192 FloricuUural and Botanical Notices, 



Plants Dicotyledonous, Monopetalous. 

 CLXXXVI. Compositce, 



2362. BE'LLIUM. 



crassifblium il/om thick-lfd £ J!J or J jn W.Y Sardinia 1831. C p.l Sw.fl.gar.2.s.278 



This pretty little daisy is well suited to ornament rockwork, 

 being quite hardy, and fond of a dry situation. {British Flo'wer-' 

 Garden, Maixh.) It is registered in our IX. 111. 



CCXIV. Acanthdcedo. 



1127. RVE'LIjIA. 



elegans Hook. elegant.Jlurd. O ? □ or 2 ? su Bt.B E. Indies 1834 ? S p.l Bot.niag.3389 



Its stem erect, branched ; leaves ovato-acuminate, serrate, 

 pubescent. Flowers singly, or in threes, at the tips of the 

 branchlets. Corolla salver-shaped, its limb of a very bright 

 blue colour. " Its bright blue blossoms continue [to be succes- 

 sively produced] during great part of the summer, and render it 

 an acceptable plant to our collections." {Bot. Mag., March.) 



Plants Monocotyledonous. 

 CCXXXVIII. Amaryllideaa. 



974. ZEPHYRA'NTHES. [carinkta male parent) Ro 1833? O r.m Bot. reg. 1746 



8017. spofTorthikna Herbert SpofForth 5 lA) or ^ ray Hybrid (tiibfspatha female parent, 



A hybrid production from seed of the tropical Z. tubispatha, 

 fertilised by the pollen of the Mexican Z. carinata. Z. tubi- 

 spatha has a white perianth, Z. carinata has a large red one ; Z. 

 spofforthiana has a rose-coloured one, lined with white, in the 

 form of a star. " It is in every respect intermediate, having the 

 leaves wider than those of Z. tubispatha ; and distinguishable by 

 the keel, which is conspicuous on the back of those of the male 

 parent. The flower is also of intermediate dimensions and colour, 

 resembling the male parent most in form and hue, and in the 

 posture of the style and filaments." — Herbert. 



" It will be necessary to expunge the name of Z. grandiflbra from the catalogues, as it is a non. 

 entity." — Lindley. 



Mr. Herbert states that the Z. grandiflora Lindl. Bot. Reg., 

 902., has been made up, by mistakes, of the flower of Z. carinata 

 and the leaves of a pinkish var. of Z. striata. {Bot. Beg., March.) 



CCXL. Orchidea. 



2530fli CYCNO^CHES i«rarfi. Swanwort. (XkAtwos, a swan, awc^ere, the neck ; the column of the 



flower is long, and gracefully curved like the neck of a swan.) 20. 1. Sp. 1. — 



Loddigfesz'i Lindl. Loddiges's ^ 23 fra 1 jn.jl G.Spot Surinam 1830. D p.r.w Bot.reg.1742 



In foliage and habit a catasetum ; but its raceme of flowers is 

 produced from the side, and not the base, of the fleshy stem. 

 The raceme is many-flowered and pendulous. The flowers are 

 the largest that have yet been met with among orchideous plants, 

 measuring not less than 5 in. from the tip of the back sepal to 

 the point of the labelhim. The sepals are green, brown at the 

 tip, and obscurely spotted. The petals are of the same colour, 

 but are less conspicuously spotted. Labellum white in the mid- 

 dle of its length, dingily yellow in the portion beyond, and the 



