supplementarij to the 'Encyc. of Plants and Hort. Brit. 379 



leyas, epidendra, oncidiums, and maxillarias of "the former 

 country ; but I know of no South American species so admi- 

 rably formed and coloured as India can produce in the case of 

 dendrobia of various kinds, saccolabiums, and species of the 

 genera Phaius, Vanda, Coelogyne, and Grammatophyllum. Of 

 these Dendrobium formosum must stand among the foremost in 

 point of beauty." {B. M. R., No. 86.) 



+ D. stupbsum Lindl. An erect species, with the habit and 

 general appearance of Dendrobium candidum. Obtained, like 

 the preceding, for the Duke of Devonshire, from India, by 

 his collector, Mr. Gibson. {B. M. R., July, No. 94.) 



+ Epidaidrum ionosmum Lindl. The fragrance of the flowers 

 of this species is as delicate and delicious as that of the violet. 

 It was imported by Messrs. Loddiges from Essequibo. {B. M. 

 R.y July, No. 87.) 



+ E. vesicdtum Lindl. A curious Brazilian species, also im- 

 ported by Messrs. Loddiges. It approaches E. equitans in 

 habit; but, in the structure of both flowers and leaves, it is 

 widely different. {B. M. R., July, No. 89.) 



+ E. lividum Lindl. An obscure inattractive species, im- 

 ported from Columbia by Messrs. Loddiges. The flowers are 

 small, of a dull dingy purple. {B.M. i?., July, No. 91.) 



+ Maxillaria Boothii Lindl. Collected in Guatemala by G. 

 U. Skinner, Esq., and introduced in 1835 by Captain Sutton, 

 who added it to Sir Charles Lemon's collection at Carclew, 

 where it flowered in May, 1838. {B. M.R., July, No. 95.) 



+ Luisia alpina Lindl. A very distinct species, with coria- 

 ceous distichous leaves resembling those of an Aerides, collected 

 by Mr. Gibson on the Khoosea Hills, 4000 feet above the sea, 

 where snow frequently falls in the cold season. {B.M.R., July, 

 No. 101.) 



+ Bolbophyllum umbellatum Lindl. A curious species, with 

 dull, dirty yellow flowers, sent to the Duke of Devonshire from 

 the Calcutta Botanic Garden. {B. M. R., July, No. 102.) 



(?) Tjingiberacece. 



+ Bravoa geminiflbra Llexar^. et La Llav. A beautiful quasi- 

 bulbous plant, a native of mountains near Valladolid in Mexico, 

 sent by Mr. Rule to Sir Charles Lemon, in whose stove it 

 flowered in March, 1838. It also flowered in the green-house 

 at Carclew, and it is expected to ripen seeds. {B. M. i?., July, 

 No. 98. 



Iridacece. 



123. TRITO^NIA 



*fuc2ita Lindl. painted tf lAl or 1 my R.Y C. G. H. 1813 O s.p.l Bot. reg. n. s. t. 35. 



A remarkable species, which appears to have been cultivated 

 by the Hon. and Rev. W. Herbert for twenty-five years before 

 it flowered. It grew vigorously in common garden soil, and at 



