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me of a fine red colour, an inch and a half long. Gesnera in compliment to 

 C. Gesner, a celebrated Botanist. 



IS Lachenalia pallida, Var. Cxralescen. Blue -flowering pallid La- 

 cb ilia (Bot Keg" 1345. A native of the Cape of Good Hope where ,t 

 ^Ses the sitnatiL as that of the blue. bells and squills of : thj : European 

 countries. The flower spike is about five inches long, each flower nearly as 

 UrWas a common blue-bell, of a light-blue colour. Lachtnal* from 



14 Ljelia ANCEP8, Var. Berkeriana. Mr. Barker's variety. (Bot. Reg. 

 19470 Orchidacese, Gynandria Monandria. It is a sinking variety of Laeha 

 anceps it differs however in the petals being much narrower, but much the 

 same size as the sepals. The middle lobe of the lip is narrower and sharper. 

 ThTs pals and petals are of a beautiful lilac colour much like Catt leyala 

 biata. Each flower is about four inches across. The Labellum is ot a dark 

 c imson red colour, with the inside white and striped, The plant is a native 

 of Mexico, imported by Messrs. Lowe, & Co., Clapton Nursery. It has 

 bloomed in the collection of George Barker, Esq., Birmingham. 



15 Limn^nthes Douglassu. Mr. Douglas's Limnanthes. (Brit. Flow. 

 Card. 87 ") Liinnantheee. Decandria Monogynia. This fam> yj W™?* 

 hold an intermediate station between Geramace*, and Tr„ p «^ e a. It .. a 

 hardy annual, thriving best in a soil composed of pea t and Ooam The stem 

 of the plant rises about nine inches high, branched flowering ireely.eacn 

 bossom being about an inch and a half a°cross. The lower halt ot the flower 



Tb%htyfllow, the upper half white. Altogether being ; pretty. Urnnan- 

 thts, from liien, a lake, and anlhos a flower. Alluding to its habits. 



16 Monochanthi et Myanthi, oristati pboif.s biformis. Orchideas. 

 Cvnandria Driandria. A plant of the Myanlhus barbatas flowered in the fane 

 Srelt^ChaTworth, Jnd it also produced . i per feet spike of My^bu 

 crhtatus at the same time. A vigorous state of culture has l*™^^™ 

 the production of monstrous flowers. A gentleman, who lesides in ' »^ e ™"; 

 states that a flower spike of Gatasetum, often has on it several distinct kinds 

 «f flowers The spiae of bloom at Chatsworth had seven flowers of Mcn- 



atuT^he^peTp^rt^f the spike, and seven ol ' M^rb.J' b- W hem. 

 The flowers of the former are of a punish -yellow colour, destitute ot any 

 soottino- with darker. Those of the latter are green spotted with red lhe 

 1? P h«\ numter of fleshy teeth projecting from the sides and end Dr. 



1 indlev states in remarks on this sportiveness in orchideae, that the ne- 

 cessarT consequence of this in the case of M. barbatus and cristatus is that 

 the supposed senera Myanthus and Monachanthus must be restored to cata- 

 ie?um? p And g Dr. Lindley further observes, that, he has no doubt that the 

 genus Mormodes must share the same fate. 



17 OncidiumCebolleta. Round-leaved. (Bot. Mag. 3568.) Orchidee. 

 GynanSZnandHa. Synonyms EpidendrnmCaboJleta Epidendrum^unc- 

 rilnlium Orcidium iuncifo ium. Cymbidium juncifohum. Dr. Sir w. J. 

 Hooke^observes '^that, lam not aware that the flowers had been seen in 

 fhis county^'a fine panicle appeared in the stove ot «je Gl«g»wBo „« 

 Garden, and another plant blooming in the collection of Charles HorstaH 

 Fso Liverpool The plant is a native of Trinidad. The flowers are pro 

 &2ri/cn? scape about two feet high ,, much ' J««h«d »d 



' «,„;^l»rl Th P flnwers verv much resemble those ot Orcidium flexuosum. 

 They are' of^brio^ sulphur" yellow colour, spotted with deep red, producing 

 a ve^yneat a a „d pretty appearance. The plant deserves a place ,n every 

 collection. 



18. Pentstemon OuTlwmmu Short-flowered. (Bot Reg. 1 946.) ^Scro- 

 phularinac. Didvnamia; Angriospernusu A native of California trom whence 

 it was sent to this country by the late Mr. Douglas. It is a .hard, pe enn.al 

 of delicate habit. It produces a profusion ot flowers which are small, ,o an 

 orange red outside before expanding, alterwards oi a white and pu.pi 



