414 Floricultural and Botanical Notices. 



Sapi7iddcecB. 



JVEPHE^LIUM 



longaras Hooker, 



"One of the many fruits of China which one often reads 

 of, and ranking with the Litchi among the best fruits of the 

 celestial empire." The flavor is said to be of a sweet sub- 

 acid character, and of a pleasant taste when dried : but 

 delicious when fresh. In the Transactions of the London 

 Horticultural Society., Vol. II. t. 28. is represented a fine 

 cluster, ripened at Lee Castle, Kidderminster, in IS16. It 

 flowered and fruited at the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, in 

 1841 ; and also at the Royal Bot. Garden, in May and 

 June, 1841, but dropped its fruit immature. {Curtis^ s Bot. 

 Mag., July 1, 1844.) 



TropoiblecB. 



TROP^>OLUM 



Lobbia'rtM/n Hooker. Mr. Lobb's Indian Cress. A desirable new species of Tropaeolum, 

 ■with handsomo, bright, orange colored flowers. 



Detected in Columbia by Mr. Lobb, collector of plants to 

 Mr. Veitch, of the Nursery, Exeter. Trained upon vine 

 trellises used in garden pots, it makes a charming appear- 

 ance. (/6. 26.) 



Orchiddcece. 



L^'LIA 



pedunculiris Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1842, Misc. p. 9. 



A delicate and pretty epiphyte from Guatemala, with 

 rather small rose colored flowers. (76. No. 4099.) 



EPIDE'NDRUM 



vitellinum Lindl. A beautiful species with orange colored flowers, on a scape of about a 

 foot long. 



From Oaxaca, Mexico, and blossoming at Kew, in No- 

 vember, 1843 ; also previously gathered in the same coun- 

 try by Karwinski and Hartweg ; by the latter on the Cum- 

 bre of Tetontepeque, at an elevation of 9000 feet above sea 

 level. {lb. No. 4107.) 



MIEWSTVLIS 



histion^ntha Link, &;c. 



"A very remarkable terrestrial orchideous plant, pur- 

 chased at a sale of Columbian plants in London, in 1842 ;" 

 with brownish green flowers, singularly umbelled, so as to 

 form a concave head. {lb. No. 4103.) 



