tach themselves to certain adjoining processes of the stigma, 

 where they are held, probably with the same intent as that 

 which has been surmised in OrchidecB; and the recompo- 

 sition they undergoes not improbably analogous. 



The summary of the natural character of Orckideee 

 stands in the Prodf^us- of Mr. Brown as follows : " Corolla 

 superior. Filamentsi and sii/le united either at the base or 

 along their whole length. (Anther one, seldom two) : pol- 

 len resolving into concretions of determinate shape. Capsule 

 one-celled, with three many-seeded receptacles attached to 

 the axis of the valves. Seeds minute, with an albumen, but 

 no vitellus ,•" (from the Latin.) Dendrobium ruscifoHum 

 and racemiflorum of Swartz were both included in this ge- 

 nus by Mr. Brown. 



The drawing was taken at Mr. Colviirs Nursery, in. the 

 King's Road, from a plant sent from the Governor's garden 

 at Trinidad by Mr. David Lockhart ; and is the first of the 

 species that has appeared in our hothouses. 



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