Epidendrum, arrested the curious observer, who soon found 

 the symmetry and simple elegance of the little blossoms of 

 Epidendrum armeniacum compensate for the absence of 

 those more obvious beauties that adorned its gaudier rivals. 



It is a stove plant, increasing readily by division of its 

 tufted stems, like E. elongatum, and the kindred of that 

 common species. It was imported by Messrs. Rollissons of 

 Tooting, to whom I was indebted for a specimen in the month 

 of June. 



Fig. 1, is a profile view of the lip, with its column; 

 Fig. 2, is the lip cut from the column, and viewed from 

 above, with the great callus that occupies its middle; Fig. 3, 

 represents the pollen masses, with their powdery reflexed 

 caudicle. 



