22 Botanical, Floricidtiiral, and Arbor icultural Notices. 



+ SpecMinm ohovdta Lindl. " A small Brazilian plant, with the appearance 

 of a Pleuroth^Uis." {B. M. R., No. 137., Nov.) 



Rodrigucz\a laxiflora Lindl. A pale-green-flowered Brazilian plant, " with 

 a very lax nodding spike." {B. M. R., No. 130., Nov.) 



-\- crispa Lindl. The flowers have a crisped appearance, and " are sea- 

 green, bordered with yellow;" their fragrance resembles that of primroses. 

 A native of Brazil. (B. M, R., No. 139., Nov.) 



4- Cataselmn pi^oboscideum Lindl. Nearly related to C. cernuum and C. 

 barbatum, of which last it may prove merely a variety. (5. M. R., No. 140., 

 Nov.) 



longifolium Lindl. This plant has lately flowered at Battersea. The 

 flowers are very numerous, and are produced on a drooping raceme j they are 

 of a bright orange, bordered with violet. {B. M. R., No. 154.) 



Ijcb'Ii?^ flava Lindl. A native of Mexico, which, though it has been several 

 years in England, flowered for the first time at Carclew, in the autumn of 

 1839. 



-f Dicri/pta discolor G. Lodd. Remarkable for the colour of the under side 

 of the leaves, which is a deep purple. " The flowers are orange-coloured, 

 and about the size of those of I). Baueri." (B. M, R., No. 145., Dec.) 



+ Octomeria diaphana Lindl. A pretty little plant, with nearly transparent 

 flowers, which are white and scentless. A native of Brazil. (^B. M. B., No. 

 146., Dec.) 



-f Fernandezia, lumfera Lindl. The flowers are very large, and have a pair 

 of supernumerary lobes at the base of the labellum, which " stand erect, like 

 two curved horns." It is a native of Brazil, where it is found on trees. (^B. 

 M. R., No. 147., Dec.) 



Oncidium excavdtum Lindl. " This fine Peruvian plant has flowered with 

 Messrs. Loddiges. It has yellow flowers spotted with brown, and is easily 

 known by the base of the labellum being very convex, a little hollowed out in 

 front, and excavated with a deep pit on the under side." (5. M, R., No. 150., 

 Dec.) 



Odontoglossuni Clowesn Liiidl. A Brazil plant, with " large strong flowers, 

 yellow mottled with brown, while the lip is white, with a rich violet base." 

 (B. M. R., No. 153., Dec.) 



+ PleurotJidllis scubripes Lindl. A curious little plant, a native of Brazil, 

 which flowered at Carclew in 1839. The flowers are small, of a dingy yellow, 

 with reddish purple Hnes. {B. M. R., No. 155., Dec.) 



Iriddceee. 



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sapphSrina LincU. sapphire ^ i 11 jl.au B Swan River 1837. s.p Bot. reg. 1839, 60. 



Nothing can be more beautiful than the rich deep blue of the flowers of 

 this plant, but, unfortunately, they are of very short duration. It is a native 

 of the Swan River Colony, whence it was introduced by Mr, Mangles. (BoL 

 Reg., Nov.) 



Amari/llidaceis. 



Clitdnthes W. Herb. " The name Clinanthus, which was given from the 

 obliquity which the flowers in Ruiz's specimen of his undescribed Pancratium 

 luteum had taken in drying, is changed for Clitanthes, from Mitus, a moun- 

 tainous declivity, and anthos, a flower." Dr. Lindley describes three species, 

 viz., C. hiimilis, C. Macleanica, and C. liitea, of which he had received notices 

 from the Hon. and Rev. W. Herbert. They are all natives of Lima. {B, M. 

 R., No. 141., Nov.) 



+ Ismene deflexa W. Herb. This species forms a connecting link between 

 the genera Ismene and Elisena. There are, indeed, several species of these 

 two genera so closely allied, that it seems probable that the latter genus will 

 merge into the former. Under this head, Mr. Herbert observes that " every 

 Ismene delights in white sand, and every Hymenocallis in strong alluvial soil, 

 and immersion in water." (S. M. R,, No. 142., Nov.) 



