supplementary to Encyc. of Plants and Horf. Brit. 58& 



Densa. " The stems rise some height above the ground, and 

 are closely invested with brown withered scales, from the axils 

 of which spring the pseudo-bulbs and flowers." Each pseudo- 

 bulb bears an oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, emarginate leaf. The 

 flowers are small : they are represented numerous in one of the 

 two racemes portrayed ; the colour is fpr the greater part white, 

 the rest pink. [Bat. Reg.^ Oct.) 



2539. PLEUROTHA'LLIS. Thirty-four species have been described. See below. [reg. 1797 



Grbbyi Lindl. Lord Grey of Orohy's ^ [Z3 cu | ap YR Demerara 183-1 D p.r.w Bot. 

 Pleurothallis Gthhyi Bateman, in a letter. It is nearly related to pfcta, from the same country. 



A species of tiny proportions. Leaves on short secondary 

 stems, and grouped into a tuft. Racemes of from 6 to 9 flowers. 

 Sepals, petals, and labellum, yellow and red. " It is readily 

 cultivated in the orchideous house; but, where the atmosphere is 

 not very damp, will require to be kept under a bell-glass." The 

 figure represents living specimens in flower, as extant in the col- 

 lection of Messrs. Loddiges in April, 1835. 



Dr. Lindley has added to his account of the species cited 

 above, a description of the characteristics of 16 species of Pleu- 

 rothallis not previously advertised to the public ; and an arrange- 

 ment of these species, and of 18 that had been previously 

 described, thus, 34 in all, into three sections, and two divisions of 

 one of the sections. [Bot. Beg., Oct.) 



Dr. Lindley has appended to his account of the pleurothallises 

 some of the characteristics of, and some particulars on, two 

 genera, named Physosiphon and Specklinm, both of them ad- 

 ditional to those in Loudon's Hortus Britannicus. These are 

 noted in the next page, 



3412. STANHO'PE^. [reg. 1800 



28731 ocuma Xzrerf/. ^ 23 el 2 jn.jl Pa.Y. spotted with P Mexico, Brazil ? 1829 O p.r.w Bot. 



Ceratochllus ocuia.tus Lodd., Bot. cab. 1764; Loudon's Hort. brit. No. 28731. Four species of 

 Stanhbpea are tabulated in Gard. mag. viii. 726. 



" It is the most interesting of this splendid genus, on account 

 of the extremely delicate waxy appearance of its surface, the 

 softness of its ground colour [which seems by the picture to be 

 a very pale yellow], and the richness of the deep purple spots, 

 which, lying upon a bright yellow field [at the base of the lip 

 and petals], so very conspicuously ornament the base of the lip 

 and the petals. Our drawing was taken from a most noble spe- 

 cimen produced in July, 1834, in the stove of Mr. Bateman. 

 The leaves including the petioles were more than 2 ft. long, and, 

 being of the darkest green, had the most imposing appearance. 

 Mr. Bateman informs us that he finds it requires eight such 

 leaves to form a flowering plant ; and that those who wish to 

 succeed in blossoming it must suffer it to remain a long time 

 undisturbed, since a good many pseudo-bulbs are required to 

 furnish one really fine specimen." [Bot. Reg., Oct.) 



2577. FERNANDE'Z/X 



nciXla. Lindl. aaute-leaved j^EJcui? jn YR Trinidad 1834? D p.r.w Bot. reg. 1806 



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