MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



65 



Maxili.aria corrugata. This new species, discovered between Bogota and 

 Maracaibo, is in the collection of George Barker, Esq. The flowers are of a 

 pale brownish-purple, the lip a yellow ground, with purple zigzag veiny marks. 



Brassia. There are now fourteen fine distinct species of this noble Orchida- 

 ceous plant, viz.: — 



B. lanceana. Flowers blight yellow, spotted with brown, fragrant. 



B. angusta. Flowers dull yellow, with brown spots at the base of the sepals. 



B. macrostachya. Flowers clear golden yellow, spotted slightly with brown, 

 much darker than the lip. A splendid species. 



B. caudata. Nearly allied to the last-noticed species ; the flowers are some- 

 what smaller, greener, and much more mottled with deep brown. 



B. bidens, nearly allied to B. caudata; the lip has a yellow ground, and spotted 

 with brown. 



B. cochleata. No colour of flowers given. 



B. verrucosa. Flowers pale green, the lip being white, marked with green 

 waits. 



B. guttata. Flowers greenish-yellow, spotted with green. A fine species. 



B. brachiata. Flowers pale brown, with very distinct brown spots. 



B. aristata. No colour ol 'flowers given. 



B. peruviana. Flowers yellowish-green, spotted with purple. 



B. maculata. Flowers olive-brown, blotched with purple ; the lip cream- 

 colour, with purple spots. 



B. Clowesii. Flowers having the sepals of a yellow ground, blotched with 

 deep chocolate brown ; lip violet at the base, with a white tip. A fine species. 



PART III. 

 MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



QUERIES. 



A List ov Azaleas and Rhododendrons. — 1 am having what some term an 

 American garden formed, and noticing thatiti the two last volumes of the Cabinet 

 you have given an interesting descriptive list of Rhododendrons, Azaleas, &c , as 

 exhibited at the Show, in King's-road, Chelsea, I should be much obliged by a 

 more extended list to aid me in selecting an extensive assortment of all the 

 finest kinds to furnish my garden to advantage. 



Westmoreland, February 3, 1844. Juvenis. 



[The Rhododendrons will do in our next Number. The following list contains 

 nearly all the hardy Azaleas. The names of most describe the colour, or floral 

 character, of the kinds, and our correspondent will readily make a desirable 

 selection of these very lovely sweet floweis. — Conductor.] 



AMERICAN PLANTS. 



AZALEAS. 



Adelaide. 



— j3J>tivalis capriflora. 



— concinna. 



— iuteresta. 



— urnata. 



— rubra crocea. 



alba flavescens rosacea. 



Alexandria. 



Amabile. 



amaena. 



aniens. 



auranlia. 



— major. 



Vol. XII. No. 133. 



AZALEAS. 



— crispa. 

 auruntiaca. 



— coccinea. 



— superba. 

 autumnalis. 

 Backii. 

 Badia. 



Belle-rosetta. 

 bicolor. 



— grandiflora. 

 calendulacea coccinea. 



— crocea. 



P 



