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urns should be grown in every collection. They are very- 

 showy, of easy culture, and give abundance of gay 

 bloom. 



Ornithidium. Salisbury. Epiphyte. 



Name from Spvit, a bird, and tfSos, resemblance. 

 C. Ornithidium album. Trinidad . . . B. M., 3306. 

 Flowers solitary, clear transparent white, the upper 

 stigma in the form of a beak. 



C. Ornithidium coccineum. Martinique . Hook. Ex., 38. 



B. M, 1437. 

 Flowers of same shape as the last ; color clear red. 



These plants are more curious than ornamental. They 

 may be grown on blocks or in pots, well drained ; too 

 much moisture speedily rots the roots. 



Ornithocephalus. Hooker. Epiphyte. 



Name from Spvis, a bird, and KftyaX-fj, a head. 

 This genus affords no plants of special interest. 

 Ornithocephalus gladiatus Hook. Ex., 127. 



P. 



Palumbina. Reickenbach. Epiphyte. 



Name fa<ya\ palumba, a dove. 



Palumbina Candida. Mexico B. M., 5546. 



A charmingly pretty plant allied to Oncidium, and 

 formerly known as Onddium candidum. Flowers waxy 



