MISCELLANEOUS MATTER 



OF THE 



BOTANICAL REGISTER. 

 1844. 



1. CCELOGYNE fuscescens. 



Lindl. Gen. &f Sp. Orch. p, 41. 



A plant of this rare species flowered at Sion in the end of 

 last November. Its blossoms are perhaps the largest in the 

 genus, but want the brilliancy necessary to render them ver}'- 

 striking. They are of a pale greenish yellow, without any 

 markings except on the lip, which has a few brown spots 

 towards the base, a broad brown band alono; the middle of 

 each side lobe, and three vermilion coloured streaks in the 

 centre. We fear that brighter suns than those of November 

 will hardly destroy the green sufficiently to render this com- 

 parable with some species, notwithstanding its large flowers. 



2. LiELIA virens. 



L. virens ; sepalis suberectis ovatis petalisque lanceolatis subaequalibus, labello 

 oblongo obsolete trilobo cucuUato apice ovato crispo linea obsoleta ele- 

 vata versus basin, columnse cardine unidentato. 



A Brazilian plant, of which I have only seen a single 

 flower. Mr. Loddiges, whose number 647 it is, informs me 

 that it has quite the habit of Cattleya crispa. The flowers 

 are very pale yellowish green, of no beauty, and about the size 

 of Maxillaria alba, which they are something like. The 

 number of pollen-masses is certainly eight, which makes the 

 plant a Laelia and not a Cattleya. 



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