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rounded and branched stem, which turns from left to right, is 

 quite ghibrous, as is the whole plant, and somewhat woody at 

 the base, the rest being herbaceous and s^'een. The leaves are 

 alternate, and jointed, as it were, upon the stem; cordate, acute, 

 1 in. to 4 in. long. It is a most desirable stove plant, growing 

 rapidly, and bearing copious and graceful racemes of flowers, 

 which are deliciously fragrant. Mr. Niven of the Glasnevin 

 Botanic Garden observes that the great quantity of mucilage 

 in the root is quite remarkable, and the bulk of roots produced 

 altogether astoniihing. He has had one root of not less than 

 4 lbs. At Glasnevin, indeed, it has stood the winter in the 

 open air, at the bottom of a wall. [Bot. Mag., Dec.) 

 Amaryllidese. 



*STENOME'SSON Domb. The Stenomesson. (From steiios, narrow, and messos, the middle ; from the 

 contraction of the flower below the middle.) 

 fcrbceum Red. oiange-floivered § lAJ or 1 my O Peru 1820 s.l Bot. mag. 3615. 

 Synonyme : Chrysiphlala crdcea Hort. Brit., 7654. 



OrcJiiddce(E. 



2537. MAXTLLA'RIA. 



*'g\Xmi\a. Hook, dwarf ^ EI cu \ ap.my P Demerara ? 1835 D p.r.w Bot. mag. 3613. 



Stems short, not exceeding 2 in. or 3 in. Leaf solitary, ter- 

 minal, 1 in., scarcely more, in length. " Sent from Demerara to 

 the Glasgow Botanic Garden by Mr. Inverarity, to whom we 

 are indebted for many other choice orchideous plants." It is the 

 smallest of the species known to Sir W. J. Hooker. {Bot. Mag., 

 Nov.) 



*Henchmanni Hook. Henchmann's ^ El cu 1 ap.my P Mexico ?1835 D p.r.w Bot. mag. 3614 . 



Imported from Mexico by Mr. Henchmann ; " and I am 

 anxious," says Sir W. J. Hooker, that " this very pretty species 

 should bear the name of one who has distinguished himself by 

 collecting, in climates most inimical to the human constitution, 

 and introducing to our collections, so many fine species of this 

 favourite family. It is certainly allied to, though as certainly dis- 

 tinct from, M. pvlmila. It is four times the size of that indi- 

 vidual, with more copious paper-coloured scales on the stems and 

 pseudo-bulbs, and a much longer and more ligulate leaf." [Bot. 

 Mag., Nov.) 



2540. ONCI'DIUM. 

 22679a. *deltoideum Lindl. triangular.///)ped ^ El or 1 o Y Peru ? 1836 D p.r.w Bot. rog. 2006. 



Discovered by Mr. Matthews in the province of Chacopoyas, 

 in Peru. It is nearly related to O. divaricatum from which its 

 narrow leaves and differently formed labellum sufficiently separate 

 it. {Bot. Reg., Nov.) 



CIRKHyE^A. [Bot. reg. COOS. 



*obtusata Lindl. hXnnt-petaled ^ El cu f s Y. spotted with R Rio Janeiro ? 1835 D p.r.w 



This species of Cirrhae^a appears distinct from an}^ of the 

 others yet described. It was sent to Dr. Lindley from Liverpool, 

 in September, 1836, by Richard Harrison, Esq., who had re- 

 ceived it from Mr. Moke of Rio de Janeiro : it had been collected 



