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pale straw-coloured flowers at the end of a weak scape about 6 in. high." It 

 is a native of Manilla. (B. M. R., No. 118., Sept.) 



+ C. fimbridtum Lindl. Very different from any other species of the genus 

 known. Imported from Bombay by Messrs. Loddiges. The general colour 

 of the flower is greenish, " while the upper sepal and the petals are broken up 

 at the margin into beautiful purple fringes." (B. M. R., No. 120., Sept.) 



Cirrhce^a saccdta Lindl. This species flowered at Woburn in August last. 



It differs from all the known species "in the middle lobe of the lip being 



concave, and having very much the form of that of many ^atyria." The 



raceme is very long, and the flowers very large, Dr. Lindley observes that 



" it has been figured in the Botanical Magazine under the name of C. fusco- 



liitea, which is a different plant." (B. M. R.. No. 121., Sept.); 



2547. DENDRCVBIUM [mag. of bot. vi. p. 169. 



Paxtonz Paxt. Mag. of Bot. Paxton's £ (Z3 or 1 jn Y.br Pondooah 1837. D trees Paxt. 



A very showy golden-yellow and brown flowering species, surpassing all 

 its allies, discovered in 1837, by Mr. Gibson, the Duke of Devonshire's Indian 

 collector, growing on trees at Pondooah, a station near the base of the Khoseea 

 Hills. Many of the dendrobiums acquire their chief nourishment from the 

 atmosphere, or " from a very slight covering to the roots for the retention of 

 moisture ; but D. Paxtonz belongs to a very different class ; and, besides its 

 great height demanding some substance in which to fix the stakes needful for 

 maintaining its erectness, the roots are more tender, and must be completely 

 enveloped in moss or soil." {Paxt. Mag. of Bot., Sept.) 



amffi'num Wall, lovely £ E] or § au W.v.g Nepal 1838. D trees Fl. cab. no. 117. 



A very beautiful species, with a delightful, but not very powerful, fragrance. 

 The stems are naturally pendulous; and, according to Dr. Wallich, it is found 

 growing on trees in Nepal. (Fl. Cab , Sept.) 



Tulipaceae. 

 1018. FRITILLA'RIA 8440 racembsa. 



The figure is taken from plants raised from bulbs imported from Holland, 

 . and sold at a guinea each. The specimen has thrice the number of flowers of 

 that figured in the Botanical Magazine, t. 952., and recorded in our Hort. 

 Brit., No. 8440., as introduced in 1605; but whether it is specifically different 

 we very much doubt. In all probability, it is merely a better-grown specimen 

 of the same variety of F. pyrenaica. 



REVIEWS. 



Art. I. Catalogue of Works on Gardening, Agriculture, Botany, 

 Rural Architecture, fyc, lately published, with some Account of 

 those considered the more interesting. 



The Ladies' Botany of Professor Lindley ; abridged by the Author. With 

 numerous woodcuts. Post 8vo, pp. 424. 12s. Lond. 1839. 



The title of this work, and the name of the author, form a sufficient recom- 

 . mendation. Dr. Lindley has done more than any other man to promote the 

 study of botany in Britain ; and this work, which comprises what is contained 

 in two volumes at 25?. each, will do more for the science among the rising 

 generation, and especially among gardeners, than any previous publication 

 by the same author. Very little is omitted in this volume that is con- 

 tained in the two of which it professes to be an abridgment, except the 

 copperplates, and for these are substituted admirably executed engravings 

 on wood. 



On the Effects of the severe Winter of 1 837-8 on some Shrubberies and Gardens 

 in Glamorganshire. By L. W. Dillwyn, Esq., F.R.S., &c. 8vo, pp. 13. 

 Swansea, 1839. 



This is a very interesting tract, especially when taken in connexion with 



