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clear therefore that the cones Mr. Gordon has examined are 
not cones of A. Smithiana at all, which is also confirmed by 
his statement that the young seedlings of what he calls A. 
Smithiana, are much slenderer and smaller than those of A. 
Morinda; a circumstance completely at variance with the 
character of the former species. 
_ That the Chiswick plant is A. Khutrow is asserted posi- 
tively by Dr. Royle, who says he immediately recognised it. 
And its foliage corresponds with that represented at t. 14 
of his illustrations. 
_. While, however, Mr. Gordon seems wrong in his suppo- 
sition that the Abies Morinda of the Horticultural Garden is 
A. Smithiana, he is certainly right in saying that he has two 
distinct kinds of cones of the Abies genus from British India. 
There are doubtless two Himalayan Spruces, of which one may 
be called A. Khutrow, while the other bears the name of 
A. Morinda; but to which the old plant in the Horticultural 
Garden belongs cannot be determined for the present. 
25. ODONTOGLOSSUM stellatum ; pseudobulbo ovali compresso, folio soli- 
tario lanceolato recurvo, scapo subbifloro, bracteis ovarii triquetri me- 
dium haud attingentibus, sepalis petalisque eequalibus linearibus acumi- 
natis herbaceis, labello rhomboideo grossé dentato appendice baseos 
truncato quadridentato libero. 
A new species of epiphyte, imported by the Horticultural 
Society from Mexico, where it was found by Mr. Hartweg. 
It is a plant of nearly the same size and habit as O. Rossii, 
from which it differs in the sepals and petals being equally 
herbaceous and narrow, of a dull olive green, faintly spotted 
or rather clouded with purple. It has a pure white lip, 
and may be regarded as one of the handsomer species of 
epiphytes. 
26. DENDROBIUM calamiforme (G. Loddiges); caule repente annulato, 
foliis teretibus pungentibus, racemo laxo terminali foliis breviore, brac- 
teis minimis, sepalis petalisque erectis acuminatissimis, labello trilobo 
lineari-lanceolato : lobo medio setaceo acuminato crispato: lamellis axeos 
3 membranaceis planis versus apicem crispis. 
A pretty and graceful epiphyte from New Holland, im- 
ported by Messrs. Loddiges. Its cylindrical leaves are eight 
inches long. The flowers are seated on footstalks nearly 
February C—1841. b 
