supplementary to Encyc. of Plants and Hort. Brit. 261 



circumstances. With respect to hybrids, it may be mentioned 

 that they will not spring all alike from the same capsule of seed, 

 but will vary [be various], some more resembling the one, and 

 others the other parent." {Mr, M. Mayes, in The West of Eng- 

 land Journal. ) 



CCXXXIX. Iridea. 



128. GLAOrOLUS. [Sw.fl.gar.2.s.281 



\\\88a? nataX&nsis Reinwardt Natal tf A spl 4 au S.Y Banks of the Natal river 1830. O p.l 

 G- psittaclnus Hooker in Bot. Mag. 3032. ; G. natal^nsis Reinwardt, Hooker in Bot. Mag., in a 

 note in 3084. ; G. psittaclnus Lindley in Bot. Reg. 1442. 



See VIII. 22. We notice this species again, mainly for the 

 sake of making clear, in the following quotation, the meaning of 

 the words Natal and natalensis. The species is " a native of 

 the banks of the Natal river, which falls into the Indian Ocean 

 in about 29° 30' south latitude; and which constitutes the 

 northern boundary of a country (now forming part of the Cape 

 colony) of the same name [Natal] on the south-east coast of 

 Caffraria ; and so called by the Portuguese navigators, who dis- 

 covered it, on Christmas day [the natal day of Christ], in the 

 year 1498." {Brit. Flo^w.-Garden, April.) 



CCXL. OrcliidecB § Epidendrece. 



Z.M^1AA Lindl. [Bot. reg. 1751 



anceps Zmrf/. two-edged.ica;)ed j« [23 el ]| d Pa.P.Dp.P.Y Mexico 1833? O p.r.w 



Equal in beauty to any of the cattleyas ; has a far more grace- 

 ful mode of growth, in consequence of its slender scaly stems 

 from the point of which the flowers swing; and diffuses an 

 agreeable fragrance. Messrs. Loddiges have introduced it from 

 Mexico. Two flowers are depicted on one scape. The sepals, 

 which expand spreadingly, span a width of 3 in. or more ; they 

 and the two petals are of a pale lilac colour; the central lobe of 

 the labellum is of a deep purple, the mouth of the tubular part 

 yellow and white. {Bot. Reg., April.) 



2483. HABENA^RIA. [Bot. mag. 33&7 



goodyero!rf£« D. Don Goodyera-like :^ 123 or 1 d W Bombay Nepal 1834. O p.l 



Stem 1 ft. high. Leaves elliptical-lanceolate, striated, waved, 

 of a satiny green lustre, spreading. Peduncle terminal, bearing 

 the flowers in a dense spike, about, according to the figure, 

 3 in. long. Flowers small. Petals white. " A rare and inter- 

 esting plant." It has been found in Nepal and Bombay ; and 

 Dr. Hooker has inferred that it probably inhabits the interval. 

 Figured from the Glasgow Botanic Garden, to which place 

 Joseph Nimmo, Esq., had communicated it from Bombay. {Bot. 

 Beg,, April.) Pter6stylis acuminata and concinna are figured 

 in the Bot. Mag. for April : both from the Kew collection. 



2526. BR A'SS/^. ( William Brass, a skilful botanical traveller and draughtsman, who collected 



seeds, plants, and dried specimens, on the Guinea coast, for Sir Joseph 

 Banks, Dr. Fothergill, and Dr. Pitcairn.) 

 LanceaMfl! Lindl. Lance's j« [23 el f f.au Y.Spot Surinam 1833. D leaf mould Bot.reg.1754 



Pseudo-bulbs compressed, thin, furrowed; leaves oblong, lan- 

 ceolate, strongly striated ; scape produced from the site of the 



