supplementmy to Encyc. of Plants and Hart. Brit. 147 



clusters of flowers, whose corolla is of the most intense and 

 brilliant blue. It is a beautiful species, and of the best adapted 

 for rockwork in a mild climate. It appears not to require par- 

 ticular management, except to be protected from wet in winter. 

 The figure published was made from a fine plant flourishing in 

 the rich collection of Mrs. Marryat, to whom the seeds had been 

 brought by Mrs. Palliser. {Bot. Reg., Feb.) This species is 

 mentioned in X. 340. 



Plants Monocotyledonous. 

 CCXL. Orchidece. 



?523a GRO'^BY^ Lindl. {Right Hon. Lord Grey of Grohy, a munificent patron of horticulture, 



and a most zealous cultivator of orchideous epiphytes.) 20. 1. Sp. 1. — [Bot. reg. 1740 



AmhdrstzVp Lindl. Lady Amherst's jg 23 or | s Och.P.Spot Brazil 1829. D p.r.w 



The genus Grobya is a near ally of that of Cymbidium. 

 G. Amherstz'f^ is epiphytal, has ovate green pseudo-bulbs, l^in. 

 long, narrow grass-iike leave.s, and its flowers are closely dis- 

 posed in a pendulous raceme 3 in. long. Sepals of a pale- 

 ochraceous colour. Petals marked with dots disposed in rows. 

 Labellum dark purple. Dr. Lindley remarks that the specific 

 name Amherstz^^ " records the sense we entertain of the claims 

 of the noble family of Amherst upon the gratitude of botanists, 

 for the countenance afforded by them to natural history so long 

 as their power continued in the Eastern world." [Bot.Reg.^^eh.) 



2S30a MONACHA'NTHUS Lindl. Monk Flower. {Monachos, monk, antkos, flower; labellum 



of M. viridis Lindl. like a cowl.) 20. 1. Sp. 2.— 

 discolor Lindl. " dingy " jg E] or 1 n P.Y Demerara 1834. D p.r.w Bot. reg. 1735 



The genus Monachanthus has the habit, anthers, and pollen 

 of the genus Catasetum. M. viridis, found in Brazil, and M. 

 discolor, " a very rare plant in Demerara, whence Mr. Bate- 

 man received a single bulb by Mr. Colley, are known." In 

 M. discolor, from pseudo-bulbs about 3 in. long, arise plaited 

 leaves about 9 in. ; and a raceme of this length, which bears 

 several flowers : in the one figured, eleven flowers are shown. 

 The sepals are green and brown ; the petals and the labellum 

 on its outside more or less purple; and the labellum within yel- 

 low. The labellum " looks more like an old rusty iron skull- 

 cap than anything else we can compare it to." It is fringed 

 along part of its edge or rim." {Bot. Beg., Feb.) 



CCLI. Ijilidcece. 



1016. iI'LIUM. 

 t8417 tenuifolium Fis. slender.lfd. tf A or 1 jn.jl S Siberia 1820. O p.l Sw.fl.gar.2.s.275 



A miniature of the scarlet Turk's cap lily (Z/ilium chalcedo- 

 nicum). The figure published " was taken from specimens 

 which flowered in the botanic garden, Chelsea, where the plant 

 was unusually luxuriant." It is a native of the vast steppes of 

 Siberia, where it appears to be abundant ; but it is never found 

 beyond 55° lat. n. The bulbs are eaten by the wandering 

 Tartars. [See VI. 322.] [British Flower-Garden, Feb.) 



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