240 Floricultural and Botanical Notices^ 



CCXLI. Scitaminees. 



6. HEDY'CHIUM. 



stenop^talum Wal. narrow-petaled f E] or 7 mr W India 1830 ? D r.l Bot. cab. 1902 



Introduced lately by Dr. Wallich. To be cultivated in perfection, it 

 should have a large-sized pot and rich loamy soil. It may be increased by 

 separating its knobby roots early in the spring. (^Bot. Cab., March.) 



CCXLIV. iuncecB. 



.10. XY^RIS. 



altissima B. C. tallest £ lA) pr 7 o Y N. Holland 1826. S bog Bot. cab. 1900 



The leaves are 6 ft. or 7 ft. long ; and the flower-stem is as long, and 

 much resembles them ; but, at a little distance from the end, it opens and 

 becomes a kind of spathe, producing several flowers in succession. They 

 came out in October, and each lasted but a single day. (^Bot. Cab., Feb.) 



CCXLVII. Ksphodelea;. 



LEDEBOU'R//4 Roth. (C. F. Ledebour, author of Travels in the Altaic Mountains, and of a 



Flbra Altaica. This generic name is preoccupied by No. 829. : one of them cannot remain.) 

 Ayacinth/na Roth. Hyacinth.like S lAlcui... Gsh.W E. Indies 1832. O p.l Bot. mag. 3226 



An interesting little bulbous plant, with leaves spotted in the manner of 

 those of a Lachenal/a ; with a short scape or two, each bearing a raceme 

 of small drooping, not showy, flowers. The plant is barely in the country 

 yet : the figure published was drawn in India. (^Bot. Mag., March.) 



CCLI. lii/idcecef 



3339. CALOCHO'RTUS. 



\\iteus Doug. yeMow 'petaled tf A or 1 s.o Y.G.spot California 1831. O s.p Bot. reg. 1567 



A very interesting species of this charming genus. " It appears to suc- 

 ceed perfectly in a north border in sandy peat, and proves hardy. Its 

 blossoms, produced in September and October, are not fugitive ; but, on 

 the contrary, remain without fading for a week or ten days. It is the more 

 interesting, as we have nothing at the same season which resembles it at 

 all in character." The flowers are terminal, two to three on a stem ; the 

 three sepals green, much narrower than the petals : these are three, each 

 yellow at its tip, green in its middle, part spotted with blood colour, and 

 furnished with a transverse band of yellow hairs ; the base is green and 

 smooth. Possessed by the London Horticultural Society, who have yet 

 too few bulbs of it to be able to distribute any at present. Introduced by 

 the meritorious Douglas. (Bot. Beg., March.) 



Flowerless Plants. 

 CCLXIV. Filices. 



2918. 5LE'CHNUM ^ 1. Fronds pinnated ; Pinnse entire. 



gr&cile Otto slender £ E] el f d Br Brazil 1830. D s.p Bot. cab. 1905 



We have kept this pretty little fern in the stove, in which it appears to 

 thrive. (Bot. Cab., March.) 



Plants cultivated in the Birmingham Botanic Garden, the Names and Par- 

 ticulars of ivhich are unrecorded in the Hortus Britannicus. — Sir, The 

 annexed list is a continuation of plants cultivated here, not recorded in 

 your Hortus Britannicus or Additional Sup'plement. I am. Sir, yours, &c. 

 — David Cameron. Botanic Garden, Edgbaston, near Birmingham, Feb. 28. 

 1833. 



208. AIRO'PSIS. 











pulch^lla 



neat 



JlUi A un 1 ap 





1831. 



1706. BIGNO'N/^. 











sernilata Wall. 



serrulate 



* □ or , 



R Indies 



1832. 



adenophylla Wall. 



glanded-leaved 



« □ or 



E. Indies 



1832. 



1854. BISCUTE'LLA. 











longiffMia 



long-leaved 



.£ A un 



Switzerland 



1832. 



C l.p 

 C l.p 



D CO 



[If this be the B. longifSlia of Villars, it is UecandoUe's var, a of B. saxatilis. No. 16393.] 



