. 119 
.. 89 
64 •• 
60 70 

4 .. 
.. 77 
60 .. 
.. 188 

• • 8o 
.. 144 
90 .. 
.. 119 
67 .. 

1 .. 

99 •• 
97 .. 
49 .t 



838 31 •• 

830 94 .. 

843 .. 196 

843 97 •• 

843 96 .. 

843 61 .• 

843 67 •• 

838 .. 78 

830 •« 13 

838 .. 126 

830 10 • 

838 .. 48 

843 .. M 

838 .. 4S 

838 .. 8 

843 .. 86 

888 .. 9 



8PECIS8 DBSCRIBKD. 



Bpidendram polyanthom . 

■ Schombuigkii 

■ einnabarinam 

smaragdinum 



-^ calooheilam 
— latilabrum 



— bisetam 

— Orahami 

— tripanctatom 

— auritam 

— artionlatmn 
pterocarpam 
mdiatnm 



— — ranifenim 



- Tirgatam 

- gladiatum 

- glutioosam 

- viTiparum 

- miseram 
« lamellatom 

- limbatam 

- leiobalbon 

- microphyllam 
bantatum 
acioulare 
lacertinom 
leucochilam 
phceniceum 
selligeram 
tibieinis 
tessellatum 
tridactylum 
▼aricoeam 
Tesicatum 
aurantiaeum 



aspenom 

altisslmam 

Boothianam 

cacullatum 

ehloranthum 

caulifloram 

calamariam 

dichotomum 

diotum 

dichromum 

equitans 

facatum 

ionosmam 

longicolle 

lacerum 

lividom . 

ochraceam 

Ovulum 

variegatam 

glamaceum 

CaadoUei 

inversum 

uniflonim 

Skianeri 

incumbeus 

roachrocbilom 

Stamfordianum 

rbizophornm . 



184S 

1838 

184S 

1838 

1841 

1841 

184d 

1841 

1841 

1841 

1843 

1841 

1841 

1841 

1841 

1843 

1841 

1841 

1843 

1841 

1841 

1843 

1843 

1841 

1841 

1841 

1841 

1841 

1843 

1841 

1838 

1888 

1838 

1838 

1838 

1838 

1838 

1840 

1838 

1838 

1838 

1838 

1838 

1838 

1838 

1838 

1843 

1843 

1838 

1838 

1838 

1838 

1838 

1838 

1838 

1843 

1839 

1839 

1840 

1839 

1839 

1839 

1840 

1840 

1840 

1840 

1840 



pi. miic. 
2 



63 
26 



• • 



• • 



• • 



• • 



42 



• • 



26 



11 

• • 
6 



16 

•• 

44 

181 

163 

70 

148 

146 

143 

4 

127 

128 

123 

122 

180 
20 

124 
27 
62 
60 

104 
63 
71 
90 
08 

109 

120 

120 
66 
12 
9 
81 
37 
89 
II 
82 
36 
61 
7 
47 
28 
82 

163 

146 
97 

119 
76 
17 
87 
49 
18 
91 
16 
71 
■ • 
60 
• • 
77 

136 
13 
81 
84 
86 
88 
91 



Epldendnim rhizopboium . 

rabroeinctam 

arboBcnla . 

aromaticum 

bractescens 

densiflorum 

— — — crispatam • 
laneifoliam 



— ialcatum 

— Parkineoniannm 

— glaacum . 
• — Wtellinum 

— stenoiietalam 

— TrinitaUs . 
▼iscidttm 



Epimediam Tiolaceum 
Epiphora pobescens 
Erla clavicanlifl . 

acatifolia . 

bipuDctata 

fennginea • 

— — «- bractescens • 
^—— longilabris • 

armeniaea 

palchella . 

prorasa . 

floribonda 

multiflora 

polyura . 



mucronata 

convallarioides . 

panicalata 

.pannea . 

notaDS 

planicaulis 

pumila 

velutina • 

Erica chloroloma 
Erigeron squarrosum 
Eriphilema 

Erysimum Perofskianum 
Erytbrochiton Drasiliensis 
Eucalyptus calopbylla 
Eulophia squalida 
Euphorbia rigida • 

veoeta . 

Earybia glutinosa . 

chrysotricha 

Eathales macrophylla 

Eysenhardtia amorpboides 
Fabiana imbricata 
Femandezia lanifera 
Friesia peduDcularis 
Fuchsia falgens 

cylindracea 

cordifolia 

radicans 

corymbiflora 

splendens 

Standish's 

Fnnkia Sieboldi 
Qalbanam 
Qaleandre Baneri 
Gardoquia betonicoides 



1836 

1843 

1843 

1840 

1840 

1840 

1840 

1840 

1842 

1840 

1840 

1840 

1840 

1840 

1840 

1840 

1840 

1840 

1840 

1842 

1841 

1839 

1841 

1841 

1841 

1841 

1842 

1843 

1843 

1841 

1842 

1842 

1841 

1842 

1842 

1840 

1840 

1838 

1840 

1838 

1841 

1843 

1839 

1843 

1841 

1841 

1838 

1838 

1839 

1841 

1840 

1841 

1839 

1839 

1839 

1843 

1838 

1838 

1841 

1841 

1840 

1842 

1840 

1839 

1839 

1840 

1838 



|iL mlfc. 

.. 10 

.. 20 

• • 64 
.. 93 
.. 122 
.. 134 
.. 36 
.. 162 
60 .. 
.. SO 

• • 20 

• • 66 
.. 36 

• • 40 

• • 128 
.. 100 
43 .. 

• • 143 

• • 220 

• • 32 
.. 179 
86 .. 

