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tinuc long ill perfection, exhaling in the forenoon the odour 

 of Habenaria bifolia. 



" The pitcher is generally full of water, all the rain and 

 dew which falls on the leaves being conducted into it; and 

 it is apparently absorbed by the plant, as, if not replenished, 

 it disappears more rapidly than evaporation would account 

 for. 



" The fibres are simple, proceeding from the base of the 

 tuber, and have a tendency to rise and run on the surface of 

 the ground. The plant evidently delights in water when 

 growing, and is apparently a native of bogs or swamps." 



Upon comparing this with Swartz's account of his Cymbi- 

 dium 2itriculatum, no doubt can remain of that plant being 

 another species of Govenia, differing from the present chiefly 

 in having a pubescent scape, and succulent white flowers ; 

 it will therefore have to be added to this genus under the 

 name of Govenia utriculata. 



\/ 67. BRASAVOLA glauca; foliis coriaceis oblongis obtusis planiusculis 

 glaucis, spatha uniflora, sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis obtusis her- 

 baceis, labello subsessili subrotundo acuto marglne lobato, clinandrio den- 

 tate denti dorsali apice glanduloso. 



A most curious Orchidaceous plant, obtained near Vera 

 Cruz for the Horticultural Society by Mr. Hartweg. Its 

 habit is so much that of a Cattleya that till it flowered it was 

 expected to belong to that genus. It however proves to be 

 a Brasavola, with very large flowers. A figure of it is in 

 preparation for Mr. Bateman's noble work on the plants of 

 this order from Mexico and Guatemala. 



68. ONCIDIUM sanguineum; ebulbosum, foliis oblongis coriaceis dorse cari- 

 natis, scapo longissimo paniculate, sepalis subrotundis unguiculatis laterali- 

 bus basi connatis petalisque crispis sublobatis, labelli trilobi subcrispi verni- 

 cati lobis subaequalibus intermedio retuso cuneato, crista ovata convexa corru- 

 gata, columnar alis rotundatis sublobatis anthera puberula. 



A noble species of this showy genus, with the habit of 

 Oncidium carthaginense, but with straw-coloured flowers 

 stained with crimson blotches. It was imported from La 

 Guayra by Messrs. Loddiges. 



69. CYMBlDlUM bicolor. Gen. et Sp. Orch. p. 164. 



This has flowered with Messrs. Loddiges, who imported 

 it from Ceylon. It proves to be a handsome species, with 



