figured in the London Flor. and Eot. Magazines. 61 



time. It is stated to be an ornamental plant for the back wall of 

 a stove, for a trellis, or for iraining up a rafter, lis cultivation is 

 simple. It delights in open loam, with a little sandy peat, and 

 when growing should be freely watered; but at other times with 

 great caution. It requires to be kept constantly in the stove. 

 Mr. Paxton states that this species has long existed in collec- 

 tions under the above name. It flowered in June last, in the 

 nursery of the Messrs. Loddiges, from which specimen the 

 drawing was taken. [Pax. JMag. Hot., Oct.) 



Mo^"ocoTYLEDO^•ous Plants. 

 Orchiddceoi. 



CIRRH^'A 

 obtiisata Linrf/. Blunt-petalled CWrhxn. A stove ep'phyte; growing six or eislit inches high; 

 with yellow and oransie flowers; appearing in liarch; anativeofRioJuiie.ro. Bot. Reg., 

 2005. 



A pretty species, " a good deal like C. fusco-Iutea, for 

 which I at first mistook it; but it seems sufficiently distinguished 

 by its much more obtuse petals and smaller flowers." Dr. Liud- 

 ley states, however, that he is " far from being satisfied with the 

 goodness of such distinctions among these plants, and is inclined 

 to fear that we sometimes trust to them too much." The flow- 

 ers of the C. obtiisata are collected into a dense pendulous ra- 

 ceme. The drawing was taken from a specimen which flow- 

 ered in the collection of Richard Harrison, Esq., of Liverpool. 



Among several species which flowered with the Messrs. Lod- 

 diges last March, was one which differed from all the rest, ex- 

 cept the C. obtusata, in the form of the middle lobe of the lip; 

 this Dr. Lindley called C. pallida. It only differed from the 

 former in having the petals and sepals acuminated, and the lobe 

 of the labellum placed in a slender unguis. " The value of these 

 distinctions must remain for future inquiry." (Bot. Reg., Nov.) 



ONCI'DIUM 



deltoiilium LiniU. Trian2ular-/i>pprf Oncidium. A green-house (?) plant; growini abnnt two 

 fi^ethish; with yellow and orange tlowers; appearing in tfepteniljer. A native of Peru. 

 But. Reg., 2.I0G. 



A rare and very elegant species, with large and spreading pan- 

 icles of yellow flowers, spotted with orange. It is nearly related 

 to O. divaricatum, from which its narrow leaves and differently 

 formed labellum sufficiently separate it. It is also closely allied 

 to O. macranthum. The species was sent from Lima by John 

 McLean, Esq, to Mr. Joseph ^Myers, Esq. of Aighhurgh, near 

 Liverpool, in whose collection it flowered last Sej)tcmber, and 

 from which specimen the drawing was taken. The arrival of this 

 species in a living state. Dr. Lindley remarks, " should be a fresh 

 stimulus to those w^ho have mercantile relations with Peru, to 

 procure orchideous plants from the west side of the Cordilleras, 

 for many of them, especially those from the valley of the Lloa, 



