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30. TRYMALILJM odoratissimum. 



T. odoratissimum ; foliis ovalibus integerrimis serratisve obtusiusculis petiolatis 

 utrinque ramulisque spars& villosis, paniculis laxis axillaribus stellato-pube- 

 scentibus foliis pluries longioribus, calycibus stellatis petalisque glabris albis, 

 disco 5-plicato, stylis duobus. 



The genus Trymalhim has lately been established by M. 

 Fenzl, for the supposed species of Ceanothus inhabiting New 

 Holland. They differ from Pomaderris, of which many 

 have the habit, in the presence of a distinct plaited disk 

 surrounding the ovary, and from Ceanothus in their inde- 

 hiscent fruit. The species now defined is a new and very in- 

 teresting addition to the genus; it was introduced from Swan 

 River by R. Mangles, Esq. by whom a plant in flower was 

 presented to the Horticultural Society of London in February 

 1838. It had been cultivated in a rather warm greenhouse, 

 and was consequently a little drawn up ; nevertheless its 

 numerous loose drooping panicles of snow-white flowers ren- 

 dered it a graceful and beautiful object, and its fragrance 

 was that of the Hawthorn deprived of all that the May- 

 flower has of sickly and oppressive. Mr. Mackay, the gar- 

 dener at Sunning Hill, states that the wood is soft and 

 pithy, and that the plant is apt to damp off in winter, if 

 overpotted and not kept in a warm and light situation. 



31. BRASSIA macrostachya. 



B. macrostachya ; pseudobulbis compressis margine obtusis 2-3-phyllis, foliis 

 ligulato-oblongis striatis abrupte acutis, scapo nutante multifloro, sepalis 

 linearibus acuminatis lateralibus longissimis, labello oblongo-lanceolato 

 acuminato petalis longiore. Sertum Orchidaceum, t. 6. 



A most beautiful species obtained by Messrs. Loddiges 

 from Demerara, and resembling B. caudata, Bot. Reg. t. 832, 

 which differs in the following particulars. Its pseudo-bulbs 

 are acute at the margin not obtuse : its flowers are smaller, 

 greener, and much more mottled with deep brown ; and 

 its labellum is ovate, acuminate, and the same length as 

 the petals, instead of being oblong-lanceolate, and longer 

 than the petals. 



