296 JsTotices of new and beautiful Plants. 



that he long since suspected that two distinct species were con- 

 founded under the name of O. altissimum, and named one O. 

 Baueri. He afterwards considered it a variety, and so gave it in 

 his genera and species of orchideous plants. In doing this he 

 now thinks he was wrong, as the true altissimum has lately flow- 

 ered in the superb collection of the Messrs. Loddiges, and it is 

 impossible, from a comparison of the two species, to combine 

 them as once proposed. Consequently, the O. altissimum figured 

 at 165 of the Botanical Register is the true Bauer?', and not a 

 variety. The plant is very graceful in its habit, with a long 

 pendant spike of flowers, of a bright yellow and rich brown color. 

 {Bat. Reg., May.) 



ZYGOPE'TALUM HooJcer (So named from Zygos, yoke, and petulon, petal, to join ; in allusion to 

 the adhesion of the scdgenients of the perianth, by their bases, in the original species,) 

 cochleare Lindl. Spoon-lij/ped Zvgopetalum. A beautiful stove epiphyte ; growing ten or twelve 

 inches high ; with white and blue flowers ; appearing in August ; a native of Trinidad. Ijot. Reg., 

 1857. 



" Beautiful as all the species of Zygopetalum are, without ex- 

 ception, this is, perhaps, upon the whole, the most attractive, 

 not only on account of the delicate waxy surface of the petals 

 and sepals, and the peculiarly rich veining of the lapis lazuli blue 

 of its lip, but because of its delicious fragrance. If lilies of the 

 valley were growing intermingled with the plants, the air could 

 not be more perfumed with their pure and delightful odor than it 

 is after the curious flowers of the Zygopetalum have unfolded." 

 This fine description is sufficient to induce any cultivator of this 

 elegant tribe to possess the plant ; and, as it is easily grown, be- 

 ing a terrestrial species, we hope it will find its way into our 

 collections of plants on this side of the Atlantic. The sepals, 

 similar to those in some of the species of cypripedium, are 

 white, as is also the base of the petals ; but the edges of the 

 latter and also the lip is exquisitely striped and veined with a 

 rich blue tint. It is a native of Trinidad. The drawing was 

 made from the collection of Mr. Knight of the King's Road. 

 [Bot. Reg., May.) 



IjilidcecB. 



ORNITHO'GALUM (An ancient name, adopted by the Latins from the Greeks, evidently derived 

 from Ornis, a bird, and gala, milk : but its application has proved a stumbling-block to most ety- 

 mologists.) 



chloroloiicimi Lindl. Green and While Ornithogalnm. A green-house bulb ; growing a fool or 

 more in height; with greenish-white flowers; appearing in July ; a native of Valparaiso. Dot. 

 Reg., 1853. 



A pretty species, found in the vicinity of Valparaiso. The 

 flowers are white, with a greenish tinge on every petal : the 

 blossoms appear on peduncles of different length, and form a kind 

 of spike. It is quite different from any of the previously de- 

 scribed species. It may prove to be a hardy bulb. {Bot. 

 Reg., May.) 