• • 46 
.. 69 

42 70 
•• 106 

• • 3 
.. 66 
.. 72 
.. 114 
32 .. 
.. 27 
62 121 

• • 33 

• • 79 

• • 196 
.. 4 
.. 147 
.. 200 
17 .. 

• • 92 
.. 137 
.. 79 
47 ., 

.. 167 

.. 164 

43 .. 
6 .. 

.. 112 

.. 47 

.. 119 

8 .. 

.. 66 

69 .. 
.. 147 

• • 108 

1 .. 
66 97 

70 117 

66 167 
70 202 

67 .. 

2 .. 

60 .. 

.• 107 

49 .. 

• • 160 



SFICISa BMCmiBBO. 



OeniitabrseteoIaU . 
Geraniam rnblfoUaiD 
-^— ^— ertanthum 



taberoaam 



Octneria relleza 

SvtioDiy white ?»• 

~ loDgiiblia • • 



diteidor 
Zebrina 



Oladioliu eriapiflonit 
— ^— caBcasicM 
' •qoiooctlalia 

— ^— oppotitiflorui 
■ splendens 

Qlaueinm rabnim 
QkMsoconiia ovata . 
Glumosia 
Oodetia albetoens 



grandiflora 



Gompholobiam venicolor 
Gonatanthni tannentosos 
Gongora folva . 

bnfonia 

— ^— ▼itellina 



— macnlata 

— nigrita 
trancata 



Qoodyera rabicanda 
Go?enia Qardneri 
-^-^ lagenophora 

mkcea 
■ faaciata • • 

Grammatophyllam multi- 
flonim 



' Tar. tigrlnam 
Grevillea Thielemanniana 
Grobya galcata 
Guaiacum officinale . 
Gimnia piota . 
Habrabthtts prateosis • 
Habrothamnos iaacicalatus 
Haemantbiis magnificos • 
Hakea roteifolia . . 
Hardenbefgia digitate • 
Hartwegia purparea 



▼ar. 



angufitifolja • 
Heimia saUcifolla . 
HelichiyMun scorpioides 
HeUebonia llTidos . 
— — orientalis . 



olympicot 



Hemiandra emaiginata • 
Herbertia Drummondiana 
HeteropteHs andnlata 
Hexadesmia fascicnlata . 



Hezopia crocigera 
Hibbertiapofoliata 



S4» 
84ft 
84ft 
843 
889 



84ft 
841 



pi. mlie. 
840 .. 63 

840 83 .. 

840 07 .. 

841 .. 01 
84ft 5ft .. 
880 10 .. 

840 .. 30 
84ft .. 40 

841 •• 100 
84ft 40 .. 
841 83 00 
84ft 16 .. 
84ft •• 81 

• • 88 
.* 07 
: 08 
.. 61 
•• 78 

84ft 8 .. 

848 •. 130 

841 .. 131 
.. 
.. 13S 

84ft 61 .. 

830 43 Oft 

841 .. 83 

830 61 .. 

841 ft .. 

841 .. 4 

841 •• 101 

830 .. 86 

843 

830 

8S9 

830 .. 

838 13 .. 

843 .. 107 



• ■ 



• • 



•• 



53 
03 
61 
60 



838 •• 80 
830 65 .. 
843 60 .. 

839 •• 78 

840 .. 107 

839 9 •• 
838 .. 77 
843 35 .. 
843 .. 73 

841 «• 153 
841 •• 158 

840 60 148 
840 .. 96 



843 .. 58 

841 60 .. 

838 .. 84 

o4o 54 «• 

841 .. 118 

843 34 •• 

841 .. 113 

843 58 .. 

841 .. 156 
« 83 



84ft 

841 

843 

843 

840 

841 .. 

843 64 



« • 



48 
46 
31 
00 
94 



HibiKU OHMronl 
Wfay» 



Higgimia 

H^peaatram organenMy 

«ar. compramim • 
Hoitaia meskaoa 
Hormidium 
Holeia Japonica 
Hoalletia vitUta . 
Uofeaciispa • 

•^■^— piuigeBi fl 

— ■ Maaglesii • 
— ^— laeemnlota • 



Hoya oorlaeea 
Hontl^a Bfekagris 



Tiolacea 



Hydromeatos maculatoa • 
Hydrotamia Meleagrii • 

HymenocaUla Hairiaiana • 



roteta • 
Sklnneriana 



Hypoealymna robostam 

■ angastifc 

linm 
Impatlens Candida • 



glandoligera 
■■ macrochila 

-— ^— trieornis 
Indigofera Dosua 

ttacl^odM 

Inga Harrisii . 
lonopsis teres 
Ipomcea ficifolia 



cymosa 
longifoUa 

batatoides 
pendnla 
Porga . 
tyrientbiiia 
Schiedeana 



Irisdefleia 



— -fragimns • 
Ismene deflexa 
■ ■ Tireteeoi 
Isochilns UTidam 
— ^— gnmdiflonxm 

gTaminifoUnm 

IsopogoD rmeos • 
Isotropis striata 
JasminiuBi caudatam 

• Bubalatmn 
Junipenia tetragona 

■ flaceida . 
— ^ mexicana . 



tqnamosa 



LBBUafurftiracea 

autamaaUi 

— albida 



pltBilC. 

• • 81 

840 80 148 

841 •• 137 



843 ••86 

838 •. 81 

830 •• 13 

830 .. 183 

841 68 100 

30 •. 19 

830 •• 

638 6ft 

84ft .. 

843 4 



830 18 
840 •• 
888 .. 



•• 

•• 

1 

80 
14 •• 
830 .. 17 
843 .. 46 
888 •• 188 
84ft 30 .. 

840 .. 63 

841 .. 146 
840 .. 56 
843 .. fiO 
843 8 .. 



