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53. ABUTILON striatum (Dickson in Botanist 'me.<\.)\ foliis trilobis serratia 



glabriusculis basi subcordatis : lobis acuminatis, pedunculis capillaribus lon- 

 gissimis, floribus campanulatis fetalis retusis, stylis 8. 



This south Brazilian species has found its way into many 

 gardens in England, having been received from the Glasgow 

 collection. It is a greenhouse shrub of the easiest culture, 

 and of great beauty, being covered all the year long with a 

 profusion of bell-shaped orange flowers, strongly veined with 

 crimson, and dependent from long slender stalks. The finest 

 specimens I have seen have been those belonging to John 

 Sheepshanks, Esq. of Blackheath. It appears nearly related 

 to A. elegans of Auguste de St. Hiliare. 



54. CYRTOCHILUM stellatum ; pseudobulbis diphyllis ovalibus compressis 



striatis inter squamas lanceolatas carinatas axillaribus, foliis ligulatis obtusis 



aveniis scapo multo brevioribus, scapo tereti erecto basi vaginato, racemo 



disticho multifloro, bracteis carinatis convolutis acuminatis glumaceis ovario 

 .. .. . . -^ 



longioribus, sepalis petalisquelineariobovatis acutis stellatis, labello oblongo 



undulato acuto basi canaliculate striate, alis columnsse acinaciformibus inte- 



gerrimis. Sertum Orchidaceum, plate 7. 



This noble species, nearly related to C. flavescens of the 

 Botanical Register, t. 1627, but differing in its much larger 

 flowers, the sepals of which are b)^ no means acuminated, but 

 only drawn to a sharp point ; in the greater breadth of the 

 pseudo-bulbs ; in its stature being four times as great ; and 

 in the labellum being white instead of yellow, has lately 

 flowered in the Nursery of Mr. J. Youell, Nurseryman, of 

 Great Yarmouth. 



M. Descourtilz found it dispersed through the districts of 

 Macahe and Bananal. It flowers in Sej)tember and remains 

 in that state till the end of January. It difl'uses but a weak 

 perfume, but the beautiful spikes, which seen at a distance 

 make it resemble a mass of verdure strewed with large stars, 

 render it a most remarkable object. 



55. EYSENHARDTIA amorphoides. Humb. Bonpl. et Kunth nov. gen. 

 et sp.pl. vi. 489. t. 692. 



Seeds of this beautiful shrub having been distributed by 

 the Horticultural Society, and a few plants raised from seeds 

 obtained from Mexico by Geo. Frederick Dickson, Esq. in 

 1837, having proved perfectly hardy, it is desirable to give a 

 short account of it. It inhabits the mountains of Mexico, 

 where it forms a small tree, with small pinnated leaves, like 



