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Society, by permission of which a figure has been published 
in the Sertum Orchidaceum. The flowers, if not so large as 
those of Cattleya Mossi, are, from the richness of their 
colours, inferior to none in beauty. According to Mr. 
Schomburgk, the plant appears peculiar to the 3rd or 4th 
degree of N. Lat. ; it is not to be met with in the Essequibo 
north of the mouth of the Rnpununy ; from thence it is found 
southwards on trees which skirt the banks of the brooks and 
rivers which meander through the savannahs. He discovered 
only a few solitary specimens in the Essequibo south of the 
Cayuwini, and none at the equator. The Caribees call it 
Oponopodoli, or Ducksmouth, the Macoosees Masame. It is 
very fragrant; the odour in the morning is said to become 
too powerful in a confined place; the splendid flowers last 
from three to four weeks. 
Although only now brought into notice, the species was 
many years since discovered by Dr. Von Martius, who found 
it near Taruma on the banks of the Rio Negro, in woods at 
the Barra de Rio Negro, and in forests near Para. It is 
readily distinguished from all previously described species 
by its three-lobed lip with acute lateral segments, the middle 
lobe being flat, toothletted and emarginate, and by the 
cluster of elevated veins at the junction of the epichilium 
and hypochilium. 
48. SALVIA patens. Tab. 23. of this volume. 
The first importer of this valuable plant was inadver- 
tently stated to be Mr. Rogers of Southampton instead of 
Mr. W. B. Page of the same Pe In the account of this 
species in the Transactions of the Horticultural Society the 
fact is given correctly, and I now hasten to correct an acci- 
dental error which, if unaltered, would deprive Mr. Page 
of the credit which he deserves for having first introduced 
this great ornament to our gardens. 
49. DEUTZÍA corymbosa (Wall. cat. no. 3652); foliis ovato-oblongis acu- 
minatis serratis sparsé stellatim pilosis, floribus cymosis. 4-5-gynis, dente 
intermedio staminum lateralibus equali, fructibus pisiformibus lepidotis. 
A new hardy Himalayan shrub, flowers of which were 
produced in the garden of the Horticultural Society in March 
last, in the greenhouse. They are white, about. half the 
size of those of D. scabra, lemon-scented, and arranged in 
copious cymes, which appear, from the dried wild specimens 
