acuminatia herbaceis, floribus sessilibus, labello rhombeo-oblongo glabra 

 lamellis 2 intramarginalibus pone basin. 



At length Messrs. Loddiges have succeeded in flowering 

 a species of Sobralia, which was found in Demerara by Mr. 

 Schomburgk ; unfortunately, however, not one of the finest 

 species. I previously possessed wild specimens of it from Mr. 

 Schomburgk, and they show that the garden plant is quite as 

 perfect as in its native meadows. It has a reed-like stem 

 covered with small black hairs ; and stiff-ribbed taper-pointed 

 leaves. From the summit of the stem there appears a single 

 rose-coloured flower, which is very fugacious. The lip is 

 many degrees darker than the other parts. The plant w r ill 

 shortly be figured with a further account of it. 



12. MONACHANTHUS Bushnani. Hooker in Botanical Magazine, t. 3832. 



This plant is clearly a slight variety of Catasetum (Mo- 

 nachanthus) discolor, with the colour more yellow-green than 

 usual, and the apex of the lip produced into a sharp point. 

 If care is not taken we shall have the genus Catasetum a most 

 prolific source of spurious species, as indeed it has already 

 become. In some instances it is difficult to judge whether a 

 new form is specifically distinct or not ; but in the present 

 instance there can be no doubt upon the subject. This is a 

 rather pretty variety. 



13. CALECTASIA cyanea. R. Brown Prodromus Florae Novse Hollandise, 

 p. 2G4. Flinders's Voyage, Appendix t. 9. 



This, one of the most beautiful plants of the Australasian 

 flora, has recently been w r ell figured in the Botanical Maga- 

 zine, t. 3834. We however regret to say that the species still 

 remains to be introduced. Our object in calling attention to 

 the figure is, that persons in communication with Western 

 Australia may transmit that figure to their correspondents, 

 with a request that its ripe seeds may be sent home. It is a 

 very common shrub in sandy soil, at Swan lliver, King 

 George's Sound, and probably on all parts of the South-west 

 coast. It is doubtful whether our gardens yet possess any 

 species so perfectly beautiful as this is, and as its flowers 

 retain their brilliant colours when dried, it is probable that it 

 will prove, when we obtain it, a new kind of " Everlasting/'' 



