302 J^otices of neio and beautiful Plants. 



tufts, and producing each a single broad coriaceous recurved 

 leaf." The flowers are disposed in a terminal spike, and are of 

 a brilliant scarlet. It is a native of rocks in the northern prov- 

 inces of India. Dr. Wallich found it only once, and then in a 

 single spot on stones on the summit of Chandagherry, a mountain 

 in Nepal. It is cultivated like other epiphytes, and is a very 

 splendid plant. [Bot. Reg.., May.) 



EPIDE'NDRUM 



ochiaceum Lindl. Yellow-oclire-coZorcrf Epidendrutn. A stove epij hyte ; gr.iwing i«ix inch- 

 es liigli ; with yelluwish-oriin^e flowers; appearing in August ; a native of Mexico ; iiitn-- 

 duccd in 18^0. Bot. Reg., n. s. 26. 



A pretty little plant, with slender racemes of ochre-colored flow- 

 ers, small pseudo-bulbs and linear acute recurved leaves. It 

 does best tied to the braches of an old apple or pear tree, some- 

 what shaded from the sun and covered with moss in a moist 

 stove. It is an inhabitant of several parts of tropical America. 

 [Bot. Reg., May.) 



*ciiculldtuni An epiphyte, with small white flowers; growing a foot high; a native of Pa- 

 ra, liot. Reg. ftlis. Not. 47. 



"One of the most unattractive of the genus," with small white 

 flowers. (Bot. Reg., May.) 



*longic611e An epipliyte ; a native of Demarara. 



"Allied to E. nocturnum, but much less handsome." The 

 sepals and petals are pale yellow. [Bot. Reg., May.) 



*altissinium Bateman Bot. Reg. Wis., Not. Gl. 



A beautiful species, and so fragrant as to scent the air, in 

 their native situations, " to an extraordinary and almost unsup- 

 portable degree." [Bot. Reg., May.) 



CLErSO'STOMA 

 *lridentata Anepipliyte; a n;itive of New Holland. Dot. Reg. His. Not. 46. 



"A small flowered epiphyte, of no beauty." Flowers of a 

 dull, dirty, reddish white." (Bot. Reg., May.) 



PLEUROTHA'LLIS 

 *opliioct!phala Liiull. An epiphyte; growing six; inches high; a native of Mexico. Bot. 

 Reg. Mis. Not. 48. 



Of no beauty, " but remarkable for having one solitary flow'er 

 protruding from the base of each leaf, and so similar to the head 

 of a snake with the jaws open, that it is diflicult at first sight to 

 believe it really a flower that one looks upon. To add to the 

 deception, the small labellum is shaped like a tongue, and moves 

 up and down when you peep into the mouth of the flower." 

 (Bot. Reg., May.) 



DENDRO'BIUM 

 *ciindiduin JVnU. An epiphyte ; growing a foot high ; with while flowers; a native of In- 

 dia. Bot. Reg. Mis. Not. .'54. 



Flowers pure white, and "most exquisitely scented." (Bot. 



Reg., May.) 



^foicolor Sdwmburrrk An epiphyte ; a native of Gnayana. Bot. Ecc;. Mis. Not. .'if. 



"A deliciously fragrant climbing epiphyte," with flowers full 



