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65. CESTRUM aurantiacum. 



C. aurantiacum; glabrura, foliis petiolatis ovalibus acutis undulatis, floribus 

 sessilibus spicatis, bracteis deciduis, calyce lucido 5-costato 5d-entato, 

 corolla glabra iufundibulari limbo reflexo, filamentis basi pubcscentibus 

 denticulo auctis. 



This beautiful shrub rivals Jacquinia aurantiaca in colour. 

 It has smooth, wavy, light green leaves, and spikes of glow- 

 ing orange-coloured flowers, a full inch long. The Horticul- 

 tural Society raised it from Guatemala seeds communicated 

 by G. U. Skinner, Esq., and it has lately flowered in the 

 Chiswick Gardens. Its native place is said to be Chimalapa. 

 It will form a most beautiful greenhouse shrub, and as its 

 habit is good, while its flowers do not easily drop off^, it will 

 doubtless become a favourite with exhibitors. 



66. MAXILLARIA scabrilino;uis. 



M. scabrilinguis {Cyriopera scahrilinguis , Lindl. Gen. & Sp. no. 3.) ; pseudo- 

 bulbis ovatis elongatis sulcatis, foliis basi angustatis scapo erecto multi- 

 floro longioribus, bracteis acutissimis ovario brevioribus, sepalis petalisque 

 lineari-oblongis acutis lateralibus falcatis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus 

 rotundatis intermedio ovato caruosissimo subtereti obtuso longiore : 

 utraque facie papillis densissimis versus callum oblongum tricostatum 

 decrescentibus obsita, anthera pubescente. 



By an error, resulting from the examination of insufficient 

 specimens, this plant, which is nearly allied to M. squalens, 

 was referred to Cyrtopera in the "Genera and Species of 

 Orchidaceous Plants." It is a native of the neighbourhood 

 of Loxa, where Mr. Hartw^eg found it, and it has flowered 

 recently in the Garden of the Horticultural Society. The 

 flowers are dull purplish yellow. The labellum is remarkable 

 for having all its end, inside and out, covered over with stiff 

 short pale tubercules, terminated by a purple stain. 



67. DICH^A glauca. 



Lindl. Gen. ^ Sp. Ordi. no. 7. 



This, the finest of its curious genus, and delightfully 

 sweet-scented, has flowered with Messrs. Loddiges, who have 

 received it from Oaxaca, where, as in other parts of Mexico, 

 it is common. The leaves, which are placed in two rows, in 