843 •. 78 

840 •. 804 

841 80 .. 
841 37 88 
840 28 .. 
840 8 .. 
840 .. 
843 57 .. 
843 14 .. 
830 41 .. 
838 .. 181 

840 .. 881 

841 18 .. 
843 84 .. 
830 •• 184 

840 81 .. 

841 36 88 
840 •• 801 
830 .. 136 
838 .. 168 
838 .. 
840 .. 

840 « 
840 
830 .. 148 

841 13 .. 
.. 46 



48 



1 
1 



37 
61 



841 

841 

843 

830 

842 36 .. 

84ft •• 68 

830 .. 108 
.. 108 
.. 104 
.. 188 

830 86 •• 

830 87 .. 

830 54 4 



830 



8PBCXB8 DE8CEIBBD. 



LnliaalbidA . 
— -fl«m 

— — majalif . 

— cauleeccDi 
—— aeaminata 

— peduncnlarii 
— " saparUeiu 
■^— nibciceiM 
Laeisna bleolor • 
Lalage hovesfolia 
Lathynif Armitageanof 
lATaten nunitima 
Lemonla spectabilis 
Leoeblltts carinatus 

' cochlearis 
' ■ ' oocidloides 
Leptodermit lanoeolata 
Lescbenaultia biloba 
Leyoesteria fbitDoaa 
LUium tattaceam . 

■ ThanbergianQm 
Linaria ddphiololdes 
glanduUfera 

' Tcnosa 
Lindenla rlTalis 
Lindleya mefpiloides 
Liparjs pendala 

alata , 

tpaihulata 

Lbsantha itallata 



Terticillata 

LiMOcbiltts parviflonii 

— roseus 
Loasa lateritia 
Lobelia diwolor 

pyramidalit 

• sobnuda 

feoMtralis 

muitiflora 

LoDioera divenifblia 
liopezia liaeata 
LaUia alpina • 
lupinaa arboreut 

Hartwegii 

Barker! 

bilineatuB (aote) 

— — mezicaQut (note) 

leptocarput 

Lycaste plaaa • 



teCragooa 



Lyaimacbia lobelioldea 



spuria 



Maeradenia mqtica • 
Ualacbadenia clavata 
Halazis Partboni . 
Malva lueida . 

■ mattrltiana 
HandeTilla luaveoleBS 
Mangleaia glabrata . 
Marcetia flKCoriata • 
Marianthna coeraleopioietatiis 
Marlea bqponifolia 
Martynia fragrans 



848 
889 
843 



841 

841 

843 

840 

840 

843 

841 

840 

838 

840 

843 

843 

843 

830 

848 

830 

843 

848 

839 

840 

841 

841 

841 

843 

838 

843 

840 

840 

840 

840 

838 

843 

838 

840 

841 

840 

838 

840 

843 

840 

838 

838 

839 

839 

839 

889 

840 

84S 

843 

843 

841 

843 

843 

839 

839 

840 

839 

839 

840 

840 

848 

1841 

888 

840 



pi. mbe. 
«• 16 
.. 148 
03 .. 
.. 43 

1 .. 
34 42 
.. 10 
.. 87 
41 36 
.. 101 
.. 75 
.. 14 
.. 140 
69 .. 
.. 33 
*. 33 
.. S3 
.. 131 

3 .. 

3 .. 
.. 61 
11 .. 
38 .. 
.. 16 
.. 61 
.. 161 
.. 130 
.. 83 
.. 180 
.. 13 
.. 189 
.. 3 
.. 13 
.. 36 
.. 14 
•• 87 
S3 .. 
.. 311 
•• 170 

• * 311 
47 •. 

• . 17 
.. 118 
40 60 
.. 101 
9id .. 
31 .. 
66 .. 
66 .. 
66 

So •• 
•• 96 
36 .. 
.. 64 

• • 160 

6 .. 
.. 133 
. . 88 
. . 110 
. . 314 
. . 180 
. • 83 

7 . . 
. . 37 
81 . . 
.. 16 
61 . . 
. . 806 



Martynia fragrans 
Masdevallia infracta 
' ■ ' ' floribunda 



euprea 



Jffatthlola odoratissima 
■ maderenda 

Maxillaria Colleyi . 
■ craenta 



BoUiasooil 
galeata 
aromatica 
vitellkia . 



porreeta « 
macrophylla 

bractesceni 
oottata 
▼ariabJIis . 
Brockelhuratiaiia 
Candida 
• Harrisoniea 
piacantheia 
Jngosa 
barbata • 
parporascens 
madida 
Boothiana 
tenoifolia . 
supelioidea 
xanthioa (note) 
foveata 
acutifolia . 
acQtipetala 
- lentiginosa 
aureofulva 
stenopetala 
cocullata 
rfaorabea 
Macleei 
Skinner! 



rngoaa 



Medicago clypeata . 
Medinilla erythrophylla 
Megaclinium oxyptenmi 
■ Bufo . 

Microstylis excavata 
■ bistionantha 

■ caulescent 



Bfiltonia Candida 



oar. gran 



diflora 
Mimosa marginata 
' ■ nrugoensia 
Mina lobata 

Mirbelia speciosa 
Morina longifolia 
Mormodes buccinator 

■ '■ ■' buccinator, var 
• " ■ ■ pardinum • 



*«■ 



lineatum 

luxatum 
Inzatum 



pi-mtie. 
1841 6 .. 

