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F. Pohliana, probably a mere garden name, which ought not to be retained, 
for it is assuredly the F. acuminata of Pohl. It is a very desirable hothouse 
plant, wanting indeed the delicious scent of F. Hopeana, and the handsome 
foliage of F. hydrangeceformis , but nearly equal to the latter and superior to 
the former in the flowers. Mr. Bentham has united this genus and Brunsfelsia 
in the descriptions of Scrophularineee for the forthcoming volume of De Can¬ 
dolle’s Prodromus. — Bot. Mag. 4189. 
Orchidace^e. — Gynandria Monandria. 
Odontoglossum Cervantesii. A lovely species, with small ovate angular 
pseudo-bulbs, and solitary oblong leaves, producing a 4-5 flowered scape of 
beautiful medium-sized blossoms, the ground colour of which is a delicate 
pale rose, the sepals and petals being marked with several concentric broken 
rings of dark brown, the lip is sub-cordately ovate and acute (as also are the 
petals), and is devoid of the band-like markings which distinguish the other 
portions of the flower. A specimen which Messrs. Loddiges received from 
Oaxaca flowered last March. — Pax. Mag. Bot. 
Schomburgkia undulata. This plant was found by that indefatigable 
traveller Mr. Linden in December, 1842, in New Grenada, at the height of 
2400 feet above the sea, on the rocks near Pandi, a place which in his 
herbarium he calls “ the natural bridge of Icononzothe wild specimens 
having about 20 flowers in a head. Their colour, a rich chocolate-red, alone 
distinguishes them from both S. crispa and marginata, and the form of the 
lip from S. tibicinis. — Bot. Reg. 53—45. 
Gongora truncata. Whatever opinion may be entertained respecting the 
specific distinction of other Gongoras, no one can doubt that this at least is 
very different from all that have been previously discovered. It is a Mexican 
species, introduced by Mr. Rucker, who received it from Mr. Linden, in 
1340. We do not find any thing peculiar in the pseudo-bulbs or foliage ; 
the characters of the species reside exclusively in the flowers, which are pale 
straw-colour with some brownish purple freckles and a yellower lip. Before 
expansion they are almost of the form of a bean, which is owing to their 
sepals being so blunt that when flattened they are nearly half oblong. The 
lip has no speckles at all and looks as if varnished; it is entirely pale yellow. 
— Bot. Reg. 56 —45. 
FLORAL INTELLIGENCE. 
Royal South London Floricultural Society. 
The 17th of August was the day appointed for the last exhibi¬ 
tion for the season of this Society, and a more unfavourable one 
could not have occurred, a pitiless drizzle falling nearly the 
whole of the day, and only equalled in its uncomfortable conse¬ 
quences by that which fell on the occasion of the previous July 
meeting; indeed, the weather through the entire season has 
been most unpropitious to the South London shows, not one of 
the days appointed having proved at all serene, or such as 
