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abundant in ila native wilds, wo hope it may soon l« imported in larger qi : :il >'l witli I* 

 than lira hitherto attended 1 1 1 * > efforts made For its introduction. 



I'/uitenopsi* LqwU b abundantly distinct from lite other known species. Ir i- a small growing pi 

 with oblong, acute, fleshy leaves, which are from four to ft inches in Icngtli, and dark-green m colour. 

 The QowcMtew b produced from the axil of a leaf, and b slender and branching, varying from ft to 

 twelve uicbca in length, nnd upon thb arc borne the delicate and beautiful white rosy-tinted flowere. The 

 lip b curiously shaped, while the column, with it* beak* closely resembles the head of some liUlc bird, and 

 thus affords a good distinguishing character. 



The habit of the plant is not so free and robust as that of most other members of the genus, neither 

 arc the leaves so large or so thick in texture, and it has in consequence hitherto been considered a »omc- 

 wliat difficult plant to cultivate. To ensure succor in its management, it should lw grown u)>on a block of 

 wood with a little sphagnum moss, and suspended a short distance from the glass, as the plant luxuriates in 

 an abundance of light* but does not endure strong sunshine. Btor further details we must refer our readers 

 to Use directions given for the cultivation of P. intermedin Portei* under Plato II., and of P. grandi/ora 

 wrw, under Plate VI t. of the present scries of thb work. 





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