som in this country. Nor was this the first time it blos- 
somed at the Fence. The able gardener there, Mr. Ap- 
pLeBy, had the gratification of seeing its flowers in high 
perfection three months previously. The pseudo-bulbs 
were obtained from Demerara, and the culture adopted by 
Mr. Apptery, he observes, was much the same as Is em- 
ployed by other cultivators for this interesting tribe of 
plants, with this difference, that he “‘ breaks the peaty turf 
into very small lumps, and puts these into the pot (previ- 
ously well drained) as lightly as possible; thus affording 
free egress to the roots, which run up and down amongst it 
surprisingly. No potsherds are employed at all, During 
the growing season water is used freely, but withheld in a 
great measure, though not entirely, during the dormant” 
season.’’— Mr. Scnomgurex found this plant in British 
Guiana, growing on the Ela-Palm, Maurrria flexuosa. 
~ Besides the rich golden colour of its flowers (which had 
induced us to give the species the MSS. name of chrysan- — 
thus,) the species is readily known from its congeners by 
e very long and narrow foliage. : 
Descr. Pseudo-bulbs very long, oblong, tapering at 
both extremities, clothed with the very copious sheathing 
bases of the old foliage. Leaves several from the apex of 
the bulb, a foot and a half long, linear-ensiform, acuminat- 
ed, striated. Scape from the base of the bulb, pendent, — 
bearing many rich, golden Jlowers, each subtended by an — 
ovato-lanceolate, greenish bract. Petals and sepals unl- 
form, small, roundish-ovate, approximate, and all spreading 
to one side, almost reflex, purplish-green. zp inflated, 
semiglobose, rich orange-coloured without and dappled, 
the mouth shaped like that of a Hetrx, the edge spreading, 
on each side having a reddish fringe, and at the apex 4 
shorter one of a deep blood-color. Column very short and 
thick, yellowish as well as the anther-case. Pollen-masses 
as In Caraserum. : 
eernipeteer 
_* Fig 1. Column and Lip.< 2: 9. Pollen-masses :—magnified. . 
