806 EXTRACTS — FLORICULTURE. 
PITTOSPORE.'E. 
PiTTOSP^ORUM angustif'olium. — A plant of delicate habit, with a few strag- 
gling slender branches. Native of New South Wales, whence it has lately been 
introduced. Flowers bright yellow. Culture — It must be kept in the green- 
house, and may be increased by cuttings. The soil should be loam and peat. — 
Lodd. Bot. Cab. 
EROMELIACE^. 
yEcHM^EA Merte'nsii. — Mertens' jEchmea. Native of Demerara, where it 
grows parasitical on trees. Introduced by C. S. Parker, Esq. whilst on a visit to 
that country. Flowers growing in yellow green spikes, the petals are, of a bright 
and deep rose colour, the tips of which are seen above the yellow green sepals of 
the Calyx, which gives it a prettj- effect. — Bot. Mag. Culture— It must be kept 
iu the stove, and will probably thrive in rich mould and peat mixed together. 
SCROPHULARINjE. 
Calceol\\ria Martinea\".e. — Miss Martineau's, Slipperwort. An hybrid 
raised from C. Fothergilla, fertilized by C. corymbosa, by Mr. Blair, Gardener to 
John Martineau, Esq. at Stamford Hill, and was named in compliment to Miss 
Martineau, a young lady of great botanical taste. Flowers brightyellow, blotched 
with dark velvet spots; very showy. Culture — It flowers freely in the open bor- 
der from April to August, requires a light rich earth, and is increased by parting 
the roots. — Sweets Brit. Fl. Gard. 
CLASS II.— MONOCOTYLEDONES, OR ENDOGENES. 
ORCHIDEvE. 
Stanhope A ebi'rnea. — Ivory-lipped Stanhopea. An Epiphyte of considera- 
ble beauty. Flowers slightly fragrant, and of short duration ; the lip when 
fresh like highly polished ivory. Native of Rio Janeiro, whence it was received 
by Messrs. Lotldiges. — Bot, Reg. Culture — It may be potted in peat mixed with 
a portion of rotten wood, and should be kept in the stove. 
Cymbi'dium margin^atum. — An air plant with bright yeUow flowers, mar- 
gined with red. Native of Rio Janeiro, whence it has been received by the 
Horticultural Society. Culture — See treatment of Maxillaria gracilis, p. 714. 
which is either the same plant in a sickly state, or a very nearly allied species. 
Young plants may be obtained by dividing the creeping stem, when the pseudo- 
bulbs will establish for themselves an independent life, by means of the little 
white and green roots. — Bot. Reg. 
Cypripe'dicm macr\anthos. — Large flowered Lady's Slipper. A beautiful 
species with a fine purple flower. Native of the Northern parts of Asia, as far 
as 58 deg north latitude. Gmelin found it in all Siberia. Amman met with it 
blossoming beautifully in June in a birch wood, on the eastern bank of the 
Irtisch, above the Tartar village of Tebendrinsk. It has been frequently intro- 
duced by Dr. Fischer and other Russian botanists, but hitherto has been but par- 
tially preserved. Culture — At the Horticultural Societies Gardens, Mr. Lindley 
tells us, the one figured grew in a peat border, under a north wall, but appears 
to have perished. — Bot. Reg. 
