* STANHOPEA quadricornis. 

 Four-homed Stanhopea. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchidace^e, § Vande*. 

 STANHOPEA. Bot. Reg. vol. 18. t. 1529. 



S. quadricornis ; foliis oblongis utrinque acutis brev& petiolatis, labello medio 

 constricto, hypochilii subrotundi basi bicornis lateribus rotundatis, epichili 

 ovato cornubus 2 baseos incurvis. 



An exceedingly pretty species of Stanhopea, allied to 

 S. ocnlata, from which it differs very obviously in the general 

 want of spotting upon the flower, and especially in the two 

 short horns which project from the crimson base of the lip. 

 In some circumstances it also approaches S. insignis, espe- 

 cially in the colour and form of the sepals and petals, but 

 the lip is altogether different. 



I am indebted for my knowledge of the species to 

 Sigismund Rucker, Esq. jun. of Wandsworth, who received 

 it from the Spanish Main, and who informs me that the 

 pseudo-bulbs and leaves are extremely like those of S. gran- 

 diflora. 



It is with great pleasure that I lay before the readers of the 

 Botanical Register the following excellent directions by Mr. 

 Paxton for the cultivation of such plants, extracted from the 

 first number of the Sertum Orchidaceum, just published. 



" The success with which epiphytes are cultivated by 

 Mr. Paxton is wonderful, and the climate in which this is 



* See Bot. Reg. vol. 18. fol. 1529. 

 Jan. 1838. c 



