246 Floricidtural and Botanical Notices, 



M. Descourtilz, which he before gave in the Botanical Register, 1838, t. 48., and 

 we quoted Vol. XI V. p. 482., with the following additions : 0. ciliatum flowers 

 in September ; O. a-idifoliuin has the fruit large, and with six transparent 

 wings, it flowers in April ; O. pubes flowers in May ; and O. divaricutum 

 in February. (L'ot. Reg., March.) 



ICiridum var. Ilcnchmanj Flor. Cab. No. 97. Henchman's. 



A very pretty and striking variety of O. luridum in the collection of Messrs. 

 Low, imported from Mexico in 1837. 



raniferum Lindl. var. majus Hook, larger Bot. Mag. t. 3712. 



This plant differs only from the species described by Dr. Lindley (Botanical 

 Register, 1838, t. 48., and quoted in our Vol. XIV., p. 482.), in having some- 

 what larger flowers. It was imported from Brazil by Mr. Knight. (Bot. 

 Mag., March.) 



tetlixum Lind/. reflexed 1? [Z3 or ? 1 o Y Mexico 1836. D pr.w Botanist, no. 110 

 Nearly allied to O. altissimum, and first described by Dr. Lindley in the 

 Botanical Register, vol. x. t. 1920. new series, under O. crispum. (Bot. 

 Reg., April.) 



2537. MAXILLA'KIA [1839, 17. 



stapetfoirfe* Link et Otto Stapelia-like £ E3 cu i s G.P Brazil 1828. D p.r.w Bot. reg. 



The singular speckled flowers of this species resemble those of a Stapelia, 

 while " its pallid, glaucous, thin leaves, look as if suffering under the attack of 

 the red spider. It is one of the most easy species to cultivate." (See their 

 culture given under M. tenuifolia, as quoted p. 136. (Bot. Reg., March.) 



vitelllna Lindl. yolk of egg-like £ ES or i jn Y.B Brazil 1838. D p.r.w Bot. reg. 1839, 12 



This epiphyte has been already described in the Botanical Register Miscel- 

 lany, for 1838, No. 1 16. (see our Vol. XIV. p. 481.) It is allied to M. race- 

 mosa. (Bot. Reg., March.) 



2553. CATTLE'Y^ 29657 Perrlnii Lindl. 



Synonyme ; Cattleya intermedia, var. angustifblia Hook., Bot. Mag. t. 3711. 



*HUNTLE'Y^ Bate. (The Rev. Huntley.) [1839, 14 



*meleagris Lindl. checkered £ US\ spl 1 jn Y.r.w W Brazil 1838. D p.r.w Bot. reg. 



This very splendid flower, Dr. Lindley considers as " one of the rarest 

 epiphytes in cultivation." The blossoms are large, and of a brilliant yellow, 

 stained with scarlet, and marked with longitudinal lines, crossed with trans- 

 verse ones, which give it a tessellated appearance. " The labellum is triangular, 

 tongue-shaped ; of a pure ivory white, bordered with deep purple, and nerved 

 with a deeper tint." " This charming plant is found in gloomy damp woods 

 on the banks of the Rio de Pirapitinga, in the district of Bananal [in Brazil]. 

 It is scentless, and flowers in June." Dr. Lindley adds that Messrs. Rollis- 

 son informed him that they had this plant and Zygopetalum cochleare from 

 the same country ; in which case he must have been mistaken in supposing 

 that the latter plant came from Trinidad. (Bot. Reg., March.) 



H. violdcea Lindl. " The flowers are a deep rich violet, darker than the 

 darkest part of Zygopetalum Mackaii ; they are between 2 in. and 3 in. in dia- 

 meter, and are tipped with greenish yellow, melting downwards into white, which 

 soon confounds itself with the general tint of rich violet." (B. M. R., No. 17., 

 March.) 



4- Cheirostylis parvifolia Lindl. This is an inconspicuous plant, but it is 

 interesting, as being the first species seen in England of the genus Cheirostylis, 

 of which one only had been before described by Dr. Blume. It was imported 

 by Messrs. Loddiges from Ceylon. (B. M. R., No. 20., March.) 



-f- Sca-phyglotlis reflexa Lindl. " Like the rest of the genus, it is a species 

 quite destitute of beauty. It was obtained by Messrs. Loddiges from 

 Demerara." (B. M. R., No. 21., March.) 



+ Macradenia mutica Lindl. A small plant with dingy white flowers, 

 which flowered with Mr. Knight, of the King's Road, in August, 1835. It is 

 said to be a native of Trinidad. (B. M. R., No. 22., March.) 



