560 Botanical, Flori cultural, and Arbor i cultural Notices. 



Labiatce. 



-J- TSepeia salvicefolia Benth. " A hoary perennial of little beaut)'," a native 

 of the Himalayas. (B. M. R., No. 123., Sept.) 



Myoporineaz. 



Stenochilus longifolius A. Cunn. This shrub, which was discovered many 

 years since in New Holland by Mr. Allan Cunningham, has been again found, 

 and introduced by Major Sir Thomas Mitchell. The leaves are long, narrow, 

 and leathery; the flowers of a dull greenish red; and the fruit, which is fleshy, 

 has the odour of a lemon. (B. M. R., No. 115., Sept.) 



+ S. incanus Lindl. Another shrub from the same country, introduced by 

 Sir Thomas Mitchell. " It forms a grey bush, looking like an olive or some 

 leafless acacia, and is covered closely with a short white down, consisting of 

 stellate hairs ; a circumstance deserving of attention in such a natural order as 

 that of Myoporacea?." (B. M. R., No. 116., Sept.) 



A.canthdcecB. 



+ Aster -acdntha longifolia Nees. A handsome green-house perennial, the "seeds 

 of which were sent to the Horticultural Society by Mr. M'Culloch, one of the 

 gardeners to His Highness the Pacha of Egypt." The flowers are blue, and 

 each whorl is surrounded by six spines forming a star, whence the name, 

 which is derived from aster, a star, and akantha, a spine. (B. M. R., No. 1 17., 

 Sept.) 



Orchiddcece. 

 3445. CORYA'NTHES 28767 maculata var. Parkert Hook., Bot. Mag. 3747. 



Differing only in the cup-shaped appendage to the labellum being of a 

 brownish purple, and rather larger than in the species. (Bot. Mag., Sept.) 



2540. ONCI'DIUM? [3752. 



concolor Hook, one-coloured J? E] or f au Y Organ Mountains 1837. D p.r.w Bot. mag. 



" An extremely beautiful plant, an inhabitant of the Organ Mountains of 

 Brazil, where it was found by Mr. Gardner in 1837, and whence it was sent 

 by him to the Woburn collection. Of the genus itself to which it should be 

 referred," continues Sir W. J. Hooker, " I feel rather doubtful." The flower 

 is a clear pure yellow, without the admixture of any other colour ; and its 

 form is very unlike that of oncidiums generally. (Bot. Mag., Sept.) 



ODONTOGLO'SSUM. (From odous, a tooth, and glossa, a tongue ; in allusion to the toothings of the 

 labellum at the base.) 

 Rossi Lindl. Ross's ^ E] or | au W.g.y.b Mexico 1838. D p.s Bot. reg. 1839, 48. 



A " charming" plant, sent from Mexico by the collector of Mr. Barker, Mr. 

 Ross, after whom it is named. " The bright white lip, lying, as it were, in the 

 centre of a rich green, yellow, and blue star of three points, produces a pecu- 

 liarly beautiful and unusual appearance." (Bot. Reg., Sept.) 



2546. GONGCTR.4 



fulva Lindl. tawny £ U3 cu § jl Y.b Mexico 1838. D p.r.w Bot. reg. 1839, 51. 



The flowers are not above half the size of those of G. maculata, to which 

 this plant is nearly allied, and the raceme is much " more contracted, in con- 

 sequence of the shortness of the pedicels." The flowers are very fragrant, and 

 resemble in scent those of a violet. (Bot. Reg., Sept.) 



+ Angrae v cum armeniacum Lindl. The flowers are of an "apricot colour," 

 and the plant has been obtained by Messrs. Loddiges from Sierra Leone. 

 (B. M. R., No. 109., Sept.) 



+ Malaclienxa clavdta Lindl. This is a new genus, " resembling MegacH- 

 nium in some respects, but belonging in reality to Vdndece." It was obtained 

 from Rio, in 1836. The flowers are fleshy, and of a dull green spotted with 

 purple. (B. M. R., No. 1 10., Sept.) 



Stanhopea oculata var. Barker'i&na Lindl. " This is a remarkable variety of 

 S. oculata, obtained from Mexico by Mr. Barker. It looks like S. insignis, 

 with the lip of S. oculata, and is very handsome." (B. M. R., No. 113., Sept.) 



-j- Cirrhopetalum nutans Lindl. A pretty little plant, with " a nodding umbel of 



