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some of the largfe forest trees. It should be well watered 

 daily, to represent the heavy dews and the rains, which latter 

 are from May to November. I should recommend on what- 

 ever you may grow this plant, it may not imbibe too much of 

 the extra moisture, as its habitat being on branches of large 

 trees seldom having any lichen, the heavy rains do not lay. 

 This flower does not seek too much shade, but rather, like 

 ' Epid. aurantiacum,' exposed places. Climate 80° to 85", and 

 sometimes 95", during the day. Flowers in January and 

 February ; vulgarly called ' Flor de San Sebastian,' from its 

 being in season, and adorning the altars on that saint's day 

 (!20th of January)." 



84. EPIDENDRU'M (Encyclia) incumbem; floribus dense paniculatis, sepalis 

 liuearibus patentissimis basi angustatis, petalis conformihus sed paulo 

 latioribus, labelli postici lobis lateralibus triangvilaribus acuniinatis inter- 

 medio subrotundo-ovato apiculato venis elevatis cristate, callis diiobus 

 oblongis secus unguem. 



A plant " with a peculiarly graceful flower," having the 

 same locality as Oncidium leucochilum. It is very near O. 

 alatum, oncidioides, and the rest of the panicled Encyclias. 



85. EPIDENDRUM macrochilum. 



*' This plant inhabits the coast, where only it thrives in 

 perfection. It flowers in February, March, and April. A 

 constant attendant on Cattleya Skinneri, and will require much 

 the same treatment. Vulgarly called ' Boca del dragon,^ 

 • DragorCs mouth.' " 



86. CYRTOCHILUM maculatum; var. Russelianum. 



This is certainly one of the many fine varieties of Cyrto- 

 chilum maculatum, with very large richly spotted flowers. 

 Mr. Skinner calls it C. Musselii, and gives the following ac- 

 count of it. " Its habitat is cold climate, and its treatment, 

 will be the same as that of Oncidium leucochilum ; it luxuri- 

 ates amongst pines, but only attached to oaks. No plants of 

 the Orchidese tribe are ever found on pines, except Catasetum 

 towards the north coast, but then these plants form such a 

 mass of hairy roots as to secure them completely from the in- 

 fluence of the pitch that, in all hot climates, constantly oozes 

 from the pines. Climate 65" to 70", generally." 



