630 Botanical, Floricultural, and Arhoricultural Notices, 



O. Rossn (see our Vol. for 1839, p. 560,). A pretty variety of this plant 

 has flowered with Mr. Barker. {Bot. Reg., Feb. 1843, Misc.) 



O. constiiciimi Lindl. The flowers are yellow, spotted with brown, except 

 the lip, which is white stained with violet. (Bot. Reg,, March, 1843, Misc.) 



Oberdma minidta Lindl. The flowers are red, very small, very brittle, and 

 loosely arranged in a nodding spike, sometimes as much as 8 in. long. (Bot. 

 Reg., Jan. 1843, Misc.) 



Octomeria grandifldra Lindl. This is the largest Octomeria yet seen. The 

 leaf is about 8 in. long, and the stem about the same length. (Bot. Reg., Sept. 



1842, Misc.) 



3478. PERISTE'RIA [reg. 1843, 18. 



Humboldt; Lindl. .Barora Humboldt's j? E] or 2 mr R Venezuela 1841. D p.r.w Bot. 



This plant is the same as the Angiiloa superba of Humboldt, and it has a 

 splendid appearance, as its flowers, which are large and showy, are produced 

 on a pendulous raceme 2 ft. long. It is found in temperate situations in Peru, 

 and in some cases at an elevation of 6000 or 7000 feet above the level of the 

 sea. (Bot. Reg., April, 1843.) This is one of the species included by Dr. 

 Lindley in his new genus of Adnata, see p. 624. 



Pleurotlmllis f(£tens Lindl. This plant has no beauty, and it has an un- 

 pleasant odour. It is a native of Brazil. (Bot. Reg., Jan. 1843, Misc.) 



V. pedunculdris Lindl. A native of Rio Janeiro ; the flowers of a pale 

 straw colour. (Bot. Reg., June, 1843, Misc.) 



P. Smitkiana Lindl. Only interesting to the botanist. (Bot. Reg., Aug. 



1843, Misc.) 



Polystdchya clavdta Lindl. An inconspicuous species, with small pale yellow 

 flowers. (Bot. Reg., Aug. 1842, Misc.) 



Ponera striata Lindl. A curious species of this very singular genus. (Bot. 

 Reg., March, 1842, Misc.) 



2.')66. RENANTHE'RA 



matatina Xinrf/. morning ^ E] pr 1 s Br.S Manilla 1842. D p.r.w Bot. reg. 1843, 41. 



This is a pretty little plant, with a great profusion of cinnamon-coloured 

 and scarlet flowers collected in a stiflT panicle. The flowers are very small, 

 but they make amends by their prettiness and their abundance for their want 

 of size. (Bot. Reg., Aug. 1843.) 



Rodriguezia carnea Lindl. A plant of no particular beauty, a native of 

 Columbia. (Bot. Reg., Oct. 1843, Misc.) 



3412. STANHO'PE^ [orchidacea t. 27. 



Marti(JMa Bate. Von Martius's ^ [Z3 or 1 su Str.P Mexico 1827. D p.r.w Bateman's 

 var. bicolor Bot. Reg. 1843, 44. 



" The present variety is a lovely plant with large pure white flowers richly 

 but sparingly spotted with crimson." It is very sweet-scented, and altogether 

 a magnificent plant. It is said to be a natural variety received from Mexico. 

 (Bot. Reg., Sept. 1843.) 



2572. STE'LIS [3975. 



atropurpilrea Hook, dark-purple £ 123 pr ^ f D.P Mexico 1838. D p.r.w Bot. mag. 



A pretty little plant with dark purple flowers. (Bot. Mag., Oct. 1842; and 

 Bot. Reg., Dec. 1842, Misc.) 



S. crassifdlia Lindl. A singular little plant, with half-cylindrical leaves, 

 imported from the West Indies'in 1841. (Bot. Reg., Feb. 1842, Misc.) 



S. argentdta Lindl. The flowers are in long racemes, and are of a dull 

 greenish purple, having " their truncated extremities covered with an appear- 

 ance of minute particles of silver." (Bot. Reg., Sept. 1842, Misc.) 



Spirdnthes cerina Lindl. One of the terrestrial Orchidaceae, a native of 

 Guatemala : and which " belongs to that section of the genus Spiranthes of 

 which the old Neottia speciosa is the type, and which has been called by Presl 

 Sarcoglottis, among all which it is at once known by its flowering without 

 leaves, and its dull olive-brown aspect." 



