supplementary to the Encyc. of Plants and Hort. Brit. 595 



Thunbergza, on account of a slight difference in tlie anthers, the name has 

 been adopted by Mr. Bentham in the Botanist, No. 188. (^Botanist, Oct.) 



AmentdcecB. 



Betula Bhojputtra Plant. As. rar. 2. p. 7., and described in our Arb. Brit. 

 p. 1714. as nearly allied to B. papyracea, has been raised from Himalayan 

 seeds in the Horticultural Society's Garden. " It will doubtless be perfectly 

 hardy, as, according to Dr. Royle, it, and the other species of that country, 

 occupy the loftiest situations in the mountains." (^Illust., p. 343. ; B. M. B., 

 No, 169., October.) 



Orchiddcece. 



2571. CALA'NTHE 29f>17 discolor Bot. Reg. 1840, 55. 

 2553. CATTLE'Y^ 31556 MossiV^ Hook. 



Synonyme : C. labiata var. M6ss/« Bot. Reg. 1840, 58. 



Dr. Lindley is satisfied that this is a mere variety of C. labiata, " from 

 which it differs principally in the lip being yellow mottled with crimson, 

 instead of deep blood red." (Bot. Reg., Oct.) 



+ Catasetum India Lindl. The flowers are " green, with a brown stain 

 on the lip," and about thirty in a spike. {B. M. R., No. 176., Oct.) 



C. saccdtum Lindl. A very remarkable plant imported by Messrs. Loddiges 

 from Guayana, the flowers of which are furnished with a large conical bag, 

 not perceivable till the lip is turned back. The flowers are very large and 

 handsome, the sepals and petals being covered with rich purple spots, and 

 the lip, which is of a bright yellow, with crimson dots. (B. M. R., No. 179., 

 October.) 



C. {Mydnthus) cornutum Lindl. *' A native of Demerara, with the habit 

 of Catasetum barbatum, formerly Myanthus." The flowers are green, spotted 

 with dark purple, the labellum being " furnished with a strong inflexed white 

 horn," whence the name. {B. M. R., No. 182., Oct.) 



C. calldsum Lindl. This plant resembles C. tridentatum var. floribundum 

 in habit, but its flowers are of a dull reddish brown, without spots, with a 

 green lip. " It was imported by Messrs. Loddiges from La Guayra." {B. M. 

 R., No. 183., Oct.) 



Ci7'rliopetaliim vagindtum Lindl. " Messrs. Loddiges have received this plant 

 from Sincapore." The flowers are of a pale straw colour, with coriaceous 

 eraarginate leaves. {B. M. R., No. 173., Oct.) 



Ccelogyne Cumingn Lindl. A Sincapore plant, with white and yellow flowers, 

 allied to C. trinervis, which has flowered with Messrs. Loddiges. (B. M. R., 

 No. 178., Oct.) 



Comjiarettia rosea Lindl. A beautiful little plant with rose-coloured flowers 

 from the Spanish Main. (B. M. R., No. 186., Oct.) 



Cymbidium pubescens Lindl. A Sincapore plant, with " a short raceme of 

 rich purple flowers, bordered and spotted with brilliant yellow." (B. M. R., 

 No. 177, Oct.) 



Dendrobium vagindtum Lindl. A Sincapore plant, " belonging to the same 

 section as D. amplura," but combining the habit of Bolbophyllum with the 

 entire structure of Dendrobium. The flowers are of a pale straw colour, 

 tipped with purple. (B. M. R., No. 172., Oct.) 



Bolbophyllum limbatum Lindl. A Sincapore plant, the flowers of which are 

 of a dull purple, and of Httle beauty. {B. M. R., No. 171., Oct.) 



Mycardntlies obliqua Lindl. " A fleshy-leaved plant from Sincapore, with 

 very small white flowers, covered slightlv with rusty down." (B. M. R., 

 No. 184., Oct.) 



Oncidium incurvum Bark. The scape is panicled, and about 3 ft. long ; 

 and the flowers are pink and white. {B. M. R., No. 174., Oct.) 



Pleurothallis seridta Lindl. A native of Rio Janeiro, " with pale yellowish 

 green flowers, marked with rows of purple dots." {B. M. R., No. 175., Oct.) 



Sarcdnthus pdllidus Lindl. An Indian species, with small pale flowers, 

 imported by the Duke of Devonshire. {B. M. R., No. 185., Oct.) 



3582. ljm,-lj\A [Bot. vii. p. 193. 



cinnab&rina ? Bate, cinnabar jg E] spl 1 jn S Rio Janeiro 1857. O p.r.w Paxt. mag. of 



