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Masdevall, a Spanish botanist. 
Nat. Or. Orchidacece. 
Linn. 20, Or. 1, 
OctomkrTa. 
diaphana . . . 
infracts .... Whtsh. yel. 8. Epi. Brazil 
Odontoglossum. 
Maxillaria. 
acutifdlia . . 
cucullatS . . 
lentiginosa . . 
platanth6rS . . 
. Bmsh. . . S. EpL Demerara . 
. Yellow . . 9, S. Epi. America . . 1837 
. Grn. pur. . S. Epi. Brazil . . 
. Grn. yeL . S. EpL Brazil . . 1831 
Clowesii .... 
grande .... 
maculatum . . . 
Rdssn .... 
Oncidium. 
Mbdicago. 
clypeata ... H. Her. P. India . . 
Mekiscium. 
palustr# . . . Brown . 5, S. Her. P. W. Ind. 
triphj-llum . . Brown . S. Her. P. Ceylon . . 
Micropera, Lindley. From micros, small, and pera, 
a pouch. Linn. 20, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Orchidacece. 
Synonymes: 1. Micropera pyrifolia. 2. Microtis 
pallida. 
Batemanianum 
carinatum . . 
conc6l6r .... 
excavatum . . . 
Forbesii . . . . 
hians 
Huntianum . . . 
Insleayi . . , . 
rdseum . . . . 
truUiferum . . 
RIG 
White . . S. EpL Brazil . . 
Yel. bm. . S. Epi. Brazil . . 
S. EpL Guatemala . 
Yel. brn. . S. Epi. Mexico . . 
Wht. gm. . S. Epi. Mexico. . 183- 
Yellow . 8. Epi. Mexico . 
8. EpL Xalapa . 
Lemon . 8. Epi. Organ Mts. 
Yellow . 8. Epi. 
YeL bm. . 8. Epi. 
Bm. yel. . S. Epi. 
YeL red . 9, 8. Epi. Brazil . 
Drk. bm. . S. Epi. Mexico . 
Rose . . 8. EpL 
Bm. yeL . 9, 8. EpL Brazil 
. 1838 
’. 1837 
. 1838 
Banksli, 1 . . G. Tu. P. N. Zeal. . 
paiUda, 2 . . . Pa. yeL . 8. Epi. Sylhet 
Mir.TONIA. 
Passitlora. 
hispidula . . . YeL whL . 
MooreanS . . . Whtsh. . 7» H. De. Cl. B. Ayres . 1837 
Candida 
flavescens . . Yellow . . 9, 8 . Epi. Brazil 
Monachanthus. 
dlsodldr 
viridiflorS . . Green . . 8, 8. EpL Demerara . 1835 
rdseo albldus . . Rose grn. . 4, 8, EpL Brazil . . 1839 
Monochilus, Fischer and Meyer. Derived from monos, 
one, and cheilos, a lip; alluding to the flower. 
Linn. — , Or. — , Nat. Or. Verbenacece. 
gloxinifolla . . 8. Tu. P. . 1838 
Monotaxis, Brongniart. From monos, one, and taxis, 
a series ; in allusion to the male and female flowers. 
Linn. — , Or. — , Nat. Or. Euphorbiaceae. 
simplex ... G. Ev. 8. N. HoU. 
Morina. 
longifdllS . . . Purple . F. Her. P. E. Ind. . . 
Patersonia. 
sapphirInS . . . Sapphire . G. Her. P. Swan R. . 
Pentlandia, Herbert. In honour of I. B. Pentland, 
Esq., consul-general in Peru. Linn. 6, Or. 1, Nat. Or. 
Amaryllidaceae. “ There are two forms of this 
species, differing very slightly from each other. 
