supplementary to E?ic. of Plants, Hort. Brit., and Arh. Brit. 261 



This species " forms a pretty bush, looking h'ke a young pine tree, and pro- 

 duces its head of pink flowers in August. During summer it grows very well 

 in the open air ; but in winter it must be treated like a Cape plant." {Bot, 

 Beg., April.) 



Qrchiddcecs. 



»SOBRA'L/^ Ruiz et Pav. (In honour of Don F. M. Sobral, a Spanish botanist.) 



sessilis Lindl. sessile £ \22 or 1 d Pk Peru 1840. D p.r.w Bot. reg. 1811, 17. 



A very handsome plant, belonging to a genus the species of which, in Peru, 



" resemble reeds, loaded with large red or white, and often fragrant, flowers, 



which always grow from the extremity of the reed, from among the large 



plaited grassy leaves." (Bot. Beg., March.) 



2526. BRA'SS/^ [1841, 18. 



Lawrencz^na Lindl. Mrs. Lawrence's j^ E] or 1 )a Y.B Brazil 1839. D p.r.w Bot. reg. 



A handsome species, very properly dedicated to so warm a patroness of flo- 

 riculture as Mrs. Lawrence. (Bot. Beg., March.) 

 3536. CYCNOXHES 29787 Loddig^sw var. leucochilus Bol. Mag. t. 3855. 



A white-lipped variety of this beautiful species. (Bot. Mag., March.) 



3523. CHY^SIS [23. 



hractiSscens Lindl. bracteated £ El or 1 ap W.Y Mexico 1840. D p.r.w Bot. reg. 1841, 



A very handsome species, being the third of this rare genus, which " is 



readily distinguished by its large white flowers, and great inflated leafy bracts." 



(Bot. Beg., April.) 



ODONTOGLO'SSUM [vol. viii. p. 49. 



grande Bate, grand _£ [23 or 1 d Y.B Guatemala 1839. D p.r.w Paxt. mag. of Bot. 



A truly magnificent plant, which has only flowered at the Duke of Devon- 

 shire's and at Knypersley. (Paxt. Mag. of Bot., April.) 



IriddcecB, 

 1913. HERBE'RT/^ 16768 pulchella var. caerillea. 



A slight variety, the pi'incipal difference being in the colour, which is rather 

 more blue. (Bot. Mag., April.) 



Arnaiyllidacese. 

 SPUEKELIA 



glauca Lindl. glaucous tS J^ or 1 my S. Mexico 1840 O s.p.l Bot. reg. 1841, 16. 



This species only differs from the common jacobaea lily, in its flowers being 

 somewhat paler and smaller, and its leaves glaucous (Bot. Beg,, March.) 



BOMA'REA W. H. 



simplex W. H. simple ^ A pr 3 jn Pk Cusco 1838. C r.m Bot. mag. 3863. 



" Seeds of three varieties of this plant were brought by Mr. Pentland from 

 different situations near Cusco, which have all flowered in the open ground at 

 SpofForth, in front of the greenhouse." The genus was formed by Mr. Herbert 

 out of that of Alstrcemeria. (Bot. Mag., April.) 



3333. COBU'RG/.4 



cocclnea scarlet ;%, i i or ' 1 mr S Cordillera 1839. O r.m Bot. mag. 3865. 



The flowers are much smaller than in the common species ; but it seems 

 more hardy, as it stood out " all the summer and autumn of 1839, the season 

 being unusually wet . and cold, and appeared to dislike sunshine and fine 

 weather." (Bot. Mag., April.) 



[3867. 

 trichrbma W. Herb, three-coloured A i | or I jn S.G.W Andes 1837. O r.m Bot. mag. 



This species differs from the preceding one in having larger flowers, and 

 their being distinctly striped with white and green. (Bot. Mag., April.) 



CALLITHAUMA W. Herb. 



t^^^^^w\f:^rTotut} A,^ cu 1 jn G Peru 1837. O r.m Bot. mag. 3866. 



The plate exhibits two species of this rare genus, which Mr. Herbert thinks 

 will prove a section of Coburgz«. (Bot. Mag., April.) 



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