170 GLEANINGS AND ORIGINAL MEMORANDA. 
0. planilahre (Plurituberculata) ; pseudobulbis ancipitibus tenuibus costatis, foliis ensatis recurvantibus racemo 
brevioribus, racemo simplici, sepalis petalisq. lanceolatis unguiculatis undulatis subaequalibus, labeili laeiniis lateralibus 
oblongis parvis intermedia semicirculari planft emarginata, crista rhomboidea cuspidata margine erosa verrucis 2 insequa- 
libus utrinque versus cuspidem, dente forti obtuso faciei columnse adnato, columnse brevibus carnosis inflexis. 
This plant has the foliage of O.flexuosum, and flowers much like those of 0. Suttowi. The pseudo-bulbs are thin, sharp 
edged, and ribbed at the side. The leaves are sword-shaped, lorate, recurved, and shorter than the raceme. The raceme 
is long and narrow like that of the Sutton Oncid (0. Suttoni), and the flowers are as nearly as possible of the same 
colour ; that is to say, the sepals and petals are dull brown tipped with yellow, and the lip is clear yellow stained with 
cinnamon brown at the base. The sepals and petals are nearly of the same size and form, rhomboid-lanceolate, 
acuminate, wavy, very distinctly stalked. The lip is three-lobed, with the side lobes nearly as wide as that in the centre, 
which is slightly stalked, nearly hemispherical, emarginate, and perfectly flat. The crest consists of a broad lozenge- 
shaped rugged-edged cuspidate process, beneath which, near the point, on either side, are two small unequal tubercles ; 
in addition to which there is a stout blunt tooth which rises in front of the column, forming part of it. The wings of the 
column are roundish, dwarf, and incurved. There is no published Brazilian species with which this can be usefully 
compared. From the Sutton Oncid and similar Mexican forms it differs in the form of the crest, and especially in the 
strong tooth already mentioned as standing in front of the column. It is rather a pretty species, of the third class in 
point of personal appearance. — Journal of ff&rt. Soc. 9 vol. vi. 
221. Daphne Houtteana. (alms Daphne Mezereum, foliis atropurpureis of Gardens.) A 
hardy evergreen bush, with vernal purple flowers. Belongs to Daphnads. Origin unknown. 
That this plant is not a Mezereum is evident ; in Mezereum the flowers precede the leaves ; but here they appear 
simultaneously. In Mezereum the leaves are obovate-lanceolate, gradually extended into a wedge-shaped base, thin, glaucous 
beneath, downy in the bud, fringed at the edges when full grown ; in this plant the leaves are lanceolate, taper-pointed, 
half leathery, with no trace of glaucousness or down. The flowers of Mezereum are bright carmine, and seem to come 
out of the very wood of the stem ; those of the present plant are violet-lilac, and grow in little stalked cymes, the 
ramifications of which remain behind after the fruit has fallen. Is this, then, a new species ? It is scarcely probable. 
M. Planchon suggests that it may be the D. papyracea of Wallich, a Himalayan species, introduced many years since into 
England, according to Sweet's " Hortus Britannicus f* and of which the short diagnosis in Walpers agrees pretty well 
with our plant. This can be ascertained by those who have access to the figure of that species, published by M. Decaisne, 
in the botanical part of " Jacquemont's Voyage." Be that as it may, this plant is well worth growing, for it is perfectly 
March, rather later than D. Mezereum. — Flore des Serres, t. 592. 
evergreen, with deep purple leaves, occas 
and the Spurge Laurel (B. Laurmhi. l\ 
Can it be a mule, 
222. Eria acervata. lAndley. A white-flowered hothouse orchid from India, of no beauty. 
Introduced by the Horticultural Society. 
E. acervata ; pseudobulbis compressis uno super alterum cumulatis collo brevi diphyllis, foliis rectis ensatis, racemis 
piuribus super pedunculum ovatis acummatis 
intermedio oblonsro multo lonmorf* 
This little Eria is scarcely known in gardens. The peculiarity of it consists in the stem when fully formed being 
nothing more than a collection of pseudobulbs or compressed bodies, in form not unlike a flat flask, and piled one 
over the other in a very singular manner. The flowers are white, smooth, with a slight tinge of green, but otherwise 
colourless. The lin is 3-lolwL with 3 <>WaW 
parallel 
The foot of 
the column is neither chambered nor toothed. In all respects this plant is so entirely an Eria that it is referred to 
may have been accidental, 
a reasonable presumption 
Hort Soc.y vol. vi. 
masses was onlv 4. instead of 8. But this 
calls 
Journal of 
223. Lonicera tatarica, var. punicea. A hardy shrub from Siberia, with crimson flowers. 
Belongs to Caprifoils. Introduced by the Horticultural Society. 
This plant does not seem to differ in any essential particular from the old Tartarian Honeysuckle, except that its 
flowers are larger, later, and of a deep rose colour. In these respects it has much more value for gardens ; for it is not 
so apt to be cut off by spring frosts. If uninjured, the rich tints of its flowers give the bush quite a handsome appearance 
among early flowering plants. It is worthy of note, that although this seems to differ from the common Tartarian 
Honeysuckle^ in no essential circumstance beyond what has been just mentioned, yet it comes true from imported seeds. 
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