figured in the London Flor. and Bot Magazines. 229 



bulbs throw up a short spike, which is terminated with two or 

 three elegant variegated flowers. It is easy of cultivation, and, 

 Dr. Lindley remarks, should be in every collection. There 

 are only two pubhshed species of this genus. [Bot. Reg., 



Nov.) 



WYA'XTUUS 

 deitoideus Liinll. Tiiangular-?ipp«/ Flywnrt. A stove epiphyte ; growing about a foot 

 high ; Hovvers green and purple ; appearing in October : a native of Deraarara. Bot. 

 Eeg., 1896. 



This is a fourth species of this curious genus. The flowers 

 are drooping, upon a terminal spike, and exceedingly handsome: 

 the lip is of a rich purple color, with a dash of green in the 

 centre. Dr. Lindley, in his Genera and Species of Orchideous 

 Plants., published in 1833, attempted to remove one species, 

 the M. cristatus, into the genus Catasetum; but from the imper- 

 fect knowledge he then possessed, he was mistaken: the genus 

 Myanthus has now been so modified as to include that species. 

 Found in Demarara, and sent to England, where it flowered in 

 the collection of Richard Harrison, Esq., of Aighburgh, in Octo- 

 ber, 1835. (Bot. Reg., October.) 



SCAPHYGLO'TTIS Poppig. et Endlichcr Cfrom a boat and a tongue, in allusion to the usual 

 form of the laliplhiin.j 

 violicea Liiull. Violet Bontlip. A stove epiphyte ; growing two or three inches high ; 

 with rose colored flowers ; a native of Ueuiurara. Bet. Reg., 790]. 



Of botanical interest only, the flowers being small and incon- 

 spicuous. Imported by the Messrs. Loddiges. [Bot. Reg., 

 Oct.) 



lONO'PSlS Kunlh. (Literally violct-face<t: why so named not known.) 

 tinera LinM. Delicate lonopsis. A tender stove epiphyte ; with white and violet flow- 

 ers ; appearing in May ; a native of Havana. Bot. Keg., 1904. 



A slender delicate plant of but httle beauty, and very difficult 

 to cultivate. The genus is but little known, as the plants are so 

 tender that they cannot be preserved on shipboard. It flowered 

 in the collection of Sir Charles Lemon. [Bot. Reg., Nov.) 



BRASSAVO'Lj? 

 cordata Liiidl. Heart-?(;);)erf Brassavola. A stove epiphyte ; growing si.x inches high ; with 

 green and white tlowers ; ajipearing in January ; a native of Brazil. Bot. Reg., 1914. 



A species not possessing any great beauty. It is a native of 

 Brazil, and was introduced by the Messrs. Loddiges. Dr. 

 Lindley remarks that "there will be no certainty in the cultiva- 

 tion of epiphytal Orchidaceae till we become more precisely ac- 

 quainted with the habits of the different species than we now 

 are. At present it is usual to consider them all natives of damp 

 shady woods. It is, however, quite certain that such is only 

 the habit of some of them. The whole genus Brassavola, for 

 example, grows upon stones and rocks, never upon trees, in open 

 forest glades, fully exposed to the sun." These same remarks 

 will apply to many other orders, in which many of the different 

 species suffer more from being planted in situations not natural 

 to them ia their native habitats, than all other causes together. 



