14 Botanical, FloricuUural, and Arboricultural Notices. 



+ S. ^YxxneWoUes Humb. This plant has been raised in the Durdham Down 

 Nursery, near Bristol, from tubers received from Mexico. It is a dwarf plant, 

 not above 8 in. high, with blue flowers ; and it is about as hardy as Ferbena 

 Melindres.^ (J3. M. R., No. 207., Nov.) 



\^erbendcece, 

 CHASCO'NUM Afey. Chasconum. (CAaiio, to gape ; from the gaping calyx.) [nist, 196. 



cuneifJilium C. Mey. wedge-shpd-lvd 31^ i_J pr 4 ap W C. 6. H. 1821. ... s.l.p Bota- 



A half-shrubby plant, with white flowers (which are yellow, tipped with 

 orange in the bud) and very peculiar leaves . It is a native of the Cape. " It 

 requires green-house protection during winter, and should be in sandy loam 

 mixed with a little peat. It requires to be very well drained." {Botanist, Dec.) 



VluvibaginecB. 

 929. STA'TICE 7511 pectin-ita Eot. Reg. 1840, 65. 



'Yhymel<s'^ce. 



en PTMELE^A 



" nana Graham dwarf J* ,_| or f ap jn W Swan River 1839. C s.p Bot. mag. 3833. 

 A pretty Australian, about 8 in. high, with a woody stem, which is covered 

 with white hairs. Its leaves are thin and rather long. (Bot, Mag., Nov.) 

 Orchidacecs. 

 3597. MONACH A'NTHUS 30301 discolor var. Bfishnan; Bot. Mag. 3832. 



The lip is fringed. (Bot. Mag., Nov.) 

 3538. CYRTOCHl'LUM 29798 macul^tura var. ecorniitum Bot. Mag. 3836. 



A pretty variety, introduced from Mexico in 1840. (Bot. Mag., Nov.) 

 2547. DENDRO'BIUM 28807 moschJitum Bot. Mag. 3837. 



Z). aciculdre Lindl. A curious little East Indian species, with " a single yellow- 

 ish flower, slightly tinged with pink. (B. R. M., No. 188,, Nov.) 



D. gemellwn Lindl. An East Indian species, with " small pale yellowish 

 green flowers, growing in pairs.'" (B. M. R., No. ,192., Nov.) 



D. calcardtum Lindl. A slender inconspicuous species, with green flowers, 

 growing in pairs. (B. M. R., No. 219., Dec.) 



2532. ZYGOPE'TALUM africknum Hook. 



Synonyme : Odontoglossum bictonense Lindl., Bot. reg. 1840, 66. 



This was supposed by Sir W. J. Hooker to be a native of Sierra Leone, but 

 it proves to be a native of Guatemala. (Bot. Reg., Nov.) 



2569. ANGRMCUM [1840, 68. 



gladiifblium r/iOM. sword-leaved _^ El cu 1 f W Isle of Bourbon ... D r.w Bot. reg. 



An orchideous plant, with white flowers, of no beauty ; found in the Isle of 

 Bourbon, the Mauritius, and Madagascar. (Bot. Reg., Dec.) 



Peristylus Goodyeroidie^ Lindl. A Ceylon species, with a long spike of pure 

 white flowers. (B. M. R., No. 187., Nov.) 



Liparis spathuldta Lindl. An Indian plant of no beauty, with a long raceme 

 of very small green flowers. (B. M. R., No. 189., Nov.) 



Ejyidendron visc'idimi Lindl. A Mexican plant, nearly allied to E. ciliare. 

 (B. M. R., No. 190., Nov.) 



Maxillaria macrophylla Poepp. Messrs. Loddiges have just flowered a fine 

 variety of this species. (B. M. R., No. 191., Nov.) 



Oncidimn microchiliim Bate. A very curious and distinct species from Gua- 

 temala. (B. M. R., No. 193., Nov.) 



O. WentwortlivkawTCi Bate. A very beautiful species with yellow flowers, 

 richly stained with crimson. (B. M. R., No. 194., Nov.) 



O. pelicdnmn Hort. Monac. Nearly allied to O. reflexum. " The name has 

 doubtless been given in allusion to the column, which is not unlike a pelican 

 pecking her breast." (B. M. R., No. 216., Dec.) 



Bolbophylhmi flavidimi Lindl. " A pale yellow-flowered orchideous plant, 

 imported from Sierra Leone by Messrs. Loddiges." (B. M. R., No. 195., Nov.) 



B. sordidum Lindl. A native of Guatemala. " The flowers are very fleshy, of 

 a dull olive brown externally, but highly mottled with purple on the inside." 

 (B. M. R., No. 217., Dec.) 



