Domestic Notices : — England. 587 



here (Coul, Scotland), during the summer months, quite as well 

 as in England ; and, just now (Oct. 16. ), we have in full flower, 

 in the open air, V. pulchella and chamsedrifolia, iJeliotropium 

 peruvianum, Petunia nyctaginiflora, Lobelz'a linearis ; Fuchszas 

 microphylla, tenella, virgata, gracilis, and coccinea ; Alonsoa 

 incisifolia and grandiflora [?] ; with numerous varieties of pelar- 

 goniums. Alonsoa grandiflora [?], from seed, we find more 

 ornamental than from cuttings. In the plant from seed, the 

 racemes of beautiful flowers keep an upright position ; in the 

 plant from a cutting, they soon become prostrate, and partly 

 hidden by the luxuriant and dense herbage below. — G. M, 

 Elliott. Coul, Oct. 16. 1834. 



MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



CCXL. Qrchidecc. § Vandea?. 



2537a BATEMA'NN/J Lindl. (James Bateman, Esq, of Knypersley Hall, Staffordshire; an 



ardent collector and successful cultivator of orchideous epiphytes.) 20. 1. Sp. 1. — 



Colleyi Lindl. Colley's £ E2 or | au P.W.G Demerara 1834. D p.r.w Bot. reg. 1714 



A very handsome species, extremely different from the species 

 of any genus hitherto described. It is named Colleyz, in honour 

 of Mr. Colley, Mr. Bateman's collector in Demerara. The 

 plant has somewhat the aspect of a Maxillaria, has pseudo-bulbs, 

 obovate-oblong plaited leaves, and a pendulous raceme of flowers 

 springing from the base of the pseudo-bulbs. The sepals and 

 petals are of a brownish purple within ; without, green : the 

 labellum white. {Bot. Beg., Nov.) 



Art. III. Domestic Notices. 



ENGLAND. 



Chenopo^dium Quinda. — Humboldt states (as we have quoted in the 

 Encyc. of Gard., 2d edit., § 948.) that this plant, in Mexico, ranks in utility 

 with the potato, the maize, and the wheat. The leaves are used as spinach or 

 sorrel, or as greens; and the seeds in soups and broths, or as rice. Through- 

 out great part of South America, and especially in Peru, the seeds are in 

 as common use as rice is in Hindostan. The seeds are considered more 

 heating than rice, and on that account they are frequently given to domestic 

 poultry to make them lay early. The plant is an annual, and in general 

 appearance resembles the ^'triplex hortensis, or French spinach ; and, under 

 the same circumstances of soil, climate, &c, will grow to about the same height 

 as that plant. The seeds are small, yellowish white, round, somewhat flat- 

 tened, about a line in diameter, and, on a cursory glance, might be mistaken 

 for those of millet. Mixed with the latter seeds, and fermented, a pleasant 

 kind of beer is said to be produced. They are contained in a single envelope, 

 from which they are very easily separated. The Quinoa was first introduced 

 into England in 1822; and it has ripened seeds at Kew. No particular 

 notice, however, appears to have been taken of the plant till this season, 

 when it has been grown by A. B. Lambert, Esq., V.P.L.S., at Boy ton, where 

 it has ripened abundance of seeds on plants varying from 3 ft. to 7 ft. in 

 height. These seeds Mr. Lambert will, no doubt, distribute all over Europe ; 

 and, we trust, the plant will now have a fair trial both in gardens and fields. 

 To do any good in producing nutritious seeds, the plant should be subjected 

 to field culture, in which we see not the slightest difficult}'. It might be 



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