80 Floricultural and Botanical Notices, 



A hardy herbaceous plant, found by Douglas near the Kettle Falls, in dry 

 mountain woods, in the north-west part of North America. " Saxifragaceous 

 plants are generally described as destitute of stipules : those organs are, how- 

 ever, visible enough in the genus Heuchera." {Bot. Reg., Jan.) 



AsterdcecB, or Compositce. 



2331. MA'DIA 29889 ^legans Bot. Mag., t. 3548. 



Synonyme: Madaria {madaros, bald ; the achenia) elegans Bee. Prod., 5. p. 692. 



A well-known, favourite, hardy annual, clothed with the same clammy and 

 fetid pubescence as the common Madia viscosa (sativa Dec.) of Chili ; but, 

 instead of having very small and imperfect rays, as in that species, they are 

 developed and spreading, so as to give a totally different appearance to the 

 plant. (Bot. Mag., Jan.) 



Scropkula7'idcecE. 



65. CALCEOLA~RIA [Floral Cabinet, No. 17. 



*miiabi\\s Knowles ^ Westcott admirable <£ i 1 s.p.l 2 ... P Eng. hyb. 1831 D r.m 



latermediate between C. pendula and C. insignis. 



" This splendid hybrid excels in richness of colour most of the varieties of 

 this favourite genus that have hitherto come under our observation. Our 

 drawing was made from a plant in the collection of J. Willmore, Esq., of Old- 

 ford. It was raised in 1834', by Mr. Skirving of the Walton Nursery, near 

 Liverpool, who informs us that it was obtained from C. pendula, impregnated 

 M'ith C. insfgnis ; and that the specimen plant grown in the Walton Nursery 

 this year (1836) displayed at one time upwards of 800 blooms, and continued 

 in fujll flower upwards of three months. Such a plant may justly claim the 

 specific name which it has received." (Floral Cabinet, Jan.) 



\erbendcece. 



1749. TERBE^NA 15641 Aublfetza 



2 Drummondi" Lindl. Druramond's ^ A or li jl L Texas ... D co Bot. reg. t. 1925. 

 Synonyme: V. Drummond« Hort. 



" The Ferbena Lambertz var. rosea of the Brit. Fl.-Gard., stated to have 

 been found by Mr, Drummond in Texas, seems a different plant from this; 

 and, if so, there are two sorts of V. Drummondi in the gardens. (Bot. Reg., 

 Jan.) 



OrcJiidacece § Malaxidece. 



2539. PLEUROTHA'LLIS [Floral Cabinet. No. 19. 



*ciliiita Knowles ^ IVestcott cWiaieA-petaled £ 23 cu i ... Br Demerara 1834 D p.r.w 



" This species of Pleurothallis is perfectly new to this country." It was 

 received by J. Willmore, Esq., of Oldford, " in 1834, from Mr. Henchman, 

 who collected it near the Falls of Ouripano, on the Masseroni river, Demerara. 

 It was found attached by its long fibrous roots to the main stems of large 

 trees, in company with P. picta, P. Grobyi, and others not yet described. 

 The flowers, though minute, are elegant in form, and pleasing in colour." 

 (Floral Cabinet, Jan.) 



Orchidacecs § Vandese. 



2521a. *BURLI>JGT0^N7^ Lindl. Burlinctonia. {Countess of Burlington.) OrcUdcicea:. Sp. 1—5. 



*candida Lindl. snow-white £ 23 de 1 ap W Demerara 1834 D p.r.w Bot. reg. t. 1927. 



This species " does not stand alone in solitary beauty, but it belongs to a 

 little family, at present consisting of five, each of which vies with the other in 

 loveliness. One of them, B. venusta, a native of Brasil, may be literally said 

 to sink beneath its long heavy clusters of snow-w hite blossoms, just tinged 

 with pink ; a second, seated upon the highest branches of the cedrela tree, 

 perfumes the forests of the same country with the odour of jonquils (it is B. 

 fragrans) ; while a third, B. rubescens, delicately spotted with rose colour, in- 

 habits the trunks of the calabash tree, in the mission of Yurimazuas, in the 

 province of Maynas, the hottest part of Peru, and is loaded with blossoms all 

 the year long; and the fourth, B. rigida, with many peculiarities, breathes the 

 delicious fragrance of the violet." (Bot. Reg., Jan.) 



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