624 Botanical, Floricultural, and Arhoricultural Notices, 



tached, and kept out of water nearly a week." The plant should be grown 

 on a block of wood, or in sphagnum moss. {Bot. Reg , Oct. 1842 ; and Pax- 

 ton's Mag. ofBot., Aug. 1842.) 



A. virens Lindl. A native of Java, with large sweet-scented flowers, which 

 are white, and spotted with green. {Bot. Beg., May, 1843, Misc.) 



Aciantkera punctata Scheid. A small orchidaceous plant, a native of Brazil, 

 resembling at first sight a Pleurothallis. {Bot. Reg., Jan. 1843, Misc.) 



Adnata Lindl. A genus of orchideous plants nearly related to Peristeria. 

 Two species are described, A. HumboldtM and A. Barker?', which are the 

 plants generally known as Peristeria Humboldt^ and P. Barken. {Bot. Reg., 

 Oct. 1843, Misc.) 



Acriopsis picta Lindl. A pretty little plant, with the habit of Sarcanthus 

 pallidus. The flowers are white and green, slightly stained with purple. It 

 is a native of Bantam. (Bot. Reg., Oct. 1843, Misc.) 



Angrae^cum vesicdtum Lindl. From the Ashantee country. The flowers 

 are white and inconspicuous. {Bot. Reg., Jan. 1843, Misc.) 



A. ashantense Lindl. Another species from the same country, remarkable 

 for its leaves, which appear as if they had been partly eaten away. The 

 flowers are of a light cinnamon colour, and are produced in spikes about 4 in. 

 long. {Bot. Reg., July, 1843, Misc.) 



A^nia bicornis Lindl. A singular plant from Ceylon, the flowers of which 

 " are green, except the lip, which is of a bright yellow." {Bot. Reg., June, 

 1842, Misc.) 



1^,504. BARKE'R/^ [p. 169. 



spectkbilis Bate, showy ^ E] or 1 jn Li Guatemala 1841. D Paxt. mag. bot. vol. x. 



A very showy plant, which may be grown either on a block of wood or in 

 a wooden basket in moss. The temperature should never be above 65°, and 

 air should be admitted freely. This plant is called Flor de Isabel in its 

 native country. {Bot. Reg., June, 1842, Misc. ; and Paxt. Mag. of Bot., 

 Sept. 1843.) 



B. Lindleyana Bate. A very beautiful plant with rich deep purple flowers, 

 which remain a great length of time without fading. The plant is a native of 

 Costa Rica. {Bot. Reg., Jan. 1842, Misc.) 



Beatonia atrdta Herb. A handsome plant with very dark flowers. {Bot. 

 Reg., Oct. 1843, Misc.) 



Bifrenaria inodora Lindl. This plant, in habit and general appearance, 

 approaches so near to Maxillaria tetragona, as to have been mistaken for it ; 

 but on flowering it proved to be widely different from that species. It is a 

 native of Rio, whence it was inti-oduced in 1839. {Bot. Reg., June, 184:3, 

 Misc.) 



Bolboj)hijllum adenopetalum Lindl. A native of Sincapore with yellowish 

 flowers, which are slightly fragrant. {Bot. Reg., Dec. 1842, Misc.) 



B, calamdi'ium Lindl. A very singular plant with flowers of a dusky yellow 

 mixed with purple, on a scape which is 2 ft. long, and quite erect. The lip 

 of the corolla is movable, and fringed with long purple hairs. {Bot. Reg., 

 Oct. 1843, Misc.) 



Brdssia. brachidta Lindl. This plant. Dr. Lindley mentions, is the same as 

 that called Brassia Wray^e in the gardens ; but in Curtis's Botanical Magazine 

 there is a plant figured under the name of Brassk Wray<s, t. 4003., which Sir 

 W. Hooker says had been previously communicated to several collections 

 under the name of Oncidium 'Wrayce, though another plant had been pre- 

 viously described and figured under that name. ( Bot. Reg., Jan. 1843, Misc. ; 

 and Bot. Mag, March, 1843. See also our Vol. for 1841, p. 168.) 



BROMHEA'D/^ Lindl. (In honour oi Sir E. F. Bromhead, Bart., F.R.S.) 

 palustris Lindl. marsh j^ [23 or 4 jn W. Pk Sumatra 1840. D p Bot. mag, 4001. 



A very handsome plant with tall graceful steins and delicate flowers. It 

 is said to have been " dug out of a bog at Sumatra, a strange habitat for a 



