344 J^otices of JVew and beautiful Plants, 



We shall at some convenient opportunity call the attention of 

 our readers to the cultivation of" our hardy native orchideous 

 plants, among which the genus Habenaria stands conspicuous. 

 Several species grow in this vicinity, and are highly worthy of 

 introduction into every garden. 



CA'TTLEY^ 



labiala Lindl. Cumfon-Iipped Calllcya. A splendid stove epiphyte ; growing ahoul a foot high ; 

 with crimson and lilac flowers ; appealing in October ; a native of Brazil. Bot. Re:;. 1859, 



This splendid plant has been cultivated in England for some 

 time, and has been figured in several botanical periodicals. These 

 plates are, however, Dr. Lindley states, deficient in the richness 

 of color, which is so pecuharly characteristic of this species. 

 The flowers appear on stems, in clusters from four to six each, 

 "and when in this state," says Dr. Lindley, "there is certainly 

 no plant of which I have any knowledge, that can be said to stand 

 forth v/ith an ecjual radiance of splendor and beauty. For it is 

 not merely the large size of the flowers, and the deep rich crim- 

 son of one petal contrasted with the delicate lilac of the others, 

 that constitute the loveliness of this plant; it owes its beauty, in 

 almost an equal degree, to the transparency of its texture and the 

 exquisite clearness of its colors, and the graceful manner in which 

 its broad flag-like petals wave and intermingle when they are 

 stirred by the air, or hang half drooping, half erect, when at rest 

 and motionless. It requires the heat of a damp stove to flower 

 it to perfection. The drawing was made from the garden of the 

 Horticultural Society. [Bot. Reg., June.) 



MORMO^DES Lindl. (From nioj-nio, a frip;h!ful looking object, a goblin, in allusion to the strange 

 appearance of the (lowers.) 

 atropiirpurea Lindl. Dark purple mormodes. A curious stove epiphyte ; growing six or eight 

 inches high ; with dark purple flowers ; appearing in December. A native of the Spanish Main ; 

 introduced in 1834. Bot. Reg., 1861. 



A very singular plant, constituting a new genus. The flowers 

 appear in dense lateral racemes, and are of a dark rich purple 

 color. The leaves are pale green. It flowered for the first 

 time in the collection of .Tohn Willmore, Esq., near Birming- 

 ham, in December last. It requires the same treatment as the 

 catasetums, &c. [Bot. Reg., June.) 



TRICHOPHI'LIA Lindl. From fricAos, hair, and pt'/ion, cap The anther of this genus is concealed 

 below a cap snrmoimted with thi'eo (tifts of hair, 

 tortilis Lindl. Twiited-^jcUiZ/crf Trichophilia. A beautiful stove epiphyte; growing eight or ten 

 inches high ; with while and crimson flowers; appearing in January; a native of Mexico; intro- 

 duced in 1835. Bot. Reg., 18G3. 



" A beautiful and highly curious plant," also forming a new 

 genus. The flowers are sessile and horizontal, and appear at the 

 base of a leaf. The petals, five in number, are singularly twist- 

 ed: the labellum is bell-shaped, being curiously rolled round the 

 column, and is spotted somewhat in the manner of a foxglove, 

 with rich crimson. [Bot. Reg., June.) 



We certainly hope that the fine places in this vicinity will soon 



