Published in Great Britain. 1G7 



Hooker's Exotic Flora for September, No. 1 1. 



Tab. 119. Dendrobium Barringtoniw, (Sw. and Bv. Ejiidendruni 

 Barringtoniae, Smith Ic. Pict.) t. 220, a beautiful new species of Den- 

 drobium, named Hurrisuniw, in honour of Mrs. Harrison of Argsburgh, 

 near Liverpool, who introduced it from Rio de Janeiro : " bulbo ovato 

 unifolio, folio ovato-lanceolato undulato basi attenuato, scapo unifloro, 

 petalis duobus inferioribus dorso unitis apice bidentalis." t. 121, Bray a 

 alpina of Sternberg, from the gardens both of Edinburgh and Glasgow. 

 t. 122, Pothos acaulis. t. 123, Pleuotliullis racemijlora of Lindley, 

 " caule elongato unifolio, scapo folio oblongo emarginato longiore erecto, 

 floribus racemosis secundis acuminatis tetrapetalis." This is the Den- 

 drobium racemiflorum of Swartz ; and it was first imported from the 

 West Indies by Messrs. Loddiges. 



No. 15. October. 

 Tab. 124. Dendrobium pubescens, n. sp. " bulbo oblongo-ovato, foliis 

 distichis lanceolatis glabris, scapo elongato fioribusque laxe spicatis pu- 

 bescentibus, labello oblongo trilobo petalis tribus exterioribus inferne 

 unitis basi saccatis." A very interesting species, communicated by Mr. 

 Shepherd, who had received it from Dr. Wallich. A native of Calcutta. 

 t. 125, ConvaUaria oppositifolia of Lond. Bot. Cab. a native of Nepaul, 

 whence it was sent to the Glasgow Garden by Dr. Wallich. t. 120, 

 Trheuxis falcata, Lindl. Coll. Bot. from the Liverpool Botanic Garden, 

 whither it had been transmitted from Trinidad by Baron de Schack, 

 M. D. t. 127, Ornithocephalus gladiatus, constituting a highly curious 

 and new genus, belonging to the 4th section of Mr. Brown's Orchidea; 

 in Hort. Kew : " Flores resupinati. Labellum subpedicellatum, longe 

 attenuatum. Petala subrequalia, duo superiora demum reflexa. Colum- 

 na brevis, hinc apice una cum anthera longissime rostrata. Mass;v 

 pollinis 4, pedicello valde elongata, basi biglanduloso affixae." This is 

 a small parasitic plant, with equitant leaves. The very singular elon- 

 gated process of the upper part of the column, with the corresponding 

 anther case which lies upon it, have suggested the generic appellation. 

 Communicated by the Baron de Schack, to the Glasgow Botanic Garden, 

 where it blossomed in August 1824. 



No. 16. — November. 



Tab. 128. Trichilia odorata. t. 129. Pleurothallis ? coccinea, 

 which the author has, since the engraving of the plate, ascertained to 

 be the Rodriguesia lanceolata of Loddiges, and the Rodr. secunda of 

 Humb. and Kunth. t. 130. Monarda Russetliana of Nuttall. — No. 131. 

 Baptisia ? nepalensis ; a very handsome plant, raised from Nepaul seeds 

 by Mr. Neill at Canonmills, near Edinburgh. " Foliis ternis breviter 

 petiolatis, foliolis lanceolatis subsericeis, stipulis petiolum subsquanti- 

 bus ovatis acutis deciduis, germinibus pubescentibus, corolhe alis invo- 

 lutis." After this plate likewise had been engraved, and most of the 

 impressions finished, a fully formed seed vessel was communicated to 



