NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 2S9 



PART II. 



NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 



(Noticed since our last.) 



I.CORYCIUM OROBANCHOIDES. Synonym SATYRIUM OROBAN- 

 CHOIDES. Broomrape Corycium (Bot. Reg. 45. 



ORCHIDACESe. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



It is a terrestrial Orchidese, and a native of tbe sandy plains of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. It is very probable that the plant which has recently 

 bloomed in the collection of John Rogers, Jun. Esq., Streatham, Surrey, is the 

 first that bloomed in Europe. 



The flowers are small, produced in a spike, which rises about six inches 

 high. The flower is a pale yellow having the end of the petal a reddish- 

 purple. Corycium, from korukos, a little bag, attending to the form of the 

 flower. 



2. CYRTOCHILUM MACULATUM. Spotted flowered. Bot. Reg. 34. 



ORCHIDACE*. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



A native near to Yera Cruz. It has bloomed in tbe London Horticultural 

 Society's Garden. The scape of flowers rises above a foot high, bearing 

 from eight to ten blossoms, each of which is about an inch and a quarter 

 across. The petals are of a yellowish green, beautifully spotted with brown- 

 ish purple, The labellum is white at the base, but yellow towards tbe ter- 

 mination, having the edge tinged with carmine. The entire plant has very 

 much the appearace of an Oncidium. 



3. LOBELIA BRIDGESSII, Air. Bridge's (Bot. Mag. 3671- 



.LOBBI.IACE*. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



A native of Chili, where it was discovered by Mr. Rodges. Seeds of it 

 were received by W. T. Aiton, Esq. and the plant bloomed in the greenhouse 

 at Kew, in 1837 The plant grows to about four feet high, having a raceme 

 of its beautiful blossoms, each of which is near two inches long, It is a very 

 desirous species, and doubtless will be a very ornamental plant for the green- 

 house or conservatory. 



4. MAXILARIA ROLLISINIA. Messrs. Rollisons Maxitana. 



(Bot. Reg. 40. 



ORCHIDACEae. GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



A native of Brazil, impor 1 ^" from thence by Messrs. Rollison's of Toot- 

 ing, The plant is very dwarf The flower, stem extends about two inches 

 long, terminating with a flower about an inch and an half across, Petals of 

 a pale yellow. Labellum, yellow, with bland coloured spots. 



