supplementary' to Encyc. of Plants and Hart. Brit, 77 



MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PlANTS. 



CCXXXVIII. Amari/llidead. 



979. ALSTRCEME^R/^. (Bomarea Mirbel : Lindley in Bot. Reg. 1410., Penny in Gard. Mag. ix. 491.) 

 8045a Salsilla L. Salsilla _$ (Z3 or 5 my.jy P.W.O Chile 1831. H l.s.p Sw.fl.gar.2.s.269 



A. oculata Lodd. Bot. Cab. 1851., Bot. Mag. 3344. 

 8045 edCilis Tussac edtabXe-tubered | f7V! clt 6 jnjl G.C S. America 1806. D l.s.p Bot. mag. 1613 

 A. Salsilla of some botanists of Britain, but not of Linnseus. Tussac has named this species A. 

 eddlis in his Flore des Antilles. — Z). t>on. 



In VIII. 724-., IX. 491., X. 461., are notices of a newly 

 introduced species of Alstrcemer/c, named A. oculata. Mr. D. 

 Don has discovered that this was really the kind which Linnaeus 

 intended as his A. Salsilla, [Brit. Flow.-Gard., Jan.) 



CCXL. Orchidece. 



ACANTHOPHrPPIUM. (" A name, the meaning of which is not explained by its author. 



Dr. Blume." —Dr. Lindley.) 20. 1. Sp. 3. — [Bot. reg. 1730 



hicoXor Lindley tvio-colouteA-perianthed jgEJorfjn Y.R Ceylon 1833? O p. s. potsherds 



It has very much the habit of a Geodorum, only it has pseudo- 

 bulbs intead of tubers. It is attractive in its flowers : these are 

 produced, from two to four together, upon a short peduncle 

 Vv'hich arises from near the base of the shoots. The perianth is 

 tubular and bellied, about 1^ in. long, and is a little expanded at 

 the tip ; the tubular part is of a rich yellow colour ; the expanded 

 portion dark red, of which colour the tips of two of the petals 

 partake. The figure is from a plant possessed by the London 

 Horticultural Society. Two other species of the genus are 

 known ; one is a native of Java, one of Sylhet. (Bot. Reg., Jan.) 



2483. HABENA^RIA § Trffidae \ MultlfidEe. 



gigant^a S»z. gigantic-pro;)or/io?i(?cf ^ 123 or 4 s Gsh.W Bombay 1834. O p.l Bot. mag. 3374 



Plants of this species, under the name of O'rchis Susann(2?, 

 were received at the Glasgow Botanic Garden, in June, 1834, 

 among other terrestrial orchideous plants from Bombay, from 

 Joseph Nimmo, Esq. Those of H. gigantea flowered in great 

 perfection in the following month of September, yielding a deli- 

 cious fragrance, and have added a truly splendid plant to the 

 already rich collection of Orchideae in that establishment. Stem 

 3ft. to 4ft. high, stout, very leafy; lower leaves broadly ellip- 

 tical ; flowers four to six, very large, nearly 4 in. between the 

 extremes of the two lateral sepals ; greenish white, very fragrant. 

 The spur very long, green. The side lobes of the lip divided 

 like a comb. [Bot. Mag., Jan.) 



2j1 I. MICRO^TIS. {Mikros, small, ous otos, an ear ; a small auricle on each side the column.) 



20. 1. Sp. 4.— 

 +22600 parviflbra Bn iZ. small-flwd. AlA]cu1s.o Pa.G.W Port Jackson 1824. O m.s Bot.mag.3377 

 lahASa R. Br. middle-s/xerf it lAJ cu 2 ... Pa.G.W King G.'s Sd. 1823. O m.s Bot.mag.3378 



Banks« Hook. ' B.inks's A lAI cu New Zealand Bot. mag. 3377. in the text 



Synonyme : M. jsorrifolia Sprengel. 



" It appears to stand intermediate between M. r^ra M. Br. and M. mfedia R.Br." 



Stems and leaves slender ; flowers in a spike at the tip of the 

 stem, small and unshowy. In the figures cited, highly magnified 

 views of several of the parts of the flowers are presented. M. 

 parviflora flowered at Kew in 1828; in the Glasgow Botanic 

 Garden, in 1834. M. media flowered at Kew in 1825, and died 

 afterwards. M. Banks?'/ may not have yet been seen living in 

 Britain. [Bot. Mag., Jan.) 



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