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Society, by permission of which a figure has been pubHshed 

 in the Sertum Orchidaceum. The flowers, if not so large as 

 those of Cattleya Mossice, are, from the richness of their 

 colours, inferior to none in beauty. According to Mr. 

 Schomburgk, the plant appears peculiar to the 3rd or 4tli 

 degree of N. Lat. ; it is not to be met with in the Essequibo 

 north of the mouth of the Hiipununy ; from thence it is found 

 southwards on trees which skirt the banks of the brooks and 

 rivers which meander through the savannahs. He discovered 

 only a few solitary specimens in the Essequibo south of the 

 Cayuwini, and none at the equator. The Caribees call it 

 Oponopodoli, or Ducksmouth, the Macoosees Masame. It is 

 very fragrant ; the odour in the morning is said to become 

 too powerful in a confined place ; the splendid flowers last 

 from three to four weeks. 



Although only now brought into notice, the species was 

 many years since discovered by Dr. Von Martins, wdio found 

 it near Taruma on the banks of the Rio Negro, in woods at 

 the Barra de Rio Negro, and in forests near Para. It is 

 readily distinguished from all previously described species 

 by its three-lobed lip with acute lateral segments, the middle 

 lobe being flat, toothletted and emarginate, and by the 

 cluster of elevated veins at the junction of the epichilium 

 and hypochilium. 



48. SMuViKjmtens. Tab. 23. of this volume. 



The first importer of this valuable plant was inadver- 

 tently stated to be Mr. Rogers of Southampton instead of 

 Mr. W. B. Page of the same place. In the account of this 

 species in the Transactions of the Horticultural Society the 

 fact is given correctly, and I now hasten to correct an acci- 

 dental error which, if unaltered, would deprive Mr. Page 

 of the credit which he deserves for having first introduced 

 this great ornament to our gardens. 



49. DEUTZIA corymbosa (Wall. cat. no. 3652); foliis ovato-obloiigis acu- 

 minatis serratis sparse stellatim pilosis, floribus cymosis 4-5-gynis, dente 

 intermedio staminum lateralibus aequali, fructlbus pisiformibus Icpidotis. 



A new hardy Himalayan shrub, flowers of which were 

 produced in the garden of the Horticultural Society in March 

 last, in the greenhouse. They are white, about half the 

 size of those of D. scabra, lemon-scented, and arranged in 

 copious cymes, which appear, from the dried wild specimens 



