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* MYANTHUS cernuus. 

 Drooping Fly -wort. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchide^ § Vande^, (Introduction to the Natural Sys- 

 tem of Botany, p. 262) 



MYANTHUS. Lindl. Supra, foL 1538. 



M. cernuus. Gener. and Sp. of Orch. pL part 3. p. 155. 

 Catasetum trifidum. Hooker. Bot. Mag. t. 3262. 



This very curious plant is found growing upon the trunks 

 of trees near Rio Janeiro. It seems first to have found its 

 way to this country through Trinidad, whence it was sent 

 to the Glasgow Botanic Garden, and figured in the Bota- 

 nical Magazine. 



For the beautiful drawing which we now publish, we are 

 indebted to Miss M. A. Huntley, the daughter of the Rev. 

 J. T. Huntley, in whose rich collection it flowered in great 

 beauty in May last. 



Like all the species with the habit of the now common 

 Catasetums, this is very easily cultivated, provided it is 

 rested for some mouths by being kept cool and dry, when 

 not growing, and is vigorously forced when in full vege- 

 tation. We know not whether it is as avid of water as 

 some of the Catasetums, but we find those plants thrive best 

 when their roots are actually immersed in water while 

 growing. 



[In the dissections, fig. 1. represents a side view of the 

 flower, to shew that when it is expanded the two petals are 

 connivent with the upper sepal ; fig. 2. shews the labellum 

 jointed with the column ; fig. 3. a back view of the pollen- 

 masses with their caudicula and gland. M. A. II.] 



* From fxv'ia a fly ; the flowers look when dried very much like a fly 

 pressed flat. 



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