The first was found in Cusco in Peru, and was sent 
to Spofforth under, the name of the red Narcissus, 
by I. B. Pentland, Esq., in compliment to whom 
the genus is named ; and the other was found by 
Commodore Sulivan, during his command on the 
west coast of South America, in 1837. Both vari- 
eties flowered for the first time in England, in 
August, 183a” — Bot. Reg. 
miniatS. . . . Red . . 9, H. Tw. P. Pera . . 1839 
lacunosa 
8ulivanica . . 
Mormodes. 
Pentstemon. 
buccinator ... Pa grn. . 8. Epi. 
Morus. 
Slba 
nervosa . . . Apetal . 6, H. De. T. 
M VANTHUS. 
barbatus 
labelld albd . . Drk. gm. . 5, 8. Epi. Demerara . 1835 
spinosus .... Gra. spot. . 8. Epi. Brazil 
Nemesia. 
floribunda . . . Wht yel. . 7, H. A. C. G. H. . ^ 
Nepeta. 
gentianoides . . Drk. pur. . 8, H. Ev. P. N. Amer. . 
Philadelphus. 
mexicanus . . . White . . Mexico . . 
PhlogocanthC's, Nees. From phlox, a flame, and 
akanthus, the type of this family ; in allusion 
to the long spike of yellow or flame-coloured 
flowers. Linn. 2, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Acanthacex. For 
this ma^ificent shrub, British collections are 
mainly indebted to Dr. Wallich. Its common 
height is from four to six feet, and it may most 
likely be grown in rather a rich soil. 
curviflorus . . . Red yel. . 6, S. Ev. 8. Sylhet . . 1839 
salviaefdlia . . . White . . H. Her. P. Himalay. . 
Nuttali-ia. 
malvaefldra . . . Lgt. rose . 8, F. Her. P. Texas . . 1838 
Oberonia, Lindley. _ Linn. 20, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Orchi- 
dacex. Two species of this remarkable genus have 
been figured in Lindley’s splendid work entitled 
“ Sertum Orchidaceum,” where he makes, among 
other, the following remarks. — The genus Obe- 
ronia consists principally of small, fleshy-leaved 
epiphytes, inhabiting the branches of trees in the 
woods of India, and having the most tiny of flowers. 
Fourteen species have been described, of which 
one only , and that the least interesting, O. Iridifolia, 
has been seen alive in Europe. The resemblance 
to insects and other animal forms, which have been 
perceived in the orchidaceous plants of Europe, 
and which have given rise to such names as Fly 
Orchis, &c., may be traced, so plainly in the genus 
Oberonia, in every species, that it alone would 
furnish a magazine of new ideas for the grotesque 
pencil of a German admirer of the wild and preter- 
natural. If the Brahmins had been botanists, one 
might have fancied they took their doctrine of 
metempsychosis from these productions; in the 
genera Oberonia and Drymoda, Pythagoras would 
have found a living evidence of animals transmuted 
into plants.” 
cylindrTcS . . . Green . . 8. Epi. Manilla . . 
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PtEDROTHALLIS. 
scabripes . . .Yel. pur. . 
viDosa .... Pur. spot. . 
POLYSTACH?!. 
bracteosa . . . Orange 
PORTOLACA. 
Thellusonll . . Drk. red . 
POLEMONIUM. 
cserul^um 
grandiflariim . Blue . . 
Primula. 
pr%niten.s 
plena . . . Cream . 
Quercus. 
Brantll . . . i 
mannifera . 
regia .... 
8. EpL Brazil . . 1837 
Mexico . . 
S. Leone 
F. A. 
H. B. India . . 
Rigidella, Ltnd/ev- From Wgtdi/A, rigid ; in allusion 
to the rigidity of the flower-stalk, when supporting 
the seed-vessel. Linn. 16, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Iridacece. 
This very pretty plant was found lately by Mr. 
Hartweg, and it is remarkable for its dissimilarity 
to any other genus yet known. For culture and 
propagation it may be referred to Tigridia. 
flSmmeA . . . Flame , . 5, S. Tu. P. Mexico . . 1 839 
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