figured in the London Flor. and Bot. Magazines^ 303 



gant, showy flowers, two inches in diameter, very nearly resem- 

 bHng the common and beautiful Convolvulus minor, both in its 

 colors, which are blue and white, and in the size of the corollas. 

 It has not the coarse foliage of the Convolvulus minor. To- 

 gether with the Nemophila insignis, it will be a valuable plant 

 for winter culture, in the green-house, at which season the flow- 

 ers will remain in perfection a much longer time than during the 

 hot weather of our summers. It probably seeds freely," and will 

 undoubtedly be generally cultivated another year. 



MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PlANTS. 



Orchidaceoi. 



L^'LTA 



dncfps. Two-ff/nT(/ LcB'lia. A stove epiphyte ; gro-wing about a foot and a half high ; with 

 rich purple flowers ; appeariiis in neceniher; cultivated in peat earth and broken pots- 

 herds ; a native of IMexico. Pax. aiag. Uot., Vol. IV, p. 73. 



One of the most lovely of this curious, interesting and splen- 

 did tribe of plants. The flowers appear on a scape, a foot and 

 a half high, in pairs; the sepals, five in number, are of a rich 

 rosy lilac; and the lip is of the richest purple tint. Mr. Pax- 

 ton considers this plant fully " equal, if not superior, to any 

 thing known among the orchideous tribe." Dr. Lindley states, in 

 his description, in the Botanical Register, 1751, " when we have 

 said that it is equal in beauty to any of the cattleyas; that it has a far 

 more graceful mode of growth, in consequence of the length of its 

 slender scaly stems, from the point of which the flowers spring; 

 and that it diffuses an agreeable fragrance, we shall have said that 

 it is one of the most interesting of the tribe that has yet made 

 its appearance." 



In cultivation it prefers a hot and rather humid atmosphere, 

 and to be placed in a situation where it will not receive the di- 

 rect rays of the sun: it should be potted in peat soil, mixed with 

 broken potsherds, and the leaves sprinkled occasionally with 

 warm water in the afternoon. It should be introduced to the 

 gardens of this country. Now that the experiment has been fairly 

 tried of importing plants in glass cases, and there is no longer 

 doubt of their being received with safety, (p. 276,) we hope all 

 the fine epiphytes will be imported. (^Pax. Mag. Bot., May.) 



PERISTE'RIA Hooker (A dorr: the column in the oricinal species, P. elita, resembles a dove 

 hovering with expanded wings.) 

 cerina Lindl. Waxen Pove-flower. A stove epiphyte ; growing six inches high ; with pale 



yellow flowers ; appearing in June ; a native of the Spanish Main. Bot. Keg., 1953. 

 Allied to P. pendula of the Bot. Mag. 



A very pretty species of this very curious genus. The scape 

 is short, pendulous, and terminated by a dense raceme of from 

 nine to ten flowers, each flower turning up. It is a native of the 

 Spanish Main, and was imported by Mr. Knight, of the King's 

 Road, in whose nursery the drawing was made. The flowers 

 smell powerfully of juniper. [Bot. Reg., May.) 