1838 



1843 
1843 
1880 86 



1841 
1838 
1842 
1888 
1843 
1843 
1838 
1839 
1838 
1838 
1840 
1848 
1838 
1838 
1841 
1841 
1841 
1841 
1841 
1841 
1841 
1838 
1838 
1839 
1839 
1839 
1889 
1839 
1843 
1839 
1840 
1840 
1840 
1840 
1840 
1840 
1840 
1843 
1848 
1889 
1838 
1839 
1841 
1888 
1840 
1841 
1888 

1843 

1888 
1848 
1843 
1843 
1841 
1840 
1840 
1841 
1838 
1839 
1841 
1848 
1848 
1843 



. 64 
. 118 
. 186 



. 97 
• 161 



18 
40 



13 
13 . . 

. 116 

12 '. . 

178 
174 
191 
92 
176 
98 
88 
69 
168 
103 
104 
141 
148 
74 
96 
8 .. 

• • 
8 
148 
36 
93 
43 
43 



18 

18 



33 

• • 
84 
68 
36 



166 

101 

146 

13 

181 

90 

168 

10 

88 

98 

814 

• • 

89 

110 
163 



9 



• • 



43 



88 



9 
191 
176 

7 
107 

■ ■ 

66 



8PBCIKS NBSCaiBBD. 



Mormodet Momaticom 



Moma nifeft 
Morrenia odorata 
Maeana prariens 
NarelMi 

Mycaranthes obliqua 
Nemaconia gracilifolia 
Keroetia floribanda 
N epeta talTiKfolia • 
Niootiana rotondifoUa 
Niphna oblooga 



Notylla punctata 
— -^^ pttbeiceDt 
•-^— » aromatiea 

{near? a 

— — Barker! 
tanuii 

■ mierantha 
Oberonia cylindrica 

■ miDiata 
recurva 

Wightiaoa 



Oetomeria gncilis 
^— — grandiflora 

— diaphana 

trideatata 

Odontogloasam Bictoniente 

constrietum 

— — — stellatum 

Bbrenbergii 

—— — — pulcbellum 
— — ^ — dowetU 
■ citrotmum 



cordatnm 
granda 
maealatttm 
RomU • 



(Boothera fmtioota indica 

Olinia capensit 

— - acaminata . • 



cjrmota 



Oncldiam tetrapetalum 
candldiim 

■ bracbyphyllam 
eooftagosam 

■ cuDeatum 
— >— aicendens 
pal? inatom 



Forkelii . 

CeboUeU . 

pergameneam . 

blani 

bicolor 

ranlfemm . 

longifolium 

laridum gattatnm 

Sattoni 

truUiferum • 

biealloaum 



•« Forbesii • 
— ensatum . 



• • 



• • 



841 .. 
843 66 
838 9 
838 .. 

838 18 
843 38 

o4U ■ • 

839 •• 
838 39 
889 •• 

838 .. 
841 
842 
838 
842 
841 
838 
838 
838 
838 
840 
843 

839 .. 
839 .. 

838 .. 

842 .. 

839 .. 

839 •• 

840 66 

843 .. 

841 .. 
841 .. 

841 48 

839 •• 

842 .. 

843 3 

838 .. 

840 .. 
840 30 

839 48 
843 •• 
841 
840 
841 
841 
838 4. 
843 .. 

842 4 
838 .. 

843 .. 

842 4 

838 .. 

839 42 

843 •• 
842 4 

842 .. 
838 .. 

843 66 

838 48 
842 4 

839 16 
842 . . 
839 57 

842 .. 

843 12 
839 •• 
842 



11 



• • 



• • 



162 



129 



184 
16 

• • 
123 
110 
172 

166 

72 

77 
167 
168 
169 
170 

23 
8 
8 
9 

66 

80 
146 1 

43 

• • 
26 
26 
86 

163 
68 

• • 
90 
94 



19 

•• 

212 

136 

136 

66 

76 

• • 
92 
16 

• • 
116 

• • 
14 

• • 
7 

124 

• • 

8 

• • 
14 

140 
16 



Oncidiam exeavatniii 

■ fphaeelatmii 

■ tphcgifieniiii 

— -^— aangnineam 

^— ^— nanam 

' unicome . 

uniflonim . 

— ^— uropbyUum 

earmatom 

intermediam 

barbatom 

unicomatam 

CartbagineoBe . 

pcUcanum 

maerantbemm • 

Wraye 

monooeras 

fiarkeri 

nebolotum 

Hantlanom • 

pacbypbyllam . 

Insleayi • 

ineiirvain • 

leococbilnm 

omitborbyneham 

ampliatum 

mierocbilum 



Wentworthlanum 
pallidum . • 
ramosam • • 
•uave 
stramineum • 



Ophelia pnrporaeeeDS 
Opoidia galbanifera 
Omitbogalnm geminiflornm 
•' divaricatnm 



moDtanum 



Oxalis DarTalliaaa . 

Ottonis 

— ^— fniticoea 
— — rubrociucta • 
Ozyantbus Yereieolor 
Ozylobium capltatum 



oboTatum 



PeBonla (Onsepia) Brownii 
PansBtia ful?a , 

PapaveramoeDum • • 
Paetlflora hlspidnla 



onyebina . 
Terrucifera 



Patersonia sappbirina 
Paxtonia rosea 
Pedicularis megalantha • 

pyramidata . 

Pentlandia ininiata 
Pentstemon barbatum car- 



neum 



crBMifoHum 
gentianoides 



PeriBteria guttata 

Humboldt! 

