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their pearly whiteness and graceful form, objects of most sur- 

 passing loveliness. It is a native of Demarara, was imported 

 by Mr. Bateman, and flowered in his rich collection at Knyp- 

 ersley, in April, 1835. 



The genus Burlingtonm comprehends five species, "each of 

 which vies w-ith the other in loveliness; one of them, B. venus- 

 ta, a native of Brazil, may be literally said to sink beneath its 

 long heavy clusters of snow-white blossoms, just tinged with 

 pink; a second, seated upon the highest branches of the cedrela 

 tree, perfumes the forests of the same country with the odors of 

 jonquils, — it is the B. fragrans; while a third, B. rubescens, 

 delicately spotted with rose color, inhabits the trunks of the cala- 

 bash tree, in the mission of Surimaguas, in the province of Mag- 

 nas, the hottest part of Peru, and is loaded with blossoms all the 

 year long; and the fourth, B. rigida, with many peculiarities, 

 breathes the odor of the violet." Only the latter of them is 

 yet in the collections of Britain, the Messrs. Loddiges possess- 

 ing living plants. [Bot. Reg., Jan.) 



SPIRA'NTHES (in allusion to the spiral manner in which the flowers of many species are 

 arranged.) 

 bracteosa Lindl. 'Lons-hracted Lady's Traces. A stove herbaceous plant; growing a foot 

 high; with yellow flowers ; appearing in May. Bot. Reg., 1934. 



Interesting, but by no means showy. The flowers appear on 

 a long spike, and are small and inconspicuous. Introduced from 

 Saint Catherine's, by the Messrs. Loddiges. [Bot. Reg., Feb.) 



CB.YSIS Lindl. (from XiJo-ij, a melting. The pollen masses of this plant are, as it were, 

 fused together.) 

 nurea. Lindl. Golden-foicered Chysis. A stove epiphyte ; growing two feet high ; with yel- 

 low flowers; appearing in June; cultivated in turfy peat and potsherds ; a native of 

 Venezuela. Bot. Keg., 1937. 



Another splendid plant of this order. The flowers are large 

 and showy, of a deep golden yellow^, and the lip veined with 

 crimson; the racemes, upon which they are produced, are pen- 

 dulous, often bearing ten flowers on each. It was discovered 

 by Mr. Henchman, (collector for H. Lowe & Co.,) in Venezu- 

 ela, where he describes it as "growing suspended from the 

 lateral branches of trees, so that its pseudo bulbs, which, in their 

 growing state, are uncommonly brittle, hang downwards, and wave 

 in the wind, which would otherwise be sufficient to break them." 

 It flourishes in pots of turfy peat and potsherds, suspended from 

 the rafters of the stove. Messrs. Lowe & Co. have a good stock 

 of the plants for sale. (Bot. Reg., March.) 



BOLBOPHYIjLUM Thouars (from holhox, a bulb, and pliyllon, a leaf, in allusion to the leaves 

 universally arising from a bulb-like stem or pseudo-bulb.) 

 barbigerum Lindl. Bearded fiolbopliyllum. A stovr epiphyte ; growing three or four inches 

 high ; with red flowers ; appearing in June; a native of Sierra Lcona. IJot. Reg., 19-12. 



A most curious and remarkable plant, which. Dr. Lindley 

 states, " a drawing is altogether incapable of representing," so 

 strange a conformation exists in this species, and which can only 

 be " evident in the course of the following description:" 



