562 General Notices. 



2547. DENDRO'BIUM 



discolor imrfA dull-coloured ^[23 or 4 o Y.B Java 1838. D p.r.w Bot. reg. 1841, 52. 



A singular plant, "with stout erect stems, 4ft. high, swollen in the middle, 

 and with terminal racemes of about sixteen dingy yellowish brown flowers, as 

 much curled and wavy as those of a gloriosa." (^Bot. Reg., Sept.) 



[mag. of bot. vol. viii. p. 97. 

 macrophy'Ilum Lodd. broad.leaved £ [23 spl 2 ap Li Manilla 1838. D p.r.w Paxt. 



A most splendid plant, with thick pendulous stems, thickly covered with 



leaves, and of nearly the same size throughout. The leaves are thick, short, 



and broad, of a very deep green, and quite sessile. The flowers are very large 



and showy, and they are produced from twenty to thirty on each drooping 



stem. The plant should be grown on a block of wood. (Paxt. Mag. of Bot., 



June.) 



2542. CCELO'GYNE 29732 crisUta Bot: Reg. 1841, 57. 



GALEA'NDRA Lindl. {Galea, helmet, aner, stamen; from the helmet-shaped crest of the anther.) 

 Devoni5.na Lindl. Duke of Devonshire's ^ G3 2 ap. my W. Pk S. America 1840. D 



[p.r.w Bot. No. 231. ; Paxt. mag. of bot. vol. viii. 



This very handsome orchidaceous plant was first figured in Dr. Lindley's 



Sertuvi Orchidaceum, and named by him in honour of the Duke of Devonshire. 



" It produces large round stems, terminated by elegant half-drooping foliage, 



from amongst which the lovely flowers are protruded in upright racemes. 



They are remarkable for the size and elegant markings of their labellum." 



(Paxt, Mag. of Bot., Aug. ; and Botanist, Aug.) 



3516. BURLINGTO^N/^ [p. 193. 



rigida Z,mrf/. rigid jf [^3 pr 1 ap Pk. W ? 1838. D p.r.w Paxt. mag. of bot. vol. viii. 



" The plant, consisting of several pseudo-bulbs, is growing in a pot filled 



■with heath soil and potsherds j and from each of the pseudo-bulbs a long, rigid, 



wire-like stem ascends, developing a new bulb at its summit," from which a 



quantity of white roots descend. The next year the same process takes place ; 



and, when the stems are trained to a cylindrical trellis, the effect is very singular. 



(Paxt. Mag. of Bot., Oct.) 



2540. ONCl'DIUM 



monoceras Hook, one-horned ^ [Z3 pr 2 ja Y Rio Janeiro 1839. D p.r.w Bot. mag. 3890. 



A small-flowered species of Oncidium, chiefly remarkable for a solitary 



horn-like process on the upper lip, curved upwards, and almost as long as 



the lip itself. (Bot. Mag., Aug.) 



Tulipaceae. 

 1017. TU^LIPA 29311 pSitens Agardh. 



Synonyme : T. tricolor Ledeb., Bot. Mag. t. 3887 

 1016. iI'LIUM 30172 speci6sum var. alba Paxt. Mag. of Bot. vol. viii. p. 127. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. General Notices. 



Sending Home Seeds from warm Climates. — I may just observe that, in respect 

 to packing seeds, it has been found that they should neither be put in the hold 

 of the vessel, nor suspended immediately under the roof of the cabin, as in both 

 situations they are liable to be affected by the steam of the ship. If they are 

 suspended midway between the floor of the cabin and the ceiling, they have 

 most chance of not being injured by the steam of the vessel. This was told 

 me in York about a week ago by Mr. James Backhouse, who has been be- 

 tween nine and ten years travelling in Australia and Africa, and has sent 

 home a great many seeds to his brother, the eminent York nurseryman. Mr. 

 Backhouse further obsei'ves that the best mode of sending home seeds from 

 warm climates is by post. — T. S. Oct. 5. IS^l. 



The Solar Raj/, or beam of light, may be divided or decomposed into 

 lightj heat, and colour. Heat and electricity are now most generally supposed 



