supplementary to Encyc. of Plants and Hort. Brit. 457 



considered a variety of E. variegatum Bot. Mag., 3151. ; but Sir 

 W. J. Hooker thinks that it is distinct. [Bot. Mag., Aug.) 



2523. CYMBI'DIUM 22636 ensifblium [reg. 1796. 



*estriatum Lindl. streakless ^ E] fra 2J jii.o G spotted with R China ... D l.p Bot. 



" It is a very easy plant to cultivate, requiring nothing more 

 than good green-house management, when it produces quantities 

 of its slightly fragrant flowers in the spring. C. xiphiifolium, 

 with spotless pallid flowers, is very near this species, and is, per- 

 haps, a variety." [Bot. Reg,, Aug.) 



2530a. MONACHA'NTHUS discolor [mag. 3601. 



var. *viridifl&ra Hook, greenish-flowered £ E] or 1 au G Demerata ? 1835 D p.r.w Bot. 



" Like so many of the epiphytal Orchideae, the present species 

 is probably liable to considerable variation. Three plants of it, 

 received at different times from Demerara, have all proved dif- 

 ferent in colour, and somewhat in the shape of the flowers. 

 All are eminently singular, and deserving of cultivation." [Bot. 

 Mag., Sep.) 



2580. CYPRIPE^DIUMj [Bot. reg. 1991. 



*purpuratum Lindl. purpXe-flowered ^ A or | n P Malayan Archipelago 1836 R s.p 



Impoi'ted by Mr. Knight of King's Road, Chelsea. Its 

 leaves are most like those of C. venustum ; but are more oblong, 

 and far less rigid, besides having a pallid colour. [Bot. Reg., 

 Sept.) 



*MACR0CHI^LUS Knowles Sf Westcott. Macrochilus. (From malcros, long, and cheilos, a lip ; in aUu. 



sion to the unusual size of that part of the flower.) [cab. 45; 



*FTyanus Knowles & Westcott. Fry's jg (Z3 or 1 ... R. and G Brazil 1835 D p.r,w Flor.' 



This plant, which is perfectly new to this country, is a native 

 of the Brazils, whence it was received, with many other rarities, 

 by the Birmingham Botanical and Horticultural Society, in the 

 autumn of 1835. The flower is strikingly handsome; the deli- 

 cate cream-coloured sepals and petals presenting a fine contrast 

 with the unusually large and beautifully marked labellum ; and, 

 upon the whole, it cannot fail to be regarded as an elegant and 

 most valuable addition to our present stock of orchideaceous 

 plants. It should be planted in rough sandy peat, mixed with 

 a considerable portion of fine drainers, using, also, plenty of drain- 

 ers at the bottom of the pot. The creeping stems, from which 

 the pseudo-bulbs grow, ought to be entirely upon the surface. 

 To facilitate increase, the stems may be cut half through (which 

 will cause young shoots to be sent out), and, finally, cut through 

 a month or more before dividing. [Flor. Cab., Sept.) 



Amaryllidaceas. 



975. HABRA'NTHUS 28907 Anders&ni 



*var. 5 texanus Herb. Texian 5 lAJ or 1 ... Y Texas 1834 O s.l Bot. mag. 359a 



Of this pretty Habranthus four varieties are noticed by Mr. 

 Herbert in the Botanic Register, all, apparently, from Monte 

 Video. " The plant," Sir W. J. Hooker observes, " must have 

 an extended range. I possess specimens from Buenos Ayres, 

 gathered by Tweedie ; from Araucania, South Chili, by Mr. 

 Reynolds ; and Mr. Drummond sent the species from Texas 



