suj)pleinentary to Encyc. of Plants and Hort. Brit. 423 



of a rich pink before expansion, azure blue when expanded — of 

 S. asperrimum, united to the more dehcate habit of ♦S', orientale. 

 Its dwarf habit, and beauty in its corollas, render it adapted to 

 ornament the front of borders, for which purpose the large and 

 coarse habit of 5'. asperrimum renders it unsuited. [Brit. Flo'wer-' 

 Garden, July-) S. asperrimum bears, in the course of its long 

 season of blooming, a profusion of flowers, showy in the colour 

 of their corollas ,* and it is hence an estimable plant for the pur- 

 pose of floral decoration, where scope can be allowed for the full 

 developement of its proportions. 



Embryo Monocotyledonous. 

 CCXL. OrchidecE, 



^54 EPIDE'NDRUM. freg. 1765 



8832« gr^cile imrf/. "graceful" £ or ^ ? [23 fra 3 s. Y.R.G Bahamas 1833? D p. r. w. Bot. 



Is closely allied to E. odoratissimum, but has leaves thrice as 

 long, a flowering stem 3 ft. long, larger flowers, callosities upon 

 the disk of the lip, and the segments of the lip are differently 

 shaped in the two species. The colour of the perianth is green, 

 progressing into yellow, and marked with purple ; the labellum 

 is yellow, streaked with red. The flowers have not showy 

 beauty, but they supply delicious fragrance early in the morning 

 and at night. It seems as if it were more terrestrial than epi- 

 phytal, and grows freely in any light well-drained soil. The 

 patch sent by John Campbell Lees, Esq., from the Bahamas, to 

 the Horticultural Society, consisted of a mass of pseudo bulbs 

 that was nearly 2 ft. in diameter. {Bot. Reg., the figure in June, 

 the description in July.) 



2547. DENDRO^BIUM. [Bot. mag. 3418 



densiflorum Wall, densely-flowered jg [SI ot 1 mr oraiige-bufF Nepaul 1829? D p.r.w 



The stem is jointed, chib-shaped, compressed, and furrowed^ 

 and bears at the extremity about three broadly lanceolate leaves. 

 The raceme of flowers is produced from the side, immediately 

 beneath the lowest leaf, is longer than the leaves, recurved, 

 bearing numerous, handsome, orange buff'-coloured, scentless 

 flowers. The figure is from a specimen produced in the collec- 

 tion of Earl Fitzwilliam, under the indefatigable and successful 

 cultivation of Mr. Cooper, who had received the plant from the 

 London Horticultural Society, which had received it from Dn 

 Wallich. {Bot. Mag., July.) 



2569. ANGRM'CVM. [Bot. reg. 1772 



micranthum Lindl. small-flowered ^ [S] cu * f W Sierra Leone 1834? D p.r.w 



A very small and unattractive species, lately introduced by 

 Messrs. Loddiges. It is quite distinct from any previously de- 

 scribed. In addition to this from Sierra Leone, three or four 

 other species are now in our gardens from the same place, but 

 all of them equally inconspicuous with micranthum. Of these. 



