supplementary to the Encyc. of Plants and Hort. Brit. liS 



of some wild specimens gathered on the Amazon River by 

 Dr. l^oeppig. It continues a long time in flower, and has a par- 

 ticularly neat and pleasing appearance. Humboldt found it in 

 woods near St. Jean de Bracamoros and the Amazon River ; and 

 Mr. Henchman, in Demerara, [Dot. Mag., Feb.) 



*ochrkceum Lhidl. oclire.coloured ^ ED cu J jl Y Mexico ... D p.r.w 



Dr. Lindley says : " I have long since called this plant En- 

 cyclia ochracea ; but I am now convinced that the genus Enc^'clia 

 must be reduced to Epidendrum." A figure, &c., will hereafter 

 appear. [Bot. Reg., Feb.) 



*Schoniburgk/V Lindl. Schomburgk's ^ 23 el 2 ... S S. America ... D p.r.w. 



A noble species in the way of E. elongatum, with bright 

 scarlet flowers. {Bot. Reg., P'eb.) 



*fucatum Lindl. stained ^ E] cu 1 jl G.B Havannah 1835 D p.r.w. 



A curious species, imported from Havannah, and which 

 flowered in Sir Charles Lemon's collection at Carclew in Jul}', 

 1837. {Bat. Reg., Feb.) 



*CIRRHOPE'TALUJI I.indl. TiiF. Cirriiopetalum. (From kirrhos, lawny, and petalon, a petal; in allu. 



sioii to the prevailing colour of the flowers.) [t.ll. 



*ThouarsH Lindl. Thouars's i^ El cu 1 jl Y.B Society Isles ... D p.r.w Bot. reg. n. s. 



One of the most extensively diff'used of the epiphytal Orchi- 

 daceae; having been found in the Society Islands, Java, the Isles 

 of France and ]Mada<>ascar, and Manilla. Nothino- can be more 

 singular than the long strap-shaped sepals which grow from one 

 side of the flowers, and almost bear them down v.ith their weight. 

 {Bot. Reg., Feb.) 



i2537. LISSOCHPLUS 



*parvifl6rus Lindl. small-flowered ^ [Z3 or 1 d P.R Algoa Bay ... D p.r.w. 



A rare species, which flowered, in December, 1837, in the col- 

 lection of Messrs. Loddiges. The leaves are plaited like those 

 of a Blelm, and the sepals are a dull greenish purple. [Bot. 

 Reg., Feb.) 



»tl2. STANHO^PE.^ [Bot. reg. n. s. t. 5. 



285316 quadricornis Lindl. four-horned _^ (23 pr 2 jn Y. spot, with R Spanish Main ... D p.r.w 



An exceedingly pretty species of Stanhopefir, allied to S. ocu- 

 lata. It was received from the Spanish Main by S. Rucker, 

 Esq., jun., of Wandsworth, who states that the pseudo-bulbs 

 and leaves are extremely like those of S. grandiflora. (Bot. Reg., 

 Jan.) 



Under this species, a long extract is given from the Sertum 

 Orc/iidaceum, }i\sl published, describing the management of ter- 

 restrial Orcliidaceae at Chatsworth, drawn up by Mr. Paxton. 

 The}^ are grown in pots, filled and heaped up with fibrous mo- 

 derately sandy peat, broken into various forms and sizes, but 

 none less than a walnut, and thoroughly drained, not only by 

 filling the pots two thirds full of broken pots, but by carrying up 

 a column of the same material as high as the cone of peat, which 

 is raised above the rim of the pot, and on which the plant is 



