10 
an inch in length, including the ovary, and are a light yellow 
or cream colour, with the base stained with purple. ‘The 
labellum is purple, beautifully crisped and spotted towards 
the upper end. 
27. EPIDENDRUM (Aulizeum) viviparum; caule fusiformi diphyllo pedun- 
culo squamato pluries breviore, foliis oblongis horizontalibus subundulatis 
obtusis, racemo denso paucifloro, bracteis membranaceis canaliculatis 
ovario cuniculato eequalibus, sepalis petalisque linearibus acutis patentis- 
simis, labelli trilobi basi bicallosi laciniis lateralibus subrotundo-rhom - 
boideis intermedio lineari spathulato acuminato convexo triplo longiore, 
columnee cucullo fimbriato. 
A native of Guayana, where it was found by Mr. Schom- 
burgk, who sent it to Messrs. Loddiges. This species has 
white flowers closely arranged at the end of a flower-stem 
two feet long; and the latter when old produces young 
plants at almost every joint; a curious habit which proves 
that the leaves of plants in whatever form they may be, 
whether true leaves, scales of the stem, bracts or otherwise, 
have a bud, either latent or manifest, in their axil, which 
buds are capable of being stimulated into growth under 
circumstances which vary in different species. ‘The flowers 
have no smell. 
28. MAXILLARIA? Brocklehurstiana; foliis solitariis oblongo-lanceolatis 
petiolatis plicatis scapo multifloro brevioribus, sepalis patentibus oblongis 
inferioribus paulo connatis, petalis angustioribus basi angustatis, labello 
membranaceo tripartito: laciniis lateralibus linearibus acuminatis re- 
flexis intermedia ovato-triangulari subhastato, columna basi infundibu- 
lari depressa. 
This is a charming plant, imported from Rio Janeiro by 
T. Brocklehurst, Esq. of the Fence, near Macclesfield. It 
has a scape a foot and a half high, terminated by several 
rich cinnamon-brown spotted flowers, more than two inches 
in diameter, and deliciously sweet. It has the habit of J. 
Warreana, and is one of the finest species of the genus. 
It may indeed be doubted whether it really belongs to Maxil- 
laria, and characters may doubtless be found to separate it. 
I am however averse to making genera in the Maxillaridous 
group of Vande, until a larger number shall have been 
examined in a living state. 
