plant by us, and perhaps, when we publifti this, we may be 

 able to fpeak more decidedly upon the fubje£fc. 



A native of China, from whence it was introduced by the 

 late Mr. Slater ; has been hitherto treated as a ftove plant, 

 but does not require fo much heat as the Weft-Indian fpecies, 

 thriving luxuriantly in the confervatory. 



The genus Epidendrumj as at prefent conftituted, certainly 

 contains many very heterogeceous fpecies ; but, perhaps, until 

 a much larger number of them have been figured and defcribed, 

 it may be better to fuffer them to remain as they are. Profeffor 

 Swart z has done much, but we acknowledge that we are 

 deterred from following his arrangement, by obferving feveral 

 fpecies united which can hardly belong to the fame genus ; 

 thus Epi den drum cucullatum y figured above, No. 543, ranks 

 with our prefent plant under Cymbidium! 



