crimson at the base ;—the petals of a more rosy hue, while the lip is almost covered with spots and streaks of the most 
brilliant carmine. The column again is pure white at the apex, and mottled with crimson spots at the base; while a 
number of woolly hairs are scattered on its under side. The habit of the plant is stately, and its growth free and 
vigorous, more nearly resembling M. Deppii than any other species. It is a native of Guatemala, and is another of the 
brilliant discoveries of the gentleman to whom I have ventured to dedicate it, and who, after an absence of four years in 
the most interesting countries of the New World, has lately returned once more in safety to the shores of his native 
land; in which, I must be allowed to remark, there is scarcely a collection of any note that is not more or less indebted 
to his enterprise and generosity.” 
To this account there is little to add. The species continues to flourish in Mr. Crowes’s stove, 
producing its striking blossoms with unsparing profusion at every season of the year ; it has also flowered at 
Knypersley, at Springfield, and most probably at other places, being now (1843) by no means a rare plant. 
It is of the easiest cultivation. 
The Vignette presents a view of a remarkable bridge over the Polochic river, and which, from the 
resemblance of its form to the hammocks of the natives, is called by them La Hamaca. It is constructed 
of the cord-like stems of the Bejuca (a sort of twiner), and is certainly a beautiful specimen of Indian 
ingenuity. Had Trxrorp visited the spot, it would certainly have been regarded as the prototype of those 
wonderful structures which he was the first to sling across the rivers of the Old World. 
“This is no act of common passage, but 
A strain of rareness.”—SuaksPEARE. 
