O B S E R V A T I () N S. 



Having had the pleaiutc r examining manyrare plana, cfpccially from Jamaica, in (he rich «|. 

 leftion ofMn. Barnngton at MoOfewdL in 1791, 1 wn aRonilhcd to meet with a pot entirely 

 filled wuh the bulb* of this Epidcndnim. cltiftcrrd together, totally dcitiiute <J !„«,, Jnd „„ 

 unaptly rcfcmbling a difh of green-gage plutnbi I camellly requcHcd (heir noble pofleffor 10 

 favour me with a fight of (hit wonderful plant whenever it mould bloom, which Ihc very 

 obligingly promifed. and has accordingly enriched my collection with the fpecimen heic ie- 

 prefenied. flowering for the firtt rime in Februaiy lali I have never feen any other rprcimen 

 Of Ihc plant. e«ecp« one from Kew garden, lent (wo year* ago to Sir Jofeph Bank, and now 

 prefcrved in fpintt. 



K X P L A N A I I O N OF THE FICURF. 



1. A Flower wi(h iu br*3e». 

 a. rVub. 



3. Lip of (he nectary. 



4. Organ* nf fructification. 

 ,4. Gcrmen cut acrofi. 



All of the naiural li.-.i . 



