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yellow flowers, slightly spotted, producing a very pleasing effect. 

 The plant appears of easy culture. Blooms in August and Sep- 

 tember. 



14. 0. Lemonianitm. This species is very curious as well as 

 pretty. The flower stem rises about six inches high, producing a 

 few neat flowers, about six or eight ; they are of a bright yellow 

 •potted with red. Blooms in May and June. 



15. 0. luridum, The darkish flowered. The flower stem rises to 

 three feet high with me, and produces panicles of olive green 

 coloured (lowers, which have a singular appearance. Blooms in 

 February and March. 



16. 0. pumilum, The dwarf. The flower stem rises to about 

 six inches high, producing a panicle of yellowish green flowers, 

 which forms a pretty appearance. Blooms in June. 



17. 0. papilio, The Butterfly plant. The flowers of this kind 

 are of a most singular structure, as the name imports, resembling 

 a butterfly. The flowers are produced singly, each upon a long 

 stem, rising two feet high ; they are of a bright orange-yellow, 

 spotted with a rich red-brown. It ought to be in every collection. 

 Blooms in March. 



18. 0. pulchellum, The handsome. One of the most handsome 

 of the genus, the delicacy of the flowers is superior. The flower 

 stem is about ten inches high, producing a profusion of flowers 

 being white tinged with yellow and pink. This kind deserves a 

 place in every collection. The blossoms are highly fragrant. 

 Blooms in July and August. 



19. 0. teirapelalum, The four petalled. The flower stem rises 

 about one foot high, producing a panicle of lively yellow flowers. 

 It is an elegant kind. Blooms in July and August. 



20. O. triquelrum, The three angled stem. The stems are 

 triangular, six inches high, producing a panicle of pretty yellow 

 flowers. It is an ornamental kind. Blooms in September. 



21. 0. varicgatum, The variegated flowered. This kind is a 

 very ornamental flowering one, the stem rising two feet high, and 

 producing numerous greenish-yellow flowers, blooming in Juno 

 and July. 



In addition to the above named twenty-one species, I have re- 

 ceived three others (said to be new) without any specific name # 

 They have not bloomed with me. When they do, ( if anew species) 



