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clear therefore that the cones Mr. Gordon has examined are 

 not cones of A. Smithiana at all, which is also confirmed by 

 his statement that the young seedlings of what he calls A. 

 Smithiana, are much slenderer and smaller than those of A. 

 Morinda ; a circumstance completely at variance with the 

 character of the former species. 



That the Chiswick plant is A. Khutrow is asserted posi- 

 tively by Dr. Royle, who says he immediately recognised it. 

 And its foliage corresponds with that represented at t. 14 

 of his illustrations. 



While, however, Mr. Gordon seems wrong in his suppo- 

 sition that the Abies Morinda of the Horticultural Garden is 

 A. Smithiana, he is certainly right in saying that he has two 

 distinct kinds of cones of the Abies genus from British India. 

 There are doubtless two Himalayan Spruces, of which one may 

 be called A. Khutrow, while the other bears the name of 

 A. Morinda ; but to which the old plant in the Horticultural 

 Garden belongs cannot be determined for the present. 



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25. ODONTOGLOSSUM stellatum; pseudobulbo ovali compresso, folio soli- 

 tario lanceolato recurvo, scapo subbifloro, bracteis ovarii triquetri me- 

 dium baud attingentibus, sepalis petalisque aequalibus linearibus acumi- 

 natis berbaceis, labello rhomboideo grosse dentato appendice baseos 

 truncato quadridentato libero. 



A new species of epiphyte, imported by the Horticultural 

 Society from Mexico, where it was found by Mr. Hartweg. 

 It is a plant of nearly the same size and habit as O. Rossii, 

 from which it differs in the sepals and petals being equally 

 herbaceous and narrow, of a dull olive green, faintly spotted 

 or rather clouded with purple. It has a pure white lip, 

 and may be regarded as one of the handsomer species of 

 epiphytes. 



26. DENDROBIUM calami/ortne (G. Loddiges) ; caule repente annulato, 

 foliis teretibus pungentibus, racemo laxo terminali foliis breviore, brac- 

 teis minimis, sepalis petalisque ereetis aeuruinatissimis, labello trilobo 

 lineari-lanceolato : lobo medio setaceo acumiuato crispato : lamelbs axeos 

 3 membranaceis planis versus apicem crispis. 



A pretty and graceful epiphyte from New Holland, im- 

 ported by Messrs. Loddiges. Its cylindrical leaves are eight 

 inches long. The flowers are seated on footstalks nearly 



February C— 1841. b 



