not that species,, which it is, however, highly probable that he 

 possesses in a plant from Xalapa, with pear-shaped pseudo- 

 bulbs, each of which has two or three lanceolate purplish 

 leaves. The pseudo-bulbs of this are remarkable for their 

 ovate outline, and for their four-angled figure, produced by a 

 sharp ridge being planted upon each face of a compressed 

 body. 



When w^e say that this plant is equal in beauty to any of 

 the Cattleyas, that it has a far more graceful mode of growth, 

 in consequence of the length of its slender scaly stems, from 

 the point of which the flowers swing, and that it diffuses an 

 agreeable fragrance, we shall have said that it is one of the 

 most interesting of the tribe that has yet made its appear- 

 ance in our stoves. 



It will probably succeed, without difficulty, in any hot- 

 house which is adapted for the cultivation of Maxillarias 

 and plants of that description. 



