226 JVotices of new and beautiful Plants 



MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PlANTS. 



PHYCE'LLA 

 brevituija Herb Short-tubed Phycella. A green-house bulb ; growing a foot high ; with 

 scarlet tiowers ; appearing in spring; increased by offsets : cultivated in sandy loam. 

 Hot Keg., 1943. 



A very beautiful bulb, with small scarlet flowers, nearly re- 

 lated to P. ignea, with which species Dr. Lindley thinks it may 

 be questioned whether it is specifically distinct. Mr. Herbert 

 has described it in his forthcoming work on the Amarylliddcece, 

 where he has given the following remarks upon the habits and 

 treatment of the genus: — " The phycellas have been found dif- 

 ficult to cultivate, because they are often set in peat, though they 

 grow naturally in a sandy or strong soil, on a dry rocky substra- 

 tum, and proper rest has not been allowed them. They should be 

 planted in a light soil, well drained, and be left dry from the 

 moment their leaves show a disposition to wither, till the bulbs, 

 on examination, show a disposition to put out fresh fibres at 

 their base. The old fibres in this genus seem always to perish 

 before the plant vegetates again; it cannot therefore be injurious, 

 and may be advantageous, to take the bulbs out of the ground 

 when the leaves perish, and set them again when they are dis- 

 posed to move. They will be preserved best when at rest in 

 dry sand. I consider that phycellas should begin to grow in 

 February, and go to rest in August. If the leaf endures later 

 than August, they should have six months' rest before they are 

 watered again." Their habit is to flower after the leaves have 

 acquired their growth, before they go to rest. The drawing 

 was taken from a specimen which flowered at Knight's Exotic 

 Nursery. (Bot. Reg, yM3iVch.) 



Orchidacece. 



BIFRENA'RIA LiuiU. (so named in allusion to the double strap or frtenum that connects the 

 pollen masses with their gland.) 

 aurantiaca Lindl. OtAnge-colored Bifrenaria. A stove epiphyte ; growing sii or eight inches 

 high; with orange colored flowers ; a native of Demarara. Bot. Eeg., 1675. 



Pretty, but not so showy as many others: the flowers are small, 

 orange colored, mottled with brown spots. It flowered in the 

 Duke of Devonshire's garden, at Chiswick. (Bot. Reg., July.) 



EPIDE'NDRUM 

 bifidum Jiiibl. liaie-lipped Epidendrum. An epiphyte; growing three feet high ; with 

 white and purple flowers; appearing in July ; a native of the West Indies. Bot. Reg., 



1879. 



A beautiful species, throwing up a branched stem to the 

 height of three feet, and terminated with many elegant flowers, 

 the lip veined with bright purple. Found upon the branches of 

 trees in the West Indies. {Bot. Reg., July.) 



Skinneri Bateman MSS. Mr. Skinner's Epidendrum. An epiphyte ; growing from one to 

 two feet hich ; with pale purple flowers ; appearing in January. A native of Guate- 

 mala. Bot. Reg., 1881. 



" Among the most free-flowering of its tribe, every one of 



