tridentatum dentibus subequalibus, medio acuto. Stigma transversale, 
ovale, profunde excavatum, glutinosum, viride. Anthera opercularis, tri- 
angularis, mucrone brevi truncato terminata, unilocularis, utrinque ob- 
tuse auriculata margine infero rotundato membranaceo, area media pellucida 
pallida, lateralibus opacis rufescentibus. Glandula (Retinaculum seu potius, 
Proscolla) rostello incumbens, prominula, triangularis, plana, albida.  Pol- 
linia quatuor, contigua, ceracea, duriuscula, fulva, bina ex utroque latere 
tam arcte, sibi incumbentia, ut unum corpus ovale, postice sulculo insculptum, 
constituere videantur ; quorum anterius maius ovale antice convexum postice. 
excavatum in cavum suum recipiens alterum seu posticum, minus angulosumque. 
Caudicula filiformis, bipartibilis, elastica, lutea, basi cruribus duobus glan- 
dule stigmatis imposita, constans e filis binis, ex angulo, quo pollinia utriusque 
lateris inter se coherent, proficiscentibus basique in crura illa, de quibus iam 
sermo fuit, rursus divergentibus. Gynizus, magna copia exsudans, peracta 
anthesi profluens, lutescens, odoris ingrati aciduli. . Nees ab Esenb. 
None of the published figures of this common plant con- 
vey a good representation of it. Both that im Andrews’ 
Repository and the Botanical Magazine represent the sepals 
and petals as being wavy, which is the case only after the 
plant begins to wither. The figure in the Prussian Horti- 
cultural Transactions, under the name of Z’ylochilus flavus, 
is dingy, and the flowers are too small. 
It is found wild in the tropical parts of America, where 
from the fleshy stems the shoemakers obtain a kind of paste 
or glue, which they use for the purposes of their art. 
The cultivator of Orchidaceous plants finds no difficulty 
in keeping this in a healthy condition by potting it in well 
drained turf, and treating it like any of the common Catase- 
tums; but the art of making it flower regularly and freely 
is not at present understood about London. It is probable 
that our houses for the cultivation of these plants are too 
uniform in temperature and moisture. 
There are two varieties in our collections; one which is 
that now figured, has a branched inflorescence ; the other 
has a perfectly simple one, with much larger flowers; the 
latter may possibly be the C. glutiniferum, a plant I am 
unacquainted with. 
C. Wilmorei of the Flora Cabinet is nothing but C. pune- 
tatum ill flowered. 
From Demerara I have an unpublished species collected 
by Mr. Schomburgk, with a simple raceme, small flowers, and 
a large fleshy oblong crest between the lateral lobes of 
the lip; this may be called Cyrtopodium cristatum and 
thus defined. 
C. cristatum; racemo simplici, bracteis concavis patulis setaceo-acuminatis, 
labelli lobis subzequalibus lateralibus erectis intermedio concavo integro’ 
disco nudo, crista oblonga carnos4 inter lobos laterales, 
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