488 FloricuUural and Botanical Notices. 



numerously produced. At Mr. Dennis's nursery we saw, on June ]., 

 plants of the Nierembergia phoenicea D. Don, in blossom : they had been 

 sheltered in a glass house through the winter, and were still in one. This 

 is the species which we have before stated (p. 107.) that some germens of 

 it had been, in 1832, impregnated with pollen of Petunia njctaginitlora : 

 what the result may be is yet unpublished. The pollen of N. phoenicea 

 itself is of a beautiful blue colour. Mr. D. Don compares the blossoms 

 of N. phcenicea to those of a convolvulus : he deems it naturally an annual, 

 but may be perennial, extensible into perennial duration by cuttings. 

 " It is," says he, " readily increased both by seeds and cuttings ; but 

 young plants raised from seeds are to be preferred, the blossoms in them 

 being in general much larger. It is a native of the countries of the Rio 

 de la Plata." {British Flower-Garden, June.) 

 CCXXVI. Hydrophijllea;. 



478. NEMO'PHILA. 



aurita i;nrf/. eared-/vd. O -* or 1|? my.au P California 1831. S p.I. Eot. reg. 1601 



" Rather a pretty species, found in California by Mr. David Douglas. 

 It is a hardy trailing annual ; requiring a damp shady border, where it 

 grows and flowers from May to the end of August : but, if sown in a place 

 exposed to the sun, it soon withers up and perishes. It is of very recent 

 introduction by the London Horticultural Society, and is at present 

 extremely rare ; but, as it seeds tolerably freely, it will soon be more 

 abundant." Dr. Lindley describes, in continuation, some interesting facts 

 on the internal structure of the seed-vessel; and the following one on the 

 unripe ovules or seeds : — " If squeezed in water, they emit a cloudy mat- 

 ter; which, when examined microscopically, is found to consist of minute 

 moving particles, mixed with drops of an oily fluid." {Bot. Reg., July.) 



MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



CCXXX. 'Rutbmece. 



1558. LIMNO'CHARIS. (twzwe, mud, c/iam, grace or ornament ; its beautiful flowers adorn 



moist muddy places.) [3248 



Humb61dtzi Rich. Humboldt's ± [Z3 or 1| ap Pa.Y Buenos Ayres 1831. S ra.s Bot. mag. 



A species very distinct from L. Plumierz; and very interesting in its 

 internally jointed leaf-stalks and flower-stalks ; rounded leaves, somewhat 

 resembling, in miniature, those of a species of water lily ; and umbels of 

 pedunculated large pale yellow blossoms. The blossoms are very fugacious ; 

 and, at present, have been produced only in the Liverpool Botanic Gar- 

 den. It is not stated that the plant is yet in any other British collection. 

 {Bot. Mag , July.) 



CCXXX V. HypoxideoE. 



981. HYPO'XIS. 



rambsa B. C. bTanched-stemmed tf lAI or i jn.jl Y C. G. H. 1828 ? O s.p Bot. cab. 1936 



" We received it some years since After flowering, the bulb 



remains dormant, sometimes for one or two years. It appears to be very 

 slow of increase, not producing offsets." This species has rather large 

 flowers. {Bot. Cab., June.) 



CCXXXIX. Iridea;. 



116. CRO'CUS. 

 28006. Ikcteus Haw. cream-col.-^wrf. -* A or J fmr Pa.Y Moesia 1620? O co Sw.fl.g.2.s.l94. fig. sin. 

 2 blue-streaked -* A or ^ f.mr Y.B Moesia ... O co Sw.fl.g.2.s.l94. fig.dex. 



Mr. Haworth contributes the communication on these two kinds of 

 crocus, and has given numerous synonymes of, and full information on, 

 them. " They are very i-are at present in our collections." {British 

 Flower-Garden, June.) 



CCXL. OrchidecB ^ Malaxidece. 



2547. DENDRO^BIUM. [Bot. cab. 1935 



22706a ? pulchaium J5. C. fair ^ [23 or 1 f.mr W.Ro.Y India 1830. D moistened moss 



" This superb species is a native of India. It flowered with us [Messrs. 



