22 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Lipusis pbndula. Messrs. Loddiges' received it from India. The flow- 

 ers are green, small, produced on a raceme about a foot long. 



Coslogyne micuhti. Orchidese. Received by Messrs. Loddiges' from 

 India. The flowers are white, beautifully blotched and spotted with dark 

 colors, producing a very striking appearance. 



Maxh.lap.ia macrophylla. Orchidese. Imported by Messrs. Loddiges' 

 from Columbia. It much resembles M. Deppii. The petals are of a pale 

 straw color, sepals green outside, brown inside, lrbrllum spotted with crim- 

 son Each flower is about three inches across, and has rather a disagree- 

 able scent. ( Bot - Re S- 



Maxillaria porrecta. Orchideae. Received by Messrs. Loddiges' 

 from Rio Janeiro. The flowers are of a pale buff, having the petals and 

 sepals tipped with dull red. (Bot- Reg. 



Mormodes pardina. Orchideae. J. Bateman, Esq., Knypersly Hall, 

 received this species from 13aron Karwinski, who discovered it in Oaxaca. 

 The habit is very robust, being three times the size of M. atropurpurea. 

 The flowers are of a beautiful primrose, spotted entirely over with reddish 

 purple, and are delightfully fragrant. G. Barker, Esq., of Springfield House, 

 Birmingham, has had the same species produce self-colored flowers. 



Notylia incurva. Orchideae. Messrs. Loddiges' received it from Trin- 

 idad. The flowers are of a pale straw color, having fine yellow spots near 

 the base of each petal. (Bot. Reg. 



REFERENCE TO PLATE. 



Verbena Teucrioides — Specimens of this very distinct species was first 

 sent to this country by Dr. Gillies who collected them from the highest ol the 

 TJspallata mountains in South America, at an elevation of ten thousand feet 

 above the leyel of the sea. Subsequently Mr. Tweedie sent it from Monte 

 Video, and Sugar Loaf Mountain, Buenos Ayres, Mr. Tweedie also sent 

 seeds of it to the Earl of Arran, in whose garden the plant was first raised, 

 and bloomed during the last summer. The plant grows to the height of two 

 feet or more, erect, having numerous spreading branches. The principal stem 

 terminates with a spike of dense flowers, near a foot long. The flower* are 

 at first of a delicate yellowish-white, which afterwards become a pretty rosy 

 pink colour. The flowers too have a delightful jasmine like scent, which 

 is Tery powerful in the evening and during night, but like the night scented 

 stock, diminishes as the day approaches. The flowers have not the splendour 

 in colour of several other kinds of Verbenas, but far exceeds all others in 

 size. The plant is of easy culture, propagating freely by cuttings, and de- 

 lighting in a compost of loam, and sandy peat, having a portion of well-rotted 

 dun°\ Messrs. Handyside, of Musselburgh Nursery possess the stock, and will 

 have plants for sale in April, 1839. 



It will doubtless flourish freely in the open ground during summer, but to 

 enjoy its fragrance, should be grown near to a sitting room, or be kepi in a 

 conservatory or greenhouse. The very large size ot the flowers and spike 

 produced, suggest the propriety of impregnating them with some ot the 

 richer coloured kinds, in order to produce some splendid varieties from it, 

 Few plants are of more easy culture thnn new kinds of Verbenas, or more 

 interesting for the flower garden, whether grown as a single plant, or in 

 masses, in the border, or on rock work. It is stated, that in the native coun- 

 try of the Verbena melindris, nearly every cottage is ornamented with it, and 

 we think that, with the other recently introduced species and varieties, 

 ought to have a place in every flower bed in the kingdom, 



