supplement my to Encyc. of Plants ayid Hort. Brit. 269 

 OrchiddcecE. 



2537. MAXILLA" RI A [-3573 



»Stedl» Hook. Steel's ^ [23 cu 2 ... Y. spotted with R Demerara 1836 D p.r.w Bot. mag. 



This highly interesting orchideous plant was introduced, in 

 July 1836, by Matthew Steele, Esq. from Demerara. " With 

 the flower of Maxillaria, it has a foliage quite at variance with 

 any described species of that genus ; attaining a height of 2 ft., 

 and even 3 ft. ; and proves a most valuable addition to our epi- 

 phytes." {Bot. Mag., May.) 



3478. PERISTE^RIA 



*cerina Lindl. waxen ^ 23 or 1 jn Y Spanish Main 1835 D p.r.w Bot. reg. 1953. 



" A new species of the curious genus Peristeria, imported 

 from the Spanish Main by Mr. Knight of the King's Road. It 

 is allied to the P. pendula Bot. Mag., from which it differs 

 in its spotless smaller flowers, in the crisped border of the 

 middle lobe of the labellum, and especially in the absence of wings 

 from the columns. This latter circumstance brings the genus 

 Peristeria extremely near Maxillaria Warrean« on the one hand, 

 and Maxillaria cristata on the other. The flowers have a strong 

 smell of juniper." {Bot. Beg., May.) 



2545. MEGACLI'NIUM [p.r.w Bot. reg. 1959. 



•maximum Lindl. largest £ [23 cu 1 au G. spotted with R. and Y Sierra Leone 1836 D 



" In general appearance it is a good deal like M. falcatura, 

 from which it differs in having larger leaves, which are less 

 deeply notched at the point, and more revolute at the edges ; in 

 its larger sabre- shaped rachis, which is as much as 9 in. long ; 

 and in the form of all the parts of the flower. Its lip is hardly 

 so movable as in M. falcatum, in which that part swings up 

 and down with considerable rapidity, like the heads of some 

 Chinese images, when set in motion by a sudden jar." Dr. 

 Lindley thinks it will prove of easy cultivation. {Bot. Beg., 

 May.) ^ 



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122. SPARA'XIS [Swt. Br. fl.-gard. 383. 



*stellaris D. Don itaxry -flowered tf ^ or 1 my.jl P Cape of Good Hope 1836 O s.p.l 



This very pretty Sparaxis " comes near to tricolor and ver- 

 sicolor, but is distinguished from both by the lanceolate pointed 

 segments of its perianthium and exserted tube. Further ex- 

 perience, however, must determine whether these characters are 

 sufficient to claim for it the rank of a distinct species ; for 

 the whole of the Cape /rideae vary much, both in colour and 

 size, and the limits of many species still remain unsettled." 

 {S-wt. Br. Fl.-Gard., May.) 



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1063. PHALA'NGIUM 8903 pomeridiSnum 



Syiionymes : Anthericum pomeridiSnum Bot. Ref;., 564.; Sckult. Fit. Sysi.,1. p. 475.; .S'cilla pome- 

 ridiana Dec. Hort. Monsp., p. 143. ; Poir. Diet. Suppl., 5. p. 89. ; Redout Lit., t. 421. 



" The bulbs are said to be used as a substitute for soap." 

 {Swt. Br. Fl.-Gard., May.) 



