132 NOTICES OF NEW OR RARE GARDEN PLANTS. 



lateral branch only, but gives the characteristic peculiarities of the 

 plant. 



Maxillaria hirtilabia.* 



This species, which has appeared in several collections in this 

 country, is strikingly different from any other cultivated species 

 except M. setigera. It has flat round pseudobulbs, and leaves 

 broadly strap-shaped, with a long channeled footstalk, and of a 

 most beautiful green. The flower-stalks grow from the base of 

 the pseudobulb, as in M. punctata ; they are completely covered 

 by loose inflated sheaths of an olive-brown colour, tipped with 

 green ; the point of the uppermost often rises above the top of 

 the ovary, and always covers that organ partially. The sepals 

 are broad, oblong, erect, of a rich Crocus yellow, tinged with red 

 at the back. The petals are much narrower, of the same length, 

 nearly white, and, when the flower is in perfection, diverge 

 abruptly near the points. The lip is much shorter than the 

 petals, more yellow, stained at the edges with dull purple, and 

 thickly clothed with hairs on the upper side. 



The introduction of this plant is forgotten by those who possess 

 it. It is a native of New Grenada, where it was found by Schlim, 

 one of the collectors employed by Mr. Linden, near San Pedro in 

 the province of Ocana, at the elevation of 4800 feet above the 

 sea, blossoming in February. A beautiful specimen has been 

 received from the garden of the Lord Bishop of Winchester at 

 Farnham Castle. 



Quercus infectoria. Olivier in Willd. sp. pi., IV. 436. Voyage 

 dans V Empire Ottom. I. 253, t. 14, 15. Loudon's Arbo- 

 retum Britannicum, 3, p. 1928. 



Although it is stated in Catalogues that this Oak, which pro- 

 duces the Nutgalls of commerce, was introduced to cultivation in 

 this country in 1822, it is extremely doubtful whether the state- 

 ment means anything more than that acorns had then been 



* M. hirtilabia ; (acaulis, uniflora,) pseudobulbis ancipitibus rotundatis, 

 folio oblougo-ligulato longe petiolato, vaginis pedunculi inibricatis cucul- 

 latis suprema ovario longiore, sepalis oblongis erectis, petalis angustioribus 

 labello longioribus, labelli trilobi secus medium birsuti laciniis oblongis 

 lateralibus brevioribus rotundatis intermedia margine undulata, callo 

 oblongo indiviso, columua elongata glabra, anthera acute cristata. — /. L. 



