supplementary to Encyc. of Plants and Hort. Brit. 177 



1 in. long, pale rose-coloured ; the upper side of the lower lip spotted with 

 deep purple. Like every Monarda, ornamental. It is in the collection of the 

 Glasgow Botanic Garden. (Hot. Mag., March.) Westringfa Dampieri (Bot. 

 Mag., 3308.) and cinerea (Bot. Mag., 3307.) are figured in the Bot. Mag. for 

 March, and from the Kew collection. Both are pretty in their rosemary -like 

 leaves, and white corollas sprinkled with little rosy spots. These species had 

 flowered in October. A habit of flowering so late in the year must increase 

 their interest in the green-house. 



CCXXVIII. Coniferce. Several species of Pinus, likely to prove valuable 

 additions to our stock of timber trees, have been raised in the garden of the 

 Horticultural Society, from seeds received from Mr. Douglas, who has dis- 

 tinguished them by the names Sabinidna, monticola, amabilis, nobilis, grandis, 

 insignis, and Menzieszi. The living plants are yet too young to be eligible for 

 botanical description. (Bentham, in Hort. Tram., 2d ser. i. 404.) 



MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



CCXXXIV. Bromelikceas. 



957. BILLBE'RG/^. [Bot. mag. 3301 



purpHreo-rosea Hook. vurpte-jxtaled rosy-sepaled jS E) or 2 n Ro.P Brazil 1831. Sk r.m 



It will, perhaps, yield in beauty to but few of its tribe. The leaves are 

 broad, 1^ ft. long, edged with strong prickles. The scapes are from one to 

 three in number, longer than the leaves, of a reddish purple colour. The 

 flowers are arranged in a compound spike, from 8 in. to 10 in. long; and, 

 although they are not individually large, they are numerous : and, in their 

 number, i - osy sepals, and purple petals, constitute an ornamental species. It 

 was introduced by Mrs. Arnold Harrison ; and has flowered, in the Liverpool 

 Botanic Garden, in 1832, 1833. (Bot. Mag., March.) 



CCXL. Qrclridece. The Cape Species of Or chideoits Plants. — We presume 

 that it is impracticable to cultivate them permanently in Britain, by any means 

 hitherto discovered; for the roots, although, when first imported, they flower, 

 afterwards disappear. They should be planted in sandy loam, and kept in as 

 light a green-house as possible: for it is probable that the reason of their dis- 

 appearing is the want of light during their growing season in this country. 

 (Bot. Beg., March, t. 1653.) 



2484. BARTHOLrNyi. 

 f22512 pectinata fi. Br. pectinated-lipped A [Z3 el J au Pa.V C.G.H. 1787. O s.l Bot. reg. 1653 



Of great interest in its kidney-shaped leaf, in its flower's lip cut into long 

 linear segments resembling the teeth of a comb, its rarity, and the great diffi- 

 culty of cultivating it in this country. It is figured from the collection of 

 Messrs. Rollisson, nurserymen, Tooting. (Bot. Reg., March.) 



2540. ONCI'DIUM. 

 22690a ciliatum Lindl. fringed-lipped £ E3 or § n Y.R Brazil 1818. D p.r.w Bot. reg. 1660 



A pretty little species, closely allied to O. barbatum. The picture exhibits 



four flowers in a raceme, which terminates the unbranched short slender 



scape. The flowers vary in colour : sometimes being yellow spotted with 



red, and sometimes of a brownish orange. Mr. Knight, nurseryman, Chelsea ; 



Sir C. Lemon, Carclew, Cornwall; and the London Horticultural Society 



possess plants of this species. (Bot. Beg., March.) Many of the orchideous 



epiphytes are found to succeed if tied to short pieces of branches of trees with 



rugged bark : none succeed better on this plan than the different species of 



Oncidium. (Bot. Reg., Feb.) 



2549. ORNITHI'DIUM. 



album Hook. v/hite-perianthcd ^Eorln W. Trinidad 1833. D p.r.w Bot. mag. 3306 

 Dr. Hooker finds great difficulty in referring this plant to its proper genus. 



Sent from Trinidad, by Mr. David Lockhart, along with a very accurate 

 drawing by Mr. J. Lockhart, to the Glasgow Botanic Garden, where it 

 flowered in Nov. 1833. Leaves linear, not very narrow. Flowers rather large, 

 white. ( Bot. Mag., March.) 



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