182 Floricultural and Botanical Notices^ 



the Exeter Nursery, and to Messrs. Low and Co. of the Clapton 

 Nursery; in both of which nurseries it flowered in the autumn of 

 the same year. It was discovered in Mexico by the Baron Von 

 Karwinsky. (See Gard. Mag., xii. p. 390.) 

 OrchiddcecE. 



2496a. *SPIRA'NTHES Lindl. Lady's Traces. (Speira, a spiral, and anthos, a flower ; in allusion to the 



spiral manner in which the flowers of many species are arranged). [reg. 1934. 



*bracte6sa Lindl. /orag--bracted jt [23 P-r 1 my G.Y.W St. Catherine's 1835 D l.p Bot. 



" An addition to the very difficult genus, of which our own 

 sweet lady's traces forms a part. It was imported from St. 

 Catherine's by Messrs. Loddiges. It is readily known by its 

 long leafy bracts, downy stems and flowers, spreading oval roots, 

 and peculiar lip." {Bot. Reg., Feb.) 



2540. ONCI'DIUM 



*lunatum Lindl. crescenUlipped ^ El p.r 1 jn Y Demerara 1836 D p.r.w Bot. reg. 1929. 



" This very pretty species of Oncidium was imported from 

 Demerara by Messrs. Loddiges, with whom it flowered in their 

 stove for epiphytes in June last." {Bot. Beg., Feb.) 



*CI1Y^S1S Lindl. Chysis. (From chusis, a melting; because the pollen masses are, as it were, fused 

 together.) 

 *aurea Lindl. golden-flowered ^23 or 1 s Y Venezuela 1834 D p.r.w Bot. reg. 1937. 



"This beautiful epiphyte was collected in 1834<, by Mr. 

 Henchman, for Messrs. Low and Co. of the Clapton Nursery, in 

 the valley of Cumancoa in Venezuela. Mr. Henchman describes 

 it as growing suspended by long fibrous roots from the lateral 

 branches of trees ; so that its pseudo-bulbs, which, in their growing 

 state, are uncommonly brittle, hang downwards, and wave in the 

 wind, which would otherwise be sufficient to break them. It 

 has a very delicate perfume in the morning, but appears to lose 

 it in the heat of the day. The remains of spikes have been seen 

 which had produced ten flowers." {Bot. Reg., March.) 



2554. EPIDE'NDRUM [p.r.w Bot. mag. 3557. 



28832a *chloroleilcum Hook, green and white-flowered £ \22 cu 1 s G.W Demerara 1836 D 



" Imported from Demerara by John Alcard, Esq., who justly 

 remarks its near affinity with Encyclia patens Bot. Mag., t. 3013.; 

 Epidendrum odoratissimum Bot. Reg., t. 1415." {Bot. Mag., 

 March.) 



*BOLBOPHY'LLUM Thouars- Bolbophyllum. (From bolbos, a bulb, anAphyllon, a leaf; in allusion to 

 the leaves universally arising from a bulb-like stem or pseudo-bulb), 

 •barbigerum Lindl. bearded ^ [Za cu i jn R Sierra Leone 1835 D p.r.w Bot. reg. 1942. 



" A most curious plant, introduced from Sierra Leone by 

 Messrs. Loddiges, with whom it flowered in June, 1836. It 

 grows pretty freely under the hot damp system of cultivating 

 epiphytes." {Bot. Reg., March.) 



AmarylUd aceae. 



HIPPEA'STRUM Herbert (p. 81.) [mag. 3549. 



*brevifldrum Herbert short-flowered $ [23 or 3 ap W.R Buenos Ayres 1836 O r.m Bot. 



" A very distinct species of a most difficult genus, of which 

 roots and dried specimens have been sent by Mr. Tweedie from 

 the neighbourhood of Buenos Ayres. It blossomed in the stove 



