of the stems themselves ; the latter must, however, be well 

 dried before they are planted, or they will absorb moisture 

 by their wounded extremity with much greater rapidity 

 than they can part with it by perspiration, and will perish 

 from a sort of vegetable dropsy. 



This is no Cyrtopodium. Nevertheless we have left it 

 with the name already given to it; because all the genera 

 allied to it, viz. Eulophia, Cymbidium, Lissochilus, Maxil- 

 laria, and the like, required to be very carefully studied 

 before their real limits can be precisely determined. In 

 all such cases, an old name, although incorrect, is preferable 

 to a change, which may be premature, and may only lead 

 to further changes. 



J. L. 



