supplementary to the Encyc. of Plants and Hort. Btit. 485 



acknowledgment of the many obligations which botany owes to 

 the noble proprietor and his accomplished lady." This plant 

 " has already blossomed twice under the care of Lord RoUe's 

 gardener, Mr. Glendinning, who is known to have but few 

 rivals in the management of the tropical Orchidaceas." [Batcm. 

 OrcJiid., p. 2.) 

 \riddcecc. 



GLADI'OLUS 



*Mort6n!W« Herbert MS. Mr. Morton's tf or 1| S. Africa 1837 O s.p Bot. mag. t. 3680. 



A very beautiful species, from the east coast of South Africa, 

 which seems to have some affinity to Gladiolus oppositiflorus, 

 but which is not half so tall. It flowered with Messrs. Rollisson 

 of Tooting, and was named and described by the Hon. and 

 Rev. W. Herbert, " who, we are happy to say, is devoting the 

 same attention to the Iridacea?, which he lately paid to the Ama- 

 ryllidaceae." {Bot. Mag., Sept.) 



+ Cypella pliimhea Lindl. " A Mexican plant, raised from 

 seeds imported by G. F. Dickson, Esq." It is like a tigridia, 

 but taller and more glaucous, with smaller flowers, which are 

 extremely fugacious. (/?. M. R., Sept., No. 130.) 



+ Hydrotccnia melcacp-is Lindl. A native of the mountain 

 pastures near the Real del Monte mines, in Mexico, whence it 

 was received by John Rogers, Esq., jun., of Seven Oaks. " It 

 looks something like a tigridia, bearing the flower of a fritillary. 

 The stem is about 18 in. long, and bears a single, straight-veined, 

 plaited leaf. The spathe is leafy, convolute, 2^ in. long, and 

 contains from four to five flowers, which open in succession: each 

 is, in colour and form, very like a FritiHaria pyrenaica, but smaller. 

 The petals, which are slightly unguiculate, and marked with a few 

 broken bands of crimson, have at their base a triangular glandu- 

 lar bar, the point of which is directed upwards, secreting honey, 

 and, when fresh, slightly excavated into hollows, resembling a 

 row of pearls placed on a pale yellow ground. The name of the 

 genus refers to this circumstance of a band secreting fluid." (/?. 

 M. li., Sept., No. 128.) 



Amaiyllidiicead. 



935. ISMEnJi CBot. mag. t. 3675. 



*Maclcana Herb, in Litt. Mr. M'Lean's Amancaes tf O or 2 jn. W Lima 18,>7 O s.p 



This is one of the plants celebrated by the Peruvians, under 

 the name of Amancaes ; and at the foot of the mountain on 

 which it grows is held one of the greatest festivals of the Por- 

 tuguese church at Lima, called the Festival of the Amancaes; 

 during the celebration of which, every person appears orna- 

 mented with its flowers. It was sent to the Glasejow Garden by 

 John M'Lean, Esq., of Lima. " It flowers readily in tlie stove, 

 and makes a very handsome appearance." {Bot. Mag., Sept.) 



l^ilidcccc. 



lOOJ. AGAPA'NTHUS KCS umbcllatus L'lL'rit. var. 3 albiflorus Bal., No. 80. 



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