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an inch in length, including the ovary, and are a light yellow 

 or cream colour, with the hase stained with purple. The 

 labcllum is purple, beautifully crisped and spotted towards 

 the upper end. 



27. EPIDENDRUM ('Aulizeum) viviparum; caule fusiformi dipbyllo pedun- 

 culo squamato pluriea breviore, foliis oblongis borizontalibus subundulatis 

 obtusis, racemo denso paucifloro, bracteis membranaceis canaliculars 

 ovario cuniculato requalibus, sepalis petalisque linearibus acutis patentis- 

 simis, labelli trilobi basi bicallosi laciniis lateralibus subrotundo-rbom- 

 boideis intermedio lineari spathulato acuminato convexo triplo longiore, 

 columnse cucullo flmbriato. 



A native of Guayana, where it was found by Mr. Schom- 

 burgk, who sent it to Messrs. Loddiges. This species has 

 white flowers closely arranged at the end of a flower-stem 

 two feet long ; and the latter when old produces young 

 plants at almost every joint ; a curious habit which proves 

 that the leaves of plants in whatever form they may be, 

 whether true leaves, scales of the stem, bracts or otherwise, 

 have a bud, either latent or manifest, in their axil, which 

 buds are capable of being stimulated into growth under 

 circumstances which vary in different species. The flowers 

 have no smell. 



28. MAXILLARIA ? Brocldehurstiana ; foliis solitariis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 petiolatis plicatis scapo multifloro brevioribus, sepalis patentibus oblongis 

 inferioribus paulo connatis, petalis angustioribus basi angustatis, labello 

 membranaceo tripartito: laciniis lateralibus linearibus acuminatis re- 

 flexis intermedia ovato-triangulari subhastato, columna. basi infundibu- 

 lari depressa. 



This is a charming plant, imported from Rio Janeiro by 

 T. Brocklehurst, Esq. of the Fence, near Macclesfield. It 

 has a scape a foot and a half high, terminated by several 

 rich cinnamon-brown spotted flowers, more than two inches 

 in diameter, and deliciously sweet. It has the habit of M. 

 Wai'reana, and is one of the finest species of the genus. 

 It may indeed be doubted whether it really belongs to Maxil- 

 laria, and characters may doubtless be found to separate it. 

 I am however averse to making genera in the Maxillaridous 

 group of Vandese, until a larger number shall have been 

 examined in a living state. 



