336 FloricuUural and Botatiical Notices^ 



allied to O. carthaginense and O. lilridum, but appears distinct 

 from both. (JF7. Cab., June.) 



3455. GOVE'N/^ rgeeo. 



Gardner? Hook. Gardner's ^ [23 or 2 d G.Y 1837 Organ Mountains D s.It Bot. raag.' 



A free-growing species, with bright green leaves, and whitish- 

 yellow flowers, growing out of the soil in the manner of Limo- 

 d6rum. {Bot. Mag.., June.) 



*PHA^IUS Lindl. Phaius. (From phaios, brown; in allusion to the colour of the original species.) 

 •albusZ,OTrf?. white ^ E] pr 2 jl W.P.G Nepal .'1837 D p.l Bot. reg. n. s. 33. 



One of the most showy of epiphytical Orchideae, originally 

 found by Dr. W' allich in Nepal growing on trees. It flowered 

 at Messrs. Loddiges's in July, 1837. It requires to be kept moist 

 and shady during bright sunshine in summer, otherwise the 

 leaves will become yellow and sickly. {Bot. Beg., June.) 



+ Epidhidrum selligerum Batem. MS. A pretty and distinct 

 species ; a free grower, with an odour like that of the tuberose. 

 {B. M. R., June, No. 66.) 



+ E. eqtiitans Lindl. A curious species, with dull choco- 

 late brown flowers, sent to the Horticultural Society by M. Hart- 

 weg, from Vera Cruz, in 1836. {B. M. R., June, No. 76.) 



+ E. U-idtictylum Lindl. A curious Brazilian species, which 

 flowered, in May last, in the stove of Stephen Canon, Esq., of 

 Stratford Green, for the first time in England. The flowers are 

 a pale brownish yellow, except the column, which is green. 

 {B.M. R., June, No. 81.) 



+ E. caulijldnim Lindl. Received from Rio Janeiro by 

 Messrs. Loddiges. The flowers are about the size of E. nutans, 

 of a pale straw colour, and are remarkable for appearing from 

 the side of the stout cylindrical stem, bursting forth from among 

 the dry sheaths with which it is closely invested. {B. M. R., 

 June, No. 82.) 



+ Brasavbla. angustdta Lindl. A fine new species, with 

 large long-stalked flowers, of a pale yellowish green, with a 

 narrow fringed white lip. Imported from Demerara by John 

 Wilmore, Esq., F.Z.S., H.S., of Oldford, near Birmingham. 

 {B. M. R., June, No. 67.) 



-h Acanthophippium striatum Lindl. Inferior in appearance 

 to A. bicolor, having pale " French white" flowers, with dull 

 longitudinal stripes, and not a single stain of brilliant colour. 

 Received by Mr. Bateman, from Kew Gardens, as a Nepal plant. 

 {B. M. R.y June, No. 78.) 



-{■ Stelis tristyla Lindl. Imported from Brazil by Messrs. 

 Loddiges ; and, though one of the largest of the species, not at all 

 remarkable for beauty. {B. M. R., June, No. 69.) 



+ Pleurothallis margindta Lindl. A small species of no 

 beauty, sent from Guatemala to Mr. Bateman. {B. M. R., June, 

 No. 70.) 



