304 JVotices of new and beautiful Plants 



MEGACLI'NIUM H. Brown (From Megns, large, and hlino, a bed, in allusion to the broad, 

 sword-sliapeil lied or racjiis of the Mowers.) 

 niciximiim Lhull. Largest Mejiacliniiiin. A stove epiphyte; -.TOwing a foot bigb; with 

 pale yellovvish-greeu flowers ; appearing in August j a native of Sierra Leone. Hot. Reg., 

 1959. 



Another species of this singular genus, the first of which was 

 puhh'shed five or six years ago. Some time after, Dr. Lindley 

 found the imperfect remains of another in the Banksian herbari- 

 um, and, through the exertions of the correspondents of the 

 Messrs. Loddiges, it has at last been introduced. It is not very 

 remarkable for its beauty, but rather for its singular mode of pro- 

 ducing its flowers, upon a broad bed or rachis. It is probably of 

 easy cultivation. {Bot. Reg., May.) 



ONCI'DIUM 

 citrinum Lindl. Lemon-coiorcf/ Oncidium. A stove epiphyte; growing about a foot and 3 

 half hiah ; with lemon colored flowers ; a native of Trinidad ; introduced in 1835. Tax. 

 Mag. Bot., Vol. IV, p. 77. 



A very handsome and rare species, " highly worthy of a 

 place in the most select collections, on account of its bold ap- 

 pearance and pretty lemon-colored flowers." It is described as 

 having a simple stem, not branched: flowers pale lemon color, 

 very distant from each other: the crest of the lip consists of 

 about eight warts, which are slightly downy: the stigma is nearly 

 orbicular. The leaves of the pseudo-bulbs have a singular 

 yellow tint. It is rather difficult of cultivation, requiring a 

 hot humid atmosphere, and particular care should be taken never 

 to overwater at the roots. It was introduced by the Messrs. 

 Loddiges, from Trinidad, and flowered in their fine collection. 

 {Pax. Mag. Bot., May.) 



hilidcece. 



LACHENA>L/./J 



1 allida var. cicrulescens LindL PAne-fiornflring pale Lachcnalia. A green-house bulb; grow- 

 inff afoot high; with pale blue flowers; appearing in February; a native of the Cape of 

 Good Hoi>e. Bot. Reg., 1945. 



A very pretty variety of the lachenalias, which are but seldom 

 seen in the collections of plants of this country. The flowers 

 are numerous, upon a very erect stem, and are of a pale blue on 

 the inside, and a deeper tint on the outside, of the petals. The 

 specimen was received from the Rev. and Hon. William Her- 

 bert, who says that there are three distinct states of this species. 

 Introduced from the Cape of Good Hope. {Bot. Reg., April.) 



The only two species which are, we believe, cultivated around 

 Boston, are the versicolor and quadricolor: we hope, however, 

 that so pretty a family will receive more attention. They are 

 easy of cultivation. 



Ardceoi. 



PniLODE'NDRON Srliott (from Pliilos, to love, and rlmdron, a tree; in allusion to the habit of 

 the plants of this genus to overrun trees in the fouth American forests.) 

 crassiniTvum Lindl. "Ylwk-rihbrd Philodendron. A stove climber ; growing twenty or 

 thirty feet high ; with white flowers ; appearing in Ueceniber ; a native of Brazil. Bot. 

 Reg., 1958. 



" This is one of the extraordinary climbers, which, in tropical 



