supplementary to Encyc. of Plants and Hort. Brit. 377 



able news to those who have knowledge of the useful effects of 

 this author's revision of the characteristics of the genera of the 

 order Labiatae. 



1717. PENTSTE^MON. 

 28i00a staticifblius Lindl. Sea Lavender-lfd. £ A or If to 2 jn Li California 1833. D p.l Bot.reg.1770 



" It is most nearly related to P. diffusus ; from which it differs 

 in its much larger and more lilac flowers, in the form of its 

 leaves, and in those next the root being perfectly entire." The 

 figure is from a drawing made in the garden of the London 

 Horticultural Society, to whom Mr. Douglas had sent seeds 

 from California. Only one plant of this species was originally 

 raised, and plants of it are yet extremely rare. It grows and 

 flowers freely in a peat border. {Bot. Reg., June.) 



CCXX. \erbendcecs. 



1749. TERBE^NA 15654 multiBda R. 8; P. in the year 1798; synonyme erinoWes W. in 1809: Dr. 

 Lindley retains " the oldest designation." 

 var. contracta Lindl. coxapa.ct-habited Sir ^ pr ? jl purplish Alps of Chile and Mendoza 



[1834 ? C p.l Bot. reg. 1766 



It has been stated of V. multifida R. Sj- P. {V. erinoides W.), 

 that it is one of the commonest of all plants on the alps of Chile 

 and Mendoza, where it inhabits to the elevation of 8000 ft. ; and 

 varies extremely in the colour of the flowers, which is scarlet in 

 some individuals, blue in others ; in V. multifida var. contracta 

 Litidl., purplish ; sulphureous in V. sulphurea, which. Dr. Lindley 

 can scarcely doubt, is another form of V. multifida : in stature, and 

 in the degree in which the leaves are cut, V. multifida contracta 

 Lindl. " looks almost like a species of scentless thyme, and 

 grows in a very dense patch." It " has but little disposition to 

 extend itself." The account and figure pertain to it in a living 

 state in the garden of the London Horticultural Society. {Bot. 

 Reg., June.) 



Embryo Monocotyledonous. 

 CCXL. OrchidecB. 



2551. PEPIDE'NDRUM. 



stenop^talum Hoofter acute-sepafed arec? petaled ^ El or 1 f.mr Ro Jamaica 1834? 



[D p.r.w Bot. mag. 3410 



" Owing to the imperfect state of the anther, we [Drs. Hooker and Lindley] cannot refer it with 

 certainty to the present genus." — Hooker. 



Stem simple, 10 in. or 12 in. high; terminated by two spread- 

 ing, linear-oblong, coriaceous, very obtuse smooth leaves, from 

 2 in. to 3 in. long. From between these the flowers, from four 

 to six in number, arise. Sepals and petals of a delicate rose- 

 colour. {Bot. Mag., June.) 



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