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NEW PLANTS, ETC., 



mould, and is increased by dividing the old plants when in a 

 dormant state. 



It flowers in April. 



Being nearly hardy, it is a desirable plant where there is no 

 stove, as it may be grown in a cold pit kept close during 

 summer. 



April 21, 1847. 



20. Pholidota chixensis.* 



Received from Mr. Fortune as " Ccelogyne sp. witli yellow 

 flowers, from mountain sides, Hong Kong." 



This is a small creeping epiphyte, bearing ovate wrinkled quad- 

 rangular pseudo-bulbs on a short stout rhizome. The leaves are 

 rather coriaceous, pale green, with a warm brownish edge. The 

 flowers are greenish white, in drooping racemes not more than 

 2 or 3 inches long, and are remarkable for opening earliest at the 

 point of the raceme instead of the base. The lip is pure white, 

 and, although it is nearly oblong, with an acuminate point, it is 

 so bent back as to look as if it were 2-lobed. The anther opens 

 by longitudinal slits, and is not bilabiate, as in some species. 



This species has long been known from Chinese drawings, in 

 which it is represented as bearing yellow flowers : with us, how- 

 ever, they are pale greenish white, changing to white tinged with 

 cinnamon. 



It grows best when suspended on a block of wood in the Or- 

 chid-house, where there is plenty of light and moisture, when in a 

 growing state ; but it prefers to be kept rather dry when at 

 rest. 



It is a small neat species, but not very ornamental. 



May 16, 1847. 



21. PiEONIA MOUTAN ; Pictd. 



No. 220. Received from Mr. Fortune in September, 1844, 

 as P. Moutan, " flesh coloured var.," from Canton. 



Leaves dull bluish green, not veined or tinged with purple ; in 

 breadth less than some varieties. Flowers the size of P. Moutan 

 rosea, and with something of its appearance, but more semi- 

 double. Petals with a rose-coloured ground colour, streaked, 



* P. chinensis; csespitosa, rhizomate brevi, pseudobulbis obtuse tetragonis 

 ovatis rugosis 1-2-phyllis, foliis oblongis undulatis acuminatis trinerviis, 

 racemis brevibus recurvis, bracteis cucullatis membranaceis obtusis persis- 

 tentibus, floribus centrifugis, sepalis ovatis, petalis linearibus, labello oblongo 

 acuto basi concavo lsevi apice refracto et quasi bilobo. — J. L. 