Peristyloa goodyeroides 



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842 

843 

890 

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830 

843 

842 

840 

840 

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840 

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841 

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840 

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838 

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841 

842 

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840 

840 

841 

842 

840 

841 

843 

843 

839 

838 

839 

840 

840 

838 

840 

839 

838 

842 

841 

839 



pt. bIk. 
.. 160 
SO •• 
.. 23 
.. 68 
.. 30 
.. 76 



43 
64 



•• 



10 



■ • 



23 



•• 



14 



28 



• • 

41 
64 



16 
36 
30 



46 

46 

74 

47 

215 

216 

33 

67 

100 

174 

175 

137 

138 

21 

174 

79 

95 

97 

198 

• • 
194 
108 
164 

22 

• • 
63 

158 
107 
100 
111 

• • 
•• 
11 

213 

•• 

•• 
150 

80 

• • 
49 



• . 83 
.. 80 
.. 3 
.. 16 
21 1 
62 105 
60 .. 
60 118 
.. 57 
.. 155 
68 .• 



839 21 
838 16 
838 3 

840 .. 
843 18 
840 .. 



• • 



39 

187 



SPECIES DESCRIBED. 



Pernettya angnstilblia 
Pesomerift tetragona 
Phaeeliaflmbriata . 
Phaiat grandlfoliut . 
-^— bicolor 

WaUIchil • 

■ albas 

Phalsnopsii amabilii 
Pharbitit Learii 



(Mtrina 



Philadelphut binutas 
— — Oordonianus 



trifloroi 
laxus • 
mezicanas 



Philibertia gnmdiflora 
Phlomis simplex 
Phlox Van Hontte*s 
Pbolidota articulata 

andulata 

— — coDchoidea 
Phycella biflora 
Physioga prostrata 
Physosiphon earioatos 
Picris asperrima 
-^— barbaroram 
Pieris ovalifolia 
Pimelia incana • 

' erintta 

~ spectabilis 

prostrata 

Pinnsoocarpa 
— - Llaveana 

Hartwegii 



— Devoniana 

— Rnsselliana 

— macFophylla 

— pseadostrobus 
apulcensis 



filifolia 

-Coulteri • 

PisoDia Olfersiana 
Pitcairnia undnlata 

micrantha 

Plttosporum bicolor 
Placea ornata . 
Plagianthas Lampenii 
Pleurothallis ctrcumplexa 

■ marginata 

— — — aphthosa 

— — Ylttata • 

— - ophlocepbala 

^-~— — stenopetala 
^^-— ^— — mascoidea 

■ pectinata 
■ recorva 

luteola . 

■ — plcta 

— gelida . 

— — — sicaria • 

fragUis . 

' foBtens . 

— -^— pedancalaris 



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1838 

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1898 

1888 

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1830 

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1841 

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1841 

1841 

1841 

1843 

1841 

1843 



pi. mbe. 
63 .. 
.. 6 
.. 126 
.. 40 
.. 91 
.. 68 
33 .. 
34 
66 
51 
14 



82 

• ■ 

39 



38 
13 

• • 
5 



24 

• • 
33 



50 



• • 



• • 






23 

• • 
51 

• • 
70 

118 

• • 

102 

■ • 

57 

19 

198 

72 

45 

132 

108 

107 

50 

100 
18 
81 
23 
24 
95 
96 
97 
98 
99 
100 
132 
133 
34 
44 
67 
27 

• • 
25 
27 
70 
71 

133 

48 

182 

165 

1 

1 

2 

182 

186 

187 

188 

7 

64 

62 



PlearotballU breviflora 

stmpifolla 

— — — bicarinata 

■ — scabripes 
— — — pachyglossa 
-^^— seriata . 

' Smithiana 

■ — Tillosa . 
— — - — eiliata . 
Podolepis con tor ta . 
Podolobinm berberifoliam 
Pogonia plieata 
Polemoniam cosraleiim 

grandiflomm 
Polygonnm amplexicanle 



molle . 

Polystacbya zeylanica 

clavata . 

" - ramulosa 
Inteola • 

-^— - reflexa • 

■ ■ — afflnis 

— bracteosa 



cerea 



Ponera graniinifolia • 



-j unci folia 
striata 



Popnlns balsamifera . 

tristis . 

longifolla . 

candicans . 

— psendo balsamifera 

laarifolia 

soaveolens . 

Portulaca Thellusonii 



splendens . 
Posoqueria versicolor 
Potentilla insignis 
Pothos podophyilus 
Primula denticulata 
Pronaya elegans 
Protea longiflora 
Psithyrisma 
Psoralea olicordata 

brachytropis 

Pnya Altenstdnli 

ccsrulea . 

heteropbylla 

recur?ata 

Qoekettia microscopica 
Quercus acutifolia 
reticulata 

— — crassipes 
■ spicata 

— mexicana 
-^— glauceseens 

sideroxyia 

lancifolia 

»- petioiaris 

— mannifera 



regia 



— Brantii 



Randia oxypeiala 
Reoanthera matutina 



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1839 
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1840 

1840 

1840 

1843 

1843 



pLnlfc. 
.. 125 
.. 3 
.. 11 
.. 155 
.. 146 
.. 176 
.. 79 
.. 40 
.. 41 
.. 120 
.. 89 
.. 129 

.. 70 
.. 117 



46 



• • 



66 

144 

71 

142 

143 

43 

44 

102 

208 

15 

17 

17 

17 

29 

30 

31 

32 

33 

34 

35 

114 



31 
34 
26 
37 

• • 

47 



11 
71 



• • 



41 



176 

200 
136 
136 
57 
75 
210 



43 
6 

160 

161 

162 

163 

164 

165 

166 

167 

168 

72 

73 

74 

02 

3 



8PCCTE8 DESCRIBED. 



Rhododendron RolllMonli 
—-———-» Aprilit 
Rbodorhiia 

Rbodostoina gardenioides 
Ribes Meniiesii 
Rigidella flammca . 
— — immacttlata 
Rl?ea tiliiefolia 
Rodriguezia crispa . 



