supplementary to the Encyc. of Plants ajid Hort. Brit. 283 



not otherwise remarkable, in consequence of the. contraction of 

 the mouth of the calyx, which conceals the labellum. [Bot. Reg., 

 May.) 



+ Cleisostoma tridentata Lindl. A small-flowered epiphyte, 

 sent from New Holland to Messrs. Loddiges. Flowers of a dull, 

 dirty, reddish white, mixed with a little yellow. [Bot. Reg., 

 May.) 



CYRTOCHrLUM Humh. Ss Bonp. 



*niaculatuin Liiidl. spotted ^ 23 cu 1 ... G.Y.R Mexico ... D p.r.w Fl. cab. 57. 



A handsome plant, with green pseudo-bulbs, and greenish- 

 yellow flowers, marked with rich purple. It is a native of 

 Mexico, whence it was obtained by Messrs. Rollisson. [Fl. Cab., 

 May.) 



+ C. mystacmum Lindl. This species resembles an oncidium, 

 in having a branched scape of bright yellow and white flowers, 

 and a curiously fringed colunni. {Bot. Beg., April.) 



+ Chccnanthe Bdrker'i Lindl. A most singular epiphyte, im- 

 ported from Para by George Barker, Esq., of Birmingham. 

 Nearly allied to Notylia. {Bot. Reg., May.) 



+ Octomeria gracilis Loddiges MS. An inconspicuous 

 epiphyte, received by Messrs. Loddiges from Rio Janeiro. 

 Flowers like those of O. Baiier/, but smaller. 



-f Vanilla hicolor Lindl. A fragrant epiphyte, from Guiana. 

 Flowers of a dull red. {Bot. Reg., May.) 



+ Cymhidium virescens Lindl. An epiphyte, introduced from 

 Japan by Dr. Sieboldt, which flowered with Messrs. Rollisson 

 of Tooting, in April, 1838. Flowers pale yellow and dull red. 

 A valuable species, as requiring only the temperature of the 

 green-house. {Bot. Reg., May.) 



+ Cirrhopetalum ccsspitosum Wall. MS. A little epiphyte, im- 

 ported from the East Indies by the Duke of Devonshire. Flow- 

 ers pale yellow. {Bot. Reg., May.) 



+ Dendrohium candidum Wall. MS. An epiphyte, found by 

 Mr. Gibson, the Duke of Devonshire's collector in India, on the 

 north side of the Khoosea Hills, growing on rocks, sand, and 

 decayed trees. Flowers pure white. {Bot. Reg., May.) 



+ Oncidium strammenm Batem. MS. A beautiful stove 

 epiphyte, from Vera Cruz, sent by M. Hartweg, the collector of 

 the Horticultural Society, in 1837. Flowers straw-coloured, with 

 the odour of primroses, {Bot. Reg., May.) 



-+- Huntleya. meleagris Bot. Reg., 1991., has blossomed at 

 Messrs. Rollisson'.s, and will doubtless soon be figured. {Bot, 

 Reg., March.) 



-h Miltonia. Candida Lindl. A charming species, which 

 flowered imperfectly with Messrs. Loddiges, in the spring of 

 1838. {Bot. Reg., April.) 



+ P/iysinga prostrdta Lindl. A plant of no beauty, but one of 



