632 Botanical, Floricultural, and Arboricultural Notices, 



that he has also raised hybrids between Gladiolus and Amaryllis, It will be 

 seen above that the Dean of Manchester considers Anisanthus splendens to 

 be a Gladiolus ; but even then it is very remarkable that one of the parents of 

 Mr. Plant's hybrid should be itself a mule. {Bot. Reg., Sept. 1842.) 



Trichonema ediile Herb. A native of Socotra, where it was found in the 

 small hollows of the primitive limestone rocks, about two miles from the 

 coast. " The natives feed upon the corms." {Bot. Reg., Dec. 1842, Misc.) 



HcBmodoracecB. 



Ba7'bacema squnmdta Herb. This is a neat little plant, introduced by Mr. 

 Veitch of Exeter, which he supposed to be a Vellozk. The Hon. and Rev. 

 W. Herbert, dean of Manchester, however, thinks it a very distinct section 

 of Barbacen/», or a new genus ; and, in case the latter should be established, 

 he proposes to call it Veitchiff, in honour of Mr. Veitch. (^Bot. Reg., Sept. 

 1843, Misc.) 



AmarijUidaceie. 



979. ALSTRCEME'R/^ 



nemorcisa Gard. wood A 1 or 2 n R.Y Organ Mountains 1840. O l.p Bot. mag. 3958. 



A very handsome species of the genus, which was found by Mr. Veitch's 

 collector on the Organ Mountains of Brazil, at an elevation of about 3000 ft. 

 {Bot. Mag., Aug. 1842.) 



A. magmfica Herb. This is very slightly different from A. Ligtu. {Bot. 

 Reg., Sept. 1843, Misc.) 



A. chorillensis Herb. This is another species described by the learned 

 Dean of Manchester ; an inhabitant of the Chorillos Mountains, Lima. 

 {Ibid.) 



3^83. COBU'RGH/^ [1842,46. 



hClmilis Herb, humble tf lAI or J mr.ap S Peruvian Andes 1841. O r.m Bot. reg. 



This was the species formerly noticed as CHtanthes humilis. {Bot. Reg., 

 Aug. 1842.) 



[1842, 66. 

 yenicoXor Herb, changeable C lAJ or 2 d.ja S.G.Taw. Andes 1841. O r.m Bot. reg. 



A very showy species of the genus. A tall thick-stemmed plant, with 

 large flowers, which vary in their colour from tawny to scarlet. It is very 

 difficult to throw this species into flower. {Bot. Reg., Dec. 1842.) 



Bomdrea. Six species and one variety of this genus are described by the 

 Hon. and Rev. W. Herbert. {Bot. Reg., Sept. 1842, Misc.) 



Se.Sri. STENOME'SSON 



T/iteWinnm Liniil. yolk of egg tf |Z3 or 1 f Y Lima 1841. O co Bot. reg. 1843, 2. 



A very handsome species of the genus ; but one which "is, at present, 

 extremely rare." {Bot. Reg., Jan. 1843.) 



S. aurantiacum Herb., and S. eustep/iioides Herb. These two bulbs are 

 only known by short Latin descriptions from the Dean of Manchester. ^{Bot. 

 Reg., Sept. 1843, Misc.) 



969. AMARY'LLIS [s.l Bot. reg. 1842, 11 . 



BankszVJna Lindl. S?y Jbsep/i Banks's tf lA) ox 2 au.s Pk Cape of Good Hope 1840. O 



This very handsome plant was at first supposed to be a variety of A. 

 grandiflora, which was named after Sir Joseph Banks, about twenty years 

 ago. However, on submitting a specimen to Mr. Herbert, he seems to think 

 that the present species is distinct; as, he says, it has the bulb and foliage of 

 A. grandiflora, with flowers more like A. minor and A. striata. {Bot. Reg,, 

 Feb. 1842, and March, 1842, Misc.) 



Hippeastrum organense var. compressum Herb. This is nearly allied to H. 

 psittacinum ; and they will probably prove to be varieties of the same species. 

 {Bot. Reg., June, 1842, Misc.) 



975. Hahranlhus pratensis (see our Vol. for 1842, p. 420.) var. quadrijibra 

 Herb. This variety only differs from the species in having four flowers instead 

 of three. {Bot. Mag., Aug. 1842.) 



