not that species, which itis, however, highly probable that he 
possesses in a plant from Xalapa, with pear-shaped pseudo- 
bulbs, each of which has two or three lanceolate purplish 
leaves. The pseudo-bulbs of this are remarkable for their 
ovate outline, and for their four-angled figure, produced by a 
sharp ridge being planted upon each face of a compressed 
body. 
When we say that this plant is equal in beauty to any of 
the Cattleyas, that it has a far more graceful mode of growth, ` 
in consequence of the length of its slender scaly stems, from 
the point of which the flowers swing, and that it diffuses an 
agreeable fragrance, we shall have said that it is one of the 
most interesting of the tribe that has yet made its appear- 
ance in our stoves. 
It will probably succeed, without difficulty, in any hot- 
house which is adapted for the cultivation of Maxillarias 
and plants of that description. 