— ^— carnea . 

— laziflora 

— — — maculata 
Roepera aarantiaca • 
Rondeletia longiflora 
Roacdea purpurea . 

Intea • 
Saccolabium gemmatnm 
dentiflorum 

Blumel 

— — — caleeolare 

bifldnm 

■ compreMom 

micranthum 

■ ocbraceam 

Salvia Moorcruftii . 

patens . 

excelta . 

- tnbifurmis . 

confertiflora 

— — canetcens 
hiana . 



pmnelloldes 
Rcgla . 



Saponaria perfoliata . 
Sarcanthus flliformis 
— — pallidas . 

oxyphyllus 

Sarcochilus olivaceus 
■ parviflorus 

— ungiilculatiis 

Satyrium papillosum 
— — cameum * 

^— caudidum . 

pustuiatum 

Saussorea palchella . 
Saxifraga ciliata 
Scaphyglottis refleza 

stellata 

8ce1ochiItt8 Ottonis . 
Schizantbus candidoa 
Schizonotus tomentoeuB 
Bchomburgkia marginata 

tibicinls 

Schubertia gravcolens 
Schweiggeria paudflora 
Seilla pratensit 

Peruviana, Tar. dis 

color . • 
BcIerooD oleinnm • 
Scutellaria spleudens 
Sedum miserum 
' multieaule 

Beneclo popnlifoUaSy lacteus 
-^— cmentus 



843 

843 

841 

843 

838 

840 

841 

841 

840 

839 

843 

830 

840 

838 

843 

840 

841 

838 

838 

841 

838 

838 

840 

838 

842 

839 

839 

841 

Ml 

839 

838 

840 

841 

840 

840 

841 

839 

843 

840 

840 

839 

838 

840 

838 

838 

838 

840 

84^ 

843 

839 

889 

843 

843 

840 

839 

841 

838 

841 

839 

843 

843 
841 
888 
840 
839 
839 



pi. mlac 
26 .. 
02 .. 
.. 162 
.. 47 
.. 62 

64 
133 

29 



16 
68 

• • 
64 



42 
61 



• • 



23 

■ ■ 
44 
29 
36 

• • 
39 



139 
113 

138 
218 
106 



169 

88 

103 

116 

139 

6 

6 

62 

4 

127 

48 

186 

40 



• • 



14 



18 
18 
66 



116 

• • 
207 
206 

• • 
83 
69 

186 
123 
27 
60 
143 
164 
166 
163 



• • 



40 
63 

48 



21 
60 
23 
46 

166 
12 

119 
2 



98 
139 
122 
124 



8enecio odoratus 
Beverinia brevifolia . 
Bieveisia elata • 
Sisyrinchium junceum 

■ — niajale 

Bobralia macrantha 

sessilis 

Solanam betaceum 



46 
7 



candidum 

-^— — coneavum 
— — raacrantbemm 

RossU 

— — uncinellam 
— ^— vemieatam 
Boilya linearis . 
""""^■^ ^"~""~"^ • . 
Sopbronitis violacea . 
Sowerbaea laziflora . 
Bpecklinia orbicularis 

oiliaris 

obovata 

Bphsrolobiani acominatnm 
Spirssa barbata 

flssa 

-^— Kamschatica 
■ lanceolata 
" cuneifolia 
vacciniifolia . 



rotundifolia . 

— — laxiflora 

flssa «. 

Bpirantbes eerina . 

■ diuretica 

■ Lindieyana 

■ — rosulata 

Bpironema fragrans • 
Bprekelia eyblster . 
— -^— glaoca 



Stanhopea qoadricornis 
— -^— Lindleyi • 
■ aurea 



tigrina 
oculata 

graTeoIens 
gattulata 
maculosa 
Martiana > 



var.bieolor 



Wardli 

Btatice arbom . 

pectinate 

monopetala 

■ lar.denudata 

Stelis argentate 

— crassifolia 

— atroporparea 

tristyla • 

Stenia pallida . 
Stenocbilas longifolius 

— — incanus 

Btenomesson eustephloides 



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1841 

1842 

1842 

1842 

1842 

1838 

1888 

1880 

1839 

1843 



pL nkie. 
.• Ill 
.. 62 
.. 64 
•• 12 
•• 37 
.. 66 
11 
66 
61 
126 
60 
181 



17 



• • 



16 



3 

• • 
10 



17 



47 
33 

• . 

16 

6 

• • 

1 



• ■ 

34 

• • 
137 
183 

• • 
18 
■• 
41 
40 

137 

77 

05 

1 

98 

87 
88 

• • 
169 

89 
170 
19 
119 
38 
84 
48 

• • 
104 



• • 
4 

31 

•• 
118 

80 
.. 125 
.. 116 
.. 28 
.. 109 
.. 147 
44 81 
.. 147 
6 .. 
65 .. 
64 •• 
69 .. 
.. 78 
.. 12 
.. 100 
• • 89 
20 .. 
.. 115 
.. 116 
.. 91 



SPSCIE8 DS8CRIBBD. 



Stenomestou vitelUnum • 
— — aarantiseam 
Stenocoryne longiconiis • 
Ste?ia fueicularit • 

Stigmaphyllon ciliatnm 

Jatropha- 

follam . . . . 
StrobUantbet scabra • 

Stylidinm proliferam 

■ pilot am . • 



BninoniaDom 



Tabennemontana dichotoma 
TVUinam teretifolium 
Taoacetum loogifbliam # 
Tetranema mezioaoum 
Tbalictnim caltratmn 
Thoinasia canesoens • 

Thiya fllifoimit 
Tbysanotns iatrioatos 



tenait 

prolifenu 

ifantbenis 



Tigridia violaoea 
Tillandsia OardDeri . 

rubida 

Tradescantia irideseens 

tomida • 

Tricbinium alopecuroidenm 

— Mangle8ii(note) 

StirlingU (note) 

Tiiehocentron iridifoliam 



recunrom 
eandidnm 



Triebonema edale . 
TVichosina ■aavis 
Trifollum inTolucratum 
Trlfronidiam aeominatam 



pi, mtac. { 
8 .. 
.. 00 
.. 66 



pk mtac 
843 
843 

843 •• 68 
838 69 .. I 
841 .. 121 



843 .. 

