supplementary to Enc. of Plants^ Hort. Brit.i and Arb. Brit. 149 



+ Saccoldbium compressum LinSl. The flowers are crimson and white, 

 and they are produced in drooping racemes, (i?. M. R., No. 5., Feb.) 



Cymbidium mddidiim Lindl. The flowers are of a dull yellowish green, 

 with a deep purple stain inside the labellum. (j5. M. R., No. 6., Feb.) 



2517. DENDRO'BIUM ' [p.r.w Paxt. mag. of bot. vi. p. 265. 



CambridgetirawOT Paxt. The Duchess of Cambridge's ^ tZ3 or 1 o Y.p Khoseea 1837. D 



This beautiful species having blossomed for the first time at Chatsworth 

 during the visit of the Duchess of Cambridge, it was named in honour of Her 

 Royal Highness. It is a native of the Khoseea Hills, where it was found 

 growing "at an elevation of 4000 ft, and attaching itself to rocks and trees. 

 Although, when depending from objects of the latter description, an impene- 

 trable shade is afforded in the growing season, it may be useful to state that 

 it is frequently seen clinging to the faces of rocks in situations fully exposed 

 to the rays of the sun." It will not thrive in an erect position ; and at Chats- 

 worth it is affixed to a large block of wood, and its roots covered with moss, 

 "carefully secured with metallic wire." The best logs of wood for growing 

 Orchideee on are those on which the bark is perfect, rugged, and durable, 

 " for the roots delight to insinuate themselves into the fissures of rough bark, 

 and if this is subject to a speedy decay, or separates readily upon exposure to 

 the frequent atmospheric changes of an orchidaceous house, the plant can be 

 transferred to another block without great injury to the roots." (^Paxt. Mag. 

 of Bot., Jan.) 



Dendrbhium plicatile Lindl., D. fimbriatum Lindl. Dr. Lindley has changed 

 the specific name of this plant, in consequence of its having been " applied to 

 a very different species." The present name alludes " to the very conspicuous 

 plicatures of the labellum." {B. M. R., No. 7., Feb.) 



Mormodes buccinator Lindl. The flowers are " pale green, with an ivory- 

 white lip, whose sides are rolled back, so as to give it the appearance of a 

 trumpet." {B. M. R., No. 9., Feb.) 



3590. LEPTO'TES 30165 bicolor. 



Professor Morren having succeeded in fruiting this species, by fertilising it 



artificially, finds that the fruit has the fragrance of the Tonquin bean ; and that 



when infused in milk or cream, and iced, it gives " a mild agreeable flavour, 



sweeter than vanilla, but less penetrating." (^B. M. R., Feb.) 



3536. CYCNO'CHES 



macuiata Lindl. spotted £ El or 1 d Pa.Y.R La Guayra 1839. Bot. no. 156. 



The raceme of flowers is generally from a foot to 18 in. long ; and the 

 flowers are of a pale yellow or straw colour, with claret-coloured spots. The 

 species is a native of South America, whence it was sent home in April, 18.39, 

 by Mr, M'Kenzie, collector to Messrs. Low, of Clapton. It flowered for the 

 first time last December, in the orchideous house of John Willmore, Esq., of 

 Oldford, near Birmingham. (^Botanist, Feb.) 



Scita7nindcecs. 



H. CURCWMA Cbot. vii. p. 1. 



Roscoedna Wall. Mr. Roscoe's ^ E] spl 1 au.d S.y E. Indies 1837. D l.s Paxt. mag. of 



It is hardly possible to conceive any thing more brilliant than the colours of 

 the flowers and spathes of this species ; while its dwarf habit renders it more 

 convenient for cultivation than most of the other species of the genus. It was 

 imported by Messrs. Loddiges in 1837, but it is by no means common in col- 

 lections. It should be grown in " a rather rich compost, composed almost 

 entirely of maiden loam and sand ;" and, though it should be kept in a moist 

 atmosphere till the flower spike appears, " a dry position is indispensable 

 while the flowers and their appendages are unfolded, as they are apt to become 

 mouldy in a very humid air, owing to the lateness of the season at which they 

 are produced." The species is readily propagated by suckers, which are 

 every season thrown up by the roots. (Pa.rt. Mag. of Bot., F'eb.) 



\riddcecB, 



+ GELASI'NE Herb. (Gelasinos, a smiling dimple.) 



azilrea Herb. blue ^ \ 1 pr 1 my B S. America 1838. D s Bot. mag. 3779. 



