562 General Notices. 



2547. DENDRO'BIUM 



discolor Lmrf/. dull-coloured £ {El or 4 o Y.B Java 1838. D p.r.w Bot. reg. 1841, 52. 



A singular plant, " with stout erect stems, 4 ft. high, swollen in the middle, 

 and with terminal racemes of about sixteen dingy yellowish brown flowers, as 

 much curled and wavy as those of a gloriosa." {Bot. Reg., Sept.) 



[mag. of bot. vol. viii. p. 97. 

 macroph5iluTn Lodd. broad-leaved ^ El spl 2 ap Li Manilla 1838. D p.r.w Paxt. 



A most splendid plant, with thick pendulous stems, thickly covered with 

 leaves, and of nearly the same size throughout. The leaves are thick, short, 

 and broad, of a very deep green, and quite sessile. The flowers are very large 

 and showy, and they are produced from twenty to thirty on each drooping 

 stem. The plant should be grown on a block of wood. (Paxt. Mag. of £ot., 

 June.) 

 2542. CCELCGYNE 29732 cristata Sot Reg. 1841, 57. 



GALEA'NDRA Li'ndl. {Galea, helmet, aner, stamen; from the helmet-shaped crest of the anther.) 



Devonikna Lindl. Duke of Devonshire's j^ (23 2 ap. my W. Pk S. America 1840. D 



[p.r.w Bot. No. 231. ; Paxt. mag. of bot. vol. vii». 



This very handsome orchidaceous plant was first figured in Dr. Lindley's 



Sertum OrcJiidaceum, and named by him in honour of the Duke of Devonshire. 



" It produces large round stems, terminated by elegant half-drooping foliage, 



from amongst which the lovely flowers are protruded in upright racemes. 



They are remarkable for the size and elegant markings of their labellum." 



(Paxt. Mag. of Bot., Aug. ; and Botanist, Aug.) 



3516. BURLINGTON/^ [p- 19». 



rigida XTOrf/. rigid £^ pr I ap Pk. W ? 1838. D p.r.w Paxt. mag. of bot. vol. viii. 



" The plant, consisting of several pseudo-bulbs, is growing in a pot filled 



•with heath soil and potsherds ; and from each of the pseudo-bulbs a long, rigid, 



wire-like stem ascends, developing a new bulb at its summit," from which a 



quantity of white roots descend. The next year the same process takes place ; 



and, when the stems are trained to a cylindrical trellis, the effect is very singular. 



(Paxt. Mag. of Bot., Oct.) 



2540. ONCI'DIUM 



monoceras Hook, one-horned ^ El pr 2 ja Y Rio Janeiro 1839. D p.r.w Bot. mag. 389ft. 



A small-flowered species of Oncklium, chiefly remarkable for a solitary 



horn-like proces.s on the upper lip, curved upwards, and almost as long as 



the lip itself. (Bot. Mag., Aug.) 



Tulipaceae. 



1017. TITLIPA 29311 patens Agardh. 



Si/nonyme : T. tricolor Ledeb., Bot. Mag. t. 3S87 



1016. ZI'LIUM 30172 specibsum var. alba Paxt. Mag. of Bot. vol. viii. p. 127. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. General Notices. 



Sending Home Seeds from ivarm Climates. — I may just observe that, in respect 

 to packing seeds, it has been found that they should neither be put in the hold 

 of the vessel, nor suspended immediately under the roof of the cabin, as in both 

 situations they are liable to be affected by the steam of the ship. If they are 

 suspended midway between the floor of the cabin and the ceiling, they have 

 most chance of not being injured by the steam of the vessel. This was told 

 me in York about a week ago by Mr. James Backhouse, who has been be- 

 tween nine and ten years travelling in Australia and Africa, and has sent 

 home a great many seeds to his brother, the eminent York nurseryman. Mr. 

 Biickhouse further observes that the best mode of sending home seeds from 

 warm climates is by post. — T. S. Oct. 5. 1841. 



T/ie Sotar Ray, or beam of light, may be divided or decomposed into 

 light, heat, and colour. Heat and electricity are now most generally supposed 