841 83 

841 .. 

841 .. 

849 41 

841 .. 

843 16 

841 63 

843 1 

840 .. 

843 63 

840 .. 

840 .. 

843 20 

838 .. 

840 4 
838 60 
838 8 
830 .. 

841 .. 
843 63 

842 63 
840 34 
840 42 
830 28 
830 28 
880 28 
838 .. 

843 •• 
843 .. 
842 •• 
842 21 
840 •• 
838 .. 



80 

•• 
78 
79 t 
• • 
96 



78 

• • 
77 

203 

• • 
111 



76 
134 

•• 

160 

• ■ 

• • 

178 
17 
18 
90 

• • 
116 
1S6 



T^igODldlam BgertoBiannm 



ringent 

— tenue 

TriptiUon tplnosam 

Trileleia anrea 
Tritonla ftieata 
TroUius acaalia 



Tropoolam amream 
Tiymalinm odoratittiifmin 
Tollpa Gesneriana 

maleolens 

TomBalobata 
Uroeollna pendaU 
Valeriana Napot 
Van Houtte'0 Phlox 
Vanilla bioolor 
— Palmarnm 
Vanda congesta 
— — criitata 

teres • 

Tiolaeea 

- lamellata 
Veronica dioem»folia 
— — formoea 

nivea 
Verticordia dentifloFa 
Victoria regia 
Viscaria oculata 
Vrietia psittacina 
Weinmannia venosa 
Xerotes longifoUa 
Ziehya tricolor 

angustifolia ( 

villoM 



note) 



Zigadennt glancus 
Zygopetalom africanum 



838 
840 
840 
830 
840 
841 

841 •* 
838 36 

842 %. 
848 82 
842 66 



pkoilae. 
.. 136 
.^ 100 
.. 121 



838 46 

830 66 

843 •• 

838 •• 

843 6 

838 .. 

842 .. 

830 .. 

842 48 
842 



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• • 



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838 
840 
830 
842 

843 .. 

838 •• 

843 63 

843 10 

830 3 

830 62 

830 62 

841 .. 

842 68 
838 67 
840 .. 



60 

129 

• • 
161 

• • 
66 



30 

• • 
86 

161 
180 

• • 
68 
76 
04 

• • 
26 
33 

126 
30 
86 
43 

106 
13 
•• 

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• • 

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PART IL^GENERAL INTBLLIOENCB, AND BNUMEBATIONS OF 

SPECIES.: 



Acineta HamboldtU, 1843, mUe.p. 68. 

Barkeri, 1848, fiUM. p. 68. 

Agardb, Reeensio generis PteridiSyDoticed^ 

1840, mUe. p. 13. 
Albumen, remarks on, by Drs. Schleiden and 

Vogel, 1842, misc. p. 46. 
Amelanchier canadensis, 1842,ffiife.ji. 16. 
American Quackery, 1843, ntwcp. 16. 
Amianthiam moscntoxicnmy 1843, mbcp. 

14. 
Attilbe deeandia, 1842, mise. p. 16. 
BsBckea* its stmctore, 1842, f . 10. 
Balssmineflp, their affinities and stmctnre, 

1840, f. 8. 
Balsam Poplan, 1843, mUe* p. 20. 
Baner, his sale, 1841, mite. p. 36. 
Beet Root, observations on, by M. Decaisne, 

1880, misc. p. 28. 
Bifrenaria, sp. described, 1843, mticp. 61. 



Boykinia aconitifolia, 1842, miae.p. 13. 
Brown, Robert, a Copley medal awarded to 

him, 1840, mifc. p*S. 
Campanala, its collecting hairs, 1840, miic. 

p. 64. 
Cape of Good Hope, notes on Its Yegetatioiiy 

1832,mtfe.p.62. 
Circulation of the lates in plants, 1839, 

miMC. p. 48. 
Cirrhopetalnm, sp. described, 1843, #• 49. 
destines in plants, 1840, mite. p. 13. 
Clethra acuminata, 1842, mite. p. 13. 
Clerodendron, straetnreofits ovary* 1843, 

<.7. 
Cobnrgia, species described, 1848, mite. p. 

62. 
Colaz, sp. described, 1843, mite. p. 60. 
Cordage plants, some account of, 1839, 

^miicp. 6. 



GENERAL INTBLLtOBNCE. 



Croenfety deteribed, 1849, misc. p, 36. 
Cunningham^ Allan, his death, 1840, mUe. 

p. 1. 
Cyclamens, Eoropean, deseiibed, 1842, 

misc. p. 86. 
Dendrobiam, sp. described, 1843, f. 88. 
Dietrich, Synopsis Plantarnm sen Bname- 

ratio Systematica, ftc 1848, mise. p, 7. 
Diphylleia cymosa, 1848, mue. p. 13. 
Encydia, characters of, 1848, mi$e. p. 88. 
Bndlicher's Qenera Plantarnm, 1830, mUe, 

p. 40. 
Qenera Plantaram, notieed, 

1840, mite, p. 31. 

theory of f egetable fertitliation. 



1839, ffiife. p. 4. 

