Torrella, in Majorca ; it has been collected in Corsica by 

 Viviani, and also in Calabria; Desfontaines brought it from 

 near Belis, in the Atlantis ; and finally, it was discovered 

 in Madeira by the Rev. Mr. Lowe, to whom we owe its 

 introduction to our gardens. 



It is a neat little plant, requiring the same kind of treat- 

 ment as Ixias and other Cape bulbs : that is to say, to be 

 kept quite dry and quiescent during summer. Under such 

 management, Mr. Henderson, at Lord Milton's, succeeds in 

 making it flower freely every spring. For the specimens 

 from which the drawing was taken we are obliged to Mr. 

 Henderson, and also to the Rev. Mr. Berkeley, by whom 

 they were communicated in April last. The parts of fructi- 

 fication are very minute, and difficult to make out. Mr. 

 Berkeley first directed our attention to the agreement be- 

 tween their structure and that of Aceras anthropophora, 

 an opinion which our own observation has subsequently 

 confirmed. 



We have wild specimens from the Balearic islands, for 

 which we have to thank Mr. Bentham ; but they are not 

 one-third the size of the cultivated plant. 



Orchis parviflora of Willdenow, referred to this genus by 

 Sprengel, in pursuance of a hint of the elder Richard, is, 

 according to Tenore, nothing but a starved specimen of 

 O. ustulata, and must be expunged from the list. In its 

 place may be inserted the following very distinct Indian 

 species, viz. : — 



A. angustifolia (Lindl. in Wall. cat. ind. no. 7061), foliis lineari-lanceolatis 

 acuminatis, spica rara elongata secunda parviflora, petalis subulatis, 

 labello pendulo lineari sepalis duplo longiore, apice trifido : lacinia. inter- 

 media breviore. 

 Hab. in Gossam Than, Wallich. (liab. s. sp. e ?nuseo Anglo-Indico.) 



J. L. 



