136 FloriciiUwal and Botanical Notices, 



moved to the green-house, where they have flowered abundantly. This spe- 

 cies has been propagated by cuttings, which root readily; and promises to 

 stand out in the open border, with a very slight protection to the roots. 

 (Paxt. Mag. of But., Feb.) 



VI umbag'niaccce. 

 929. STA'TICE 29286 arborea Bot. Reg. 1839, t. 6. 



OrchiddcecE. 

 2537. MAXILLA'RIA m „ [1839, t. 8 



•fehuifblia Lindl. slender-leaved £ E3 pr 1 my.jn R.Y Vera Cruz 1837. D w Bot. reg 



This " species inhabits trees in Mexico, and is probably local, as it does not 

 appear in any of the collections brought from the interior of the country." It 

 was found near Vera Cruz by M.'Hartweg. It thrives best " in a warm damp 

 stove, with a block of wood thrust into the soil, and the long branching rhi- 

 zoma tied to it. It grows almost equally well when tied to a wooden block, 

 and suspended." It requires water to its roots, and to be syringed over head ; 

 and it is very easily multiplied, " as it throws out numerous pseudo-bulbs and 

 roots, which, if taken off, and subjected to the above treatment, will soon be- 

 come vigorous-growing plants." {Bot. Reg., Feb.) 



-\- Obcrbma. recurva Lindl. A curious little plant, with " a pendulous ra- 

 ceme, scarcely more than 1 in. long, consisting of minute densely imbricated 

 flowers." It is a native of Bombay, and is nearly allied to O. Wightiiina, " an 

 unpublished species from Madras." (B. M. R., No. 8., Feb.) For some par- 

 ticulars respecting the genus Oberdm'a, see the Sert. Orch., as quoted in our 

 vol. xiv. p. 288. 



-f- Megaclinium oxypterum Lindl. A fine species, a native of Sierra Leone. 

 (B. M. R., No. 10., Feb.) 



-\- PleurothalUs bicarindta Lindl. " The flowers are of a dull greenish yel- 

 low. The leaf is 5 in. long, and the petiole 6 in. A native of Brazil." 

 The three last-named plants have been imported by Messrs. Loddiges. (B. M. 

 R., No. 11., Feb.) 



+ Epidendrum (Hormidium') uniflorum Lindl. " A Mexican plant of no 

 beauty, with yellowish green flowers." Under this head, Dr. Lindley gives 

 some observations on the genus Epidendrum, which, he thinks, cannot be 

 divided. For this reason, he has suppressed the genera Auliza Salis., the type 

 of which is E. ciliare, Amphiglottis Salis., and Encyclia Hook. ; and he thinks 

 that the Prosthecia or Epithecia of Knowles and Westcott will not stand. 

 Dr. Lindley, however, thinks that the present plant may form the type of 

 a new genus, which he has named Hormidium. (B. M. R., No. 13. Feb.) 



-f- Brasavola grandiflbra Lindl. This is a native of Honduras, the finest 

 species of the genus, and only the flowers have been yet received. " It 

 resembles a gigantic specimen of B. nodosa." (B. M. R., No. 14., Feb.) 



Ponera graminfolia Lindl., syn. Nemaconia graminifolia Knowles § Westcott. 

 This was supposed to be a new genus ; but Dr. Lindley, having carefully ex- 

 amined the plant in question, is convinced that it is of the same genus as 

 Ponera Juncifolia, described in the Gen. et Spec, of Orchid. Plants, p. 1 13. 

 (B. M. R., No. 15., Feb.) 



-\- Arpophyllum spiedtum La Llave. " One of the most graceful and beauti- 

 ful of the Mexican Orchidaceas ; it has recently reached England in a living 

 state." It was found growing on trees, and is very rare even in its native 

 country. Its flowers are pink or pale purple, and are disposed in a dense 

 spike. The genus is very near Ponera. {B. M. R., No. 16., Feb.) 



3411a. STANHO'PE/l [20., and Fl. Cab. ii. 



Ward« Lodd. in litt. Mr. Ward's j? E3 or 1 jl.o Y.Br Mexico ISSfi. D p.r.w Sert. Orch. 



This truly splendid species " was sent to England, from La Guayra, by Mr. 

 Ward, to Messrs. Loddiges, by whom it was named. " It diflers from S. 

 quadricornis, in the lower part of the lip not having a strong horn on each 

 side ; and from S. oculata, in the lip being sessile, not stipulate, and a great 

 deal shorter in proportion to the other parts." (Sert. Orchid., part iv.) 