Enchiridion Botanieum, 1841, 



mtfc. p. 85. 
Epidendmm, 1848, miff. p. 87. 

. sp. described, 1848, t. 60. 

Eztracarpellary attachment of seeds, 1841, 

mifc. p. 85. 
Flora de Filipinas, Blanco's, 1839, mtic. 

p. 75. 
Frankincense tree of Sierra Leone, 1839, 

mue, p. 30. 
Frozen Potatoes, 1839, mite. p. 18. 
QentianaeesB, Grisebach's Monograph of, 

1839, mite. p. 57. 

Geum radiatam, 1848, mite. p. 15. 

Glycine sinensis, 1840, mite. p. 41. 

Gray*s Notes of a botanical excursion to the 
mountains of N. Carolinai 1848, mite, 
p. II. 

Goatemala Orchidacese, 1840, mite. p. 43. 

Gum, its motion in plants, 1840,imijc. p. 14. 

Hair-like roots of Cotyledon crlstatum, 1 839, 
fRUC. p. 84, 

Hedyotis serpyllifolia, 1848, mifc.p. 18. 

Heuchera ?ilIosa, 1843, mite. p. 11. 

Horse-chesnnts, poisonous, 1839,mtse.p. 88. 

Horticultural Society's Garden, 1839,mtM!. 
p. 17. 

Hymenocallis and Pancratium; the distinc- 
tion between, 1840, mite, p. 12. 

Koordistan oaks, 1841, mtM.p.24. 

Kunth, Ennmeratio plantarnm. Vol. III. 
1842, mite. p. 6. 

Lantana, list of sp. of, 1843, mite. p. 53. 

Lslia, sp. described, 1842, t, 62. 

Ledebour's Flora' Rossica, 1842, mite. p. 6. 

Leiophylla, 1842, mite. p. 15. 

Link, Klotzsch, and Otto, Icones plantarnm, 

1840, mite. p. 87. 

Leptotes bicolor, its fruit aromatic, 1840, 

mite. p. 14. 
Lomandra, note upon, 1830, tub t. 3. 
Lycaste, sp. described, 1843, mite, p. 15. 
Magnolia Fraseri, 1842, muc. p. 12. 
Maxillaria, genus defined, 1843, mite. 

p. 10. 
Monstrum Planti, 1843, mite. p. 1. 
Mormodes, sp. described, 1843, t. S3. 
Moquin Tandon, Chenopodearum Mono- 

graphicf^numeratio, 1840, mite, p. 78. 



Myrtle, deri^tion of the name, 1839,mifc- 

p.88. 
Oaks of Koordistan, 1840, ndte. p. 39. 
OrehidacesB of Brazil, their habits, 1839, 

nnse.p. 48, 81. 
'— of Australia, Canningham'a 

notes on, 1843, ^JS7. 

of Guatemala, 1840, mite. p. 43. 



Ozycoccns ereetns, 1848, mite. p. 10. 
Pancratium and Hymenocallis, the dit- 

tinotion between, 1840, mite. p. IS. 
Paphinia cristata, 1843, misc. p. 14. 
Peristeria, 1843, mite. p. 66. 

sp. described, 1843, mite. p. 67. 

Perrine on acclimatislnir tropical plants in 

the United States, 1839, mite. p. 5. 
Physostegia Tirginiana, its catalepsy ex- 
plained, 1840, mite. p. 31. 
Pinetum Woburnense, 1839, ndte.p. 23. 
Pisonai tree, 1839, mite. p. 18. 
Plant's VegeUble Monster, 1 843, mite. p. 1 . 
Plearothallls, sp. described, 1848, mite. 

p. 67. 
Pollen covered with starch, 1839,mtsc. p. 74. 
Primary distribution of the Vegetable King- 

dom, 1839, mite. p. 76. 
Proceedings of the Royal Asiatic Sodely, 

1839, mifc.p. 84. 
Promensea, sp. described, 1843, misc. p. 13. 
Pymlaria oleifera, 1848. mite. p. 13. 
Ribes, list of hardy «p. 1843, mite. p. 37. 
Boyle's Illustrations of the Botany, Ac of 

the Himalayas, 1839, miJC. p. 26. 
Salep roots, their anatomy, 1 841 , mtfc. p. 16. 
Schauer, Chamcelanciese, 1841 , mite. p. 88. 
Sareoglottis, sp. described, 1843, mtse. p. 35. 
Scuticaria Steelii, 1843, mite. p. 14. 
Schizanthus, sp. described, 1843,f. 45. 
Seeds, eztracarpellary attachment, 1840, 

mtse. p. 25. 
Siebold's Flora Japonica, noticed, 1840, 

mite. p. 4. 
Solidago glomerata, 1842, mite, p, 15. 
Stanhopea, sp. described, 1849, t. 44. 
Starch on the outside of pollen grains, 1839, 

mite. p. 74. 
Starch, new flew concerning, 1841, mite. 

p. 48. 
Tasmannian plants, 1840, mite. p. 16. 
Torrey and Gray's Flora of North America, 

1839, mite. p. 42. 2. 

1840, mite. p. 79. 

1841, mite. p. 74. 



Tragacanth, source of the drug, 1840, 

p. 38. 
Van Diemen's Land plants, 1840, mite, 

p. 16. 
Vanilla, first produced in England, 1840 

mifc. p. 66. 
Victoria regia, note upon, 1840, mite. p. 62 
Warrea tricolor, 1843, mite. p. 14. 
Wight's Illustrations of Indian Botany 

1839, misc. p. 29. 
Wistaria sinensis, 1840, mite> p. 14. 



NORMAN AND SKZVN, PRINTERS, MAIDEN LANE, COTINT OARDBN. 



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