supplementary to.Enc. of Plants and Hart. Brit. 351 



in honour of Baron M. de Sprekelsen, sometime secretary to the republic 

 of Hamburgh, and a great promoter of botany." Figured to exhibit two 

 flowers on one scape, a sport of rare occurrence. Besides the present in- 

 stance figured from Dennis's Nursery, Dillenius has recorded one, Mr. 

 Herbert two, and Martyn's Miller's Dictionary alludes to others. (Flower- 

 Garden, May.) 



CCXXXIX. Irtdeee. 



128. GLADPOLUS. 

 28893 WSa cochleatus Swt. spoon-lipped tf iAi or 1| mr W.r C.G.H. 1529. O s.p.l Sw.fl.gar.2.s,140 



A species nearer G. debilis Bot. Mag., 2585., than any others ; the 

 flowers of G. cochleatus, as well as of G. debilis, are of a snowy white, 

 except the coloured marks on some of the segments of the perianth (petals 

 in popular language). In these coloured marks, red predominates, and 

 the}' give the flowers, which are not small, and produced two on a stem in 

 the specimens figured, an eyed appearance. Cochleatus is expressive of a 

 spoon-like form, exhibited by the lower segment of the perianth (petal) ; and 

 G. cochleatus is published from the collection of H. B. Page, Botanic 

 Garden, Southampton, who received the bulbs from the Cape of Good 

 Hope more than two years ago. (Flower-Garden, April.) 



CCXLIX. Smildcecs. 



2783. SMPLAX. 

 \ i. ^ ii, sagittsfblia B. C. arrow-lvd SS i_| or ljaut. W. China 1820? D l.p Bot. cab. 179£f 



" The leaves are evergreen, of pleasing form and colour, and the plant is 

 seldom more than a foot in height." (Bot. Cab., April.) 

 CCXL. Qrchidecs. § Vandeag. 



2537. MAXILLA^RIA. 



p'xta Hook, paluted-^wd £ El or $ d O spot. P Organ Mtns. 1830? D p.r.w Bot. mag. 3154 



This is another of the many new orchideous plants received by Mrs. 

 Arnold Harrison, from her brother in Brazil, where it was gathered in that 

 spot, so fertile in vegetables of this family, the Organ Mountains. It 

 eminently deserves a place in every collection, from the size and beauty of 

 its blossoms. These are borne one on a scape, and the segments of the 

 perianth (or petals) are all of them of a rich and deep orange colour 

 within, spotted with purple; externally almost white, with spots and 

 blotches of deep purple. (Bot. Mag., May.) 



; 2565. AE'RIDES. 



cornfituin Box. hom-jlwd £ [23 fra ljl.au. F E.Indies 1820. D p.r.w. Bot. reg. 1485 



Described as a most lovely plant, which, although recently imported by 

 Dr. Wallich, had blossomed in the Kew collection as early as 1822. In 

 its native localities it grows upon trees, and blossoms in June. In the 

 Calcutta Botanic Garden, where it is cultivated successfully, it has gained 

 the name of the Jamaica pomatum plant, from the resemblance of the 

 rich fragrance of its flowers to that of the unguent so called. Professor 

 Lindley thinks ,it rather comparable to the odour of the blossoms of the 

 tuberose, Polianthes tuberosa. The part of the flower which is horn- 

 shaped is the labellum; this is three-lobed, with the margins of the central 

 lobe, which is rather long, met together, so as to produce a conical spur, 

 that is incurved, and green at its tip. The species " is certainly the most 

 interesting of its tribe that has yet been introduced, whether we consider 

 the great mass of its blossoms [these form a pendulous raceme 5 in. in 

 length], their curious form, or delicate colour, or long duration, or delicious 

 perfume. It flourishes in a very damp hot-house, planted in moss, in a pot 

 suspended from the rafters ; but, as it branches rather unwillingly, it is 

 slow of propagation." (Bot. Reg., April.) 



Orchidece. § Epidendrece. 



2558d. FHA'GUS. 

 2 700 maculatus B. C. spotted-ft'rf £ (23 or Sja.jn Y Nepal 1883. D i> r.w Bot. cab. 1803 

 Blet/a Woodf6rd«i Hort. Brit. No, 22760. 



