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FL0R1CULTURAL NOTICES. 
NEW AND RARE PLANTS FIGURED IN THE LEADING BOTANICAL PERIODICALS FOR 
JUNE. 
AganIsia pulchella. Of this pretty new orchidaceous plant, which was 
imported by Messrs. Loddiges from Demerara, and has bloomed solely in their col- 
lection, Dr. Lindley observes, that " if its column were produced into a foot, and 
the lower sepals unequal at the base, it would be a Maxillaria ; but as there is no 
trace of that character, which is essential to Maxillaria, the genus seems sufficiently 
distinct." The rhizoma of the species is long and creeping, though slightly 
ascending at the extremity. Dry brown scales envelop both it and the pseudo- 
bulbs, which latter are extremely small and tapering, being, moreover, several 
inches distant from each other, and bearing a solitary, oblong, five-ribbed leaf, on 
their summits. The racemes of flowers appear to spring from the bottom of the 
young pseudo-bulbs, growing erectly, and producing from three to six beautiful 
white blossoms, with an entire lip, which is chiefly of a yellow colour, but has a 
spot of purple at the base. It may be affixed to a log of wood, and suspended in 
the orchidaceous-house. Bot. Reg. 32. 
Epidendrum vitellinum. From the resemblance in the hue of its flowers to 
that of the yolk of an egg, this showy species has received its name. It has been 
known in the ^herbarium of botanists for many years, but plants collected for 
George Barker, Esq., of Birmingham, blossomed in the garden of that gentleman 
in September, 1839. From dried specimens recently procured by Mr. Hartweg, 
on the Cumbre of Telontepeque, in Mexico, at an elevation of 9000 feet above the 
sea, Dr. Lindley is led to form a much higher opinion of it than previously, since 
one of them " has a spike covered with fifteen large orange-coloured flowers, all 
expanded at once, over a space of more than six inches in length, and forming a 
most conspicuous object." It would appear that only lately have we succeeded in 
obtaining the richer-coloured Epidendra, as our collections could now exhibit a group 
of them comprising several species, whereas, two or three years back, living 
plants were unknown. The present subject is a pseudo-bulbous species, the bulbs 
being covered with large greenish scales, and surrounded by two oblong leaves. 
The flower-stem is erect, and issues from between the latter. A low temperature 
is recommended as an important feature in its treatment. Bot. Reg. 35. 
Morina longifolia. A handsome herbaceous plant, which is now, we believe, 
the only representative of a genus once inhabiting our gardens. It was discovered 
by Dr. Wallich on the mountains of the North of India. " Gossain Than is the 
district more particularly mentioned as the native country of the plant, of which 
