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Pelargonium ; but the same character exists in E. vesicatum, 

 which has no resemblance to £. ciliare. With regard to the 

 Mexican plant recently published by Messrs. Knowles and 

 Wcstcott under the name of Prosthecia or Epithecia glauca^ 

 I fear it must be united with Epidendrum, for it does not 

 differ from the greater part of the Encyclia division in 

 any essential circumstance ; the columna is by no means 

 " nana " in the sense in which that word is employed by 

 Botanists, and the process at the back of the apex of the 

 column is common in numerous species of Epidendrumy 

 {rigidum for instance) ; and is what, when thinned away, 

 forms a hard or petaloid scale at the back of the column in 

 such plants as E. ciliare, clavatum, nocturnum, cucullatum, 

 and many others. 



It is for reasons of this kind that I hesitate actually to 

 separate the curious little plant which has given rise to these 

 remarks. Its necklace-shaped pseudo- bulbs placed upon a 

 creeping rhizoma give it a peculiar habit, and have suggested 

 its name, (op/109, a necklace) ; and it is capable of being 

 defined with apparent precision by the union of the anterior 

 sepals with the base of the labellum, to which I know of no 

 parallel in the genus Epidendrum, except in the case of 

 Epidendrum pygmcBum and E. ccespitosum, plants with a 

 similar habit, and no doubt belonging to the same section, 

 subgenus, or genus, whichever Hormidium may eventually 

 become. 



14. BRASAVOLA grandiflora ; folio (piano ?) anguste lanceolato rigido la- 

 bello maximo subrotundo-quadrato acuminato ungue longiore, sepalis peta- 

 lisque linearibus acuminatisslmis. 



Flowers of this, which is much the finest species of 

 Brasavola yet known, have been lately received from Hon- 

 duras by the Hon. W. F. Strangways. The limb of the 

 labellum, which is white, is considerably larger than a half- 

 croMai, and the sepals and petals are nearly three inches 

 long. Those who have commercial relations with Belize 

 should make a point of obtaining this beautiful plant from 

 their correspondents. It resembles a gigantic specimen of 

 Br. nodosa. 



