58 GLEANINGS AND ORIGINAL MEMORANDA. 
Rodriguezia th that this van comes nearest ; in fact one of the supposed species of that genus, Rodr. stenochila of the 
Orchi næ, proves to be really a Scelochilus. A third species from Quito enables us to complete tlie 
history of the peg up to the — time, by the following enumeration :— 
1. Scelochilus Ottonis. Klotzsch. 
ochilus Linde (alias Rodriguezi s'enochila of Lindley, in the Orch. Lind., no. 123, where it is 
published with the following character :—* foliis imis. planis, racemo laxo ereeto pelda, fioribus divaricatis, 
sepalo inferiore bilobo obtuse calcarato, labello hastato basi sagittato, columná apterá. ‘An 
epiphyte, from the forests of Jaja. Flowers pale pillow. aed with red. Venezuela, at the height of 6000 feet ; 
July, 1842.’ (No, 659). Of this species I have only a leaf and a couple of loose scapes ; the latter are about 
three inches long, with two or three sharp keeled distant sheaths, and four flowers, about the size of those of 
" R. secunda. The very narrow lip - = — column are quite peculiar ”). 
3. Scelochilus Jamiesoni ; foliis d n E — oae: 
brevi ancipiti, bracteis setaceo-acuminatis pedicellis longioribus, se 
inflato rotundato, petalis "ppm labello obovato concavo aei — — ليد‎ — ewe 
| 2 incurvis pone basin.— Quito. Jamieson, 1848.— ce of th 
| of the only flower at our cien 1t seems i de be Be 
558. MaxiLLARIA REVOLUTA. Klotzsch. A terrestrial Orchid with yellow flowers. Native 
country mobi Meri with Mr. Linau of Frankfort. 
elongatis squamosis pseudobulbosis ; pseudobulbis oblongis compressis levibus, apice 
unifolintis ; folic end RN. erecto subtortuoso unicostato, apice obtuso emarginato, basi conduplicatim-attenuato ; 
pedunculis unifloris pseudobulbo duplo longioribus ; flore vitellino ; perigonii foliolis exterioribus oblongis erectis 
brevissime acutis, marginibus lateralibus brevi recurvis, interioribus brevioribus obtusis, apice revolutis ; labello 
i 
atro-purpurea adnata ad basin inter lacinias laterales ; gymnostemio erecto brevi semitereti virescente glabro, dorso 
obtuso; germine longissimo tereti stricto. 
This extremely pretty Maxillaria vety much resembles in its habit M. Henchmanni Hooker, and M. tenuifolia 
Lindley, but differs from the former in its upright leaves,and from the latter in its size, and from both in the colour of its 
flowers, and the recurved points of its petals. The pseudobulbs are one inch long and three inches broad. Th 
peduncle is as thick as a crowquill, upright, and provided with long, lanceolate, pointed, dry, paper- like scales. Theleaves 
are five inches long, half an inch wide, and leathery. The ovary with its short stalk measures two inches. The sepals 
are from seven to eight lines long and two broad, the petals six lines long and one and a half broad ; the tongue-shaped 
lip five, and the column three lines long.—Allgem. Gartenzeit., June 12, 1852 
559. OLBARIA Gunntana. Hooker fil. (alias Eurybia Gunniana De Candolle.) A half-hardy 
shrub, — of Van Diemen's Land. Flowers white. Belongs to Composites. Introduced at Kew. 
s is another interesting plant of Van Diemen's Land, which braves the cold of — and even the vicinity of 
Loin, provided it be trained against a wall. In such a position it has long been cultivated in the Royal Gardens of 
Kew, flowering copiously late in the autumn. We wish it vedi —— neni to recommen it. It was raised from seeds 
sent by Mr, Gunn, by whom, as its name we it We think Dr. Hooker has properly referred it 
| to Olearia, and that Zurybia a, d is € one of the many forms of the same variable species ; 
| variable especially in the size and incision i the leaves, añ and searcely less so in the length of the peduncles and the more 
owers, 
much branched, ultimate branches often very short. Leaves numerous, varying much in length in our native specimens, 
from half an inch to two inches long, on short petiolis, D or linear-lanceolate, generally rather deeply sinuato- 
dentate at the margin, penninerved, the nerves deeply impr above, and there the surface is nearly quite glabrous, 
sm. wrinkled with reticulated veinlets : below, as on the branches, peduncles, and involucres, white with dense compact 
entum. Ssh appe subterminal, on short branches, single-flowered, or elongated and panieled with several flowers or 
| dicii, k . Involuere of several small imbricated downy scales. Florets of the ray white, of the dise yellow. 
Achenium, at least of the central florets, punctato-tuberculate. Bristles of the pappus eim the scales lanceolate, with 
fringed serratures, sufficiently hardy to thrive in the open air of this climate in mild winters. It forms a low evergreen 
~ shrub, well suited for the front row of shrubbery borders. In summer, when in flower, it presents a very showy 
ce, which makes it worth wie to keep a Monk of young pan. unke protection to meet t the casualties of a 
severe winter. It flowers freely if Bot. Map, t. 4638. 
560. Lycaste Rrcorom. Klotzsch. A terrestrial Orchid from Guatemala, Flowers pink. 
Introduced by Mr. hiked Flowered with Mr. Nauen of Berlin. 
. tricolor ; bracteis membranaceis elongatis acuminatis convolutis densis viridibus, suprema ovario duplo longiore ; 
-— thii foli. liolis em موده‎ oblongis brevissime acutis patentibus arcuatim-recurvis lide rufescentibus, — و‎ 
tins interio aan brevioribus roseis obovatis, utrinque glabris, inferne subconniventibus, apice recurvis ; 
— unctato glabro petalis parum nikon Menit lateralibus rotundatis paren 
