to be kept too dry, but of course it requires more water wben 

 growing than when resting. 



The Cirrhopetalum vaginatuin was taken up, in the 

 Genera and Species of Orchidaceous plants, from specimens 

 in Dr. Wallich's Indian herbarium ; they were, however, not 

 very good, and the inspection of living plants, in flower with 

 Messrs. Loddiges, enables me to amend, as follows, the cha- 

 racter formerly given of that species. 



C. vaginatum ; pseudobulbis pyramidatis truncatis, folio oblongo convexo 

 emargiuato, vaginis scapi oblongis ventricosis distantibus sepalo supre- 

 mo ovato inferioribusque longissimis peudulis ciliatis, petalis oblongis 

 ciliatis, labello oblongo bicarinato, coluninae auriculis setaceis. 



From this it appears that C. vaginatum differs from 

 C. Medusae in its flowers being ciliated, the petals oblong, 

 not triangular and acuminate, and in the distant sheaths of 

 the scape ; to which may be added that its flowers are not 

 speckled with pink as in C. Medusae. 



