726 Floricultural and Botanical Notices, 



crispum B.C. cm\ea\-petale d £ 22 or 3 jn Taw.y. spot Brazil 1831. D p.r.w Bot. cab. 1854 



This has been lately introduced ; and, in June, 1832, flowered with us 



for the first time. The flowers are elegant in form, and of an unusual 



colour : like the other species, it will on occasion increase by separating its 



pseudo-bulb-bearing root-shoots. (Bot. Cab., Oct.) The flowers in the 



figure are 2 in. in diameter. 



*3412. STANHCTPEyf Hook. ! 



28530a eburnea Hindi. ivory-lipped £ 23 or § jl W.P Rio Jan. 1828 ? D p.r.w Bot. reg. 1529 



A noble epiphyte, figured from Knypersley Hall, near Congleton, Che- 

 shire. It was imported from Rio Janeiro by Messrs. Loddiges. " The 

 flowers were slightly fragrant, and of short duration ; the lip, when fresh, 

 appeared to be formed of the most pure and highly polished ivory. " Pro- 

 fessor Lindley, in this article, cancels his generic title Ceratochilus, because, 

 in applying it to the plants mentioned below, he did not advert to the 

 existence of the same name in Dr. Blume's Observations upon Java Plants^ 

 Blume's genus appears to be distinct ; and it has, therefore, become neces- 

 sary to adopt Dr. Hooker's name, Stanhopea. Professor Lindley, on this 

 point, thus honourably expresses himself: — "We the more readily do 

 this now, because, on a former occasion, in objecting to the reception of 

 the name Stanhopea, we suffered ourselves to be betrayed into unkind ex- 

 pressions, which should not have been applied to any one, and least of all 

 to so amiable and excellent a man as our long-tried friend the Professor of 

 Botany at Glasgow." {Bot. Beg., Oct.) 



This revision of the nomenclature appertaining to this family of plants 

 renders necessary the obliteration, from Hortus Britannicus, p. 489. and 

 584., of the generic name Ceratochilus, and the substitution of the follow- 

 ing digest of the species under their new generic title. 



*3411. STANHCPE^ Hook. (Earl Stanhope, President of the Medico-Botanical Society.) 



$28531. insignis Hook notable £ 23 or 1 jl.o P Trinidad 1826. D p.r.w Bot. mag. 2948 



Ceratochilus insignis Lindley. Hort. Brit. p. 489. No. 28531. 

 $28530. grandiflbra Lindl. large-flow ered ^ 23 or 1 jl.o P Trinidad 1824. D p.r.w Bot. cab. 1414 



Ceratochilus grandiflbrus B.C. Hort. Brit. p. 489. No. 28530. 

 28530a eburnea Lindl. ivory-lipped £ 23 or i jl W.P Rio Jan. 1828 ? D p.r.w Bot. reg. 1529] 

 28731. oculata Lindl. eyed £ 23 or 1 jn Y.spot Xalapa 1829. D p.r.w Bot. cab. 1764 



Ceratochilus oculatus Bot. Cab. 1764. Hort. Brit. No. 28731. 



S. eburnea " differs decidedly from S. oculata and insignis; but is, 

 indeed, very closely allied to S. grandiflora, from which it thus differs : — 

 Its flowers are not more than two thirds of the size of those of S. grandi- 

 flora; the horns of the base of the lip proceed from the middle of the 

 margin of the hj'pochilium, and not from the front of the margin ; and the 

 scape in S. grandiflora is shorter than the sepals : so that the flowers are 

 erect, while in S. eburnea the scape is twice as long, and pendulous ; and it 

 is a native of Rio Janeiro, while S. grandiflora is a native of Trinidad." 



NANCPDES. (Nanodes, pygmy; size of plant.) 20.1. Sp. 2. 



discolor Lindl. green and purple £ 23 cu £ au P Rio Jan. 1827. D p.r.w Bot. reg. 1541 



" Curious as are very many of the species of epiphytal Orchidese, we do 

 not remember one that is much more remarkable than this, which possesses a 

 habit quite its own. Its flowers are so like the leaves from among which 

 they spring, and by which they are embosomed, that you would scarcely 

 discover the plant to be in flower, even if every branch was blossoming." 

 The plant has been long lost in the Horticultural Society's Garden ; and, 

 it appears, is a kind not very easily kept. {Bot. Beg., Nov.) 



Orchideai § Epidendrece. 



2554. EPIDE'NDRUM. 

 22740a virescens B. C. greenish-Jlwd. £ 23 cu § jl Gsh Dominica 1829. D p.r.w Bot. cab. 1867 



" It approaches E. fuscatum ; but we consider it sufficiently distinct. 

 The soil should be chiefly moss, with a little sawdust." It is not a splen- 

 did species, but one which interests on close examination. (Bot. Cab., 

 Nov.) 



