supiplenientary to Encyc. of Plants and Hort. Brit. 4 3 



imperfectly developed. A curious deviation from this arrange- 

 ment of parts occurs in Cypripedium, which has the lateral sta- 

 mens perfect, and the central one abortive. In a few of the 

 genera, the anther is persistent; but in by far the greater number 

 it is deciduous. On removing the anther, we discover the pollen 

 masses, which are subject to various modifications of structure. 

 They have accordingly been divided by Dr. Lindley (whose 

 intimate acquaintance with these extraordinary plants is well 

 known) into several distinct tribes, in a work devoted expressly 

 to their description." [The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous 

 Plants. By J. Lindley, Ph. D., F.R.S., and G., &c.) 



2553. EPIDE'NDRUM [3534. 



•macrochilum Hook large-lipped ^23 t^l 5 J" G. Y. R Mexico 1836 D p.r.w Bot. mag. 



A charming epiphyte, introduced by Charles Horsfall, Esq., 

 in whose fine collection at Evesham it flowered in June, 1836. 

 In the general structure of the flower, it resembles Encyclia patens 

 (Epidendrum odoratissimum). [Bat. Mag., Nov.) 



2540. ONCI'DIUM [Bot reg. 1911. 



*/ridifblium Lindl. Iris-leaved, or pygmy £ [23 cu ^ au Y Mexico and Brazil 1835 D p.r.w 



" This curious little species of Oncidium seems to be common 

 in many of the hotter parts of America. In the neighbourhood 

 of the town of Bom Jesus de Bananal, in the province of St. 

 Paul, it grows exclusively on the branches of orange and lemon 

 trees. It was very abundant there, and constantly preferred dry 

 places exposed to the sun." This is figured from the Earl Fitz- 

 william's collection at Wentworth House, Yorkshire. It is, 

 from the figure, a charming species, compact in its mode of 

 growth, and showy in its flowers, which are large for the size of 

 the plant. {Bot. Reg., Nov.) 



2567. lONO'PSIS 



♦tenera Undl. deVicate-habited jg [Z3 pr 1 my \V. Pk Cuba 1835 D p.r.w Bot. reg. 1904. 



" The species of this genus are but little known. It is seldom 

 that they appear in gardens, in consequence of the difficulty 

 attending their preservation on shipboard ; and, when imported, 

 they are difficult to manage, and soon are lost. In their native 

 woods, they grow upon the smaller branches of trees, or upon 

 dead sticks, which their white, slender, delicate roots quickly over- 

 spread. . When cultivated, they require all the aid of a hot and 

 damp stove." This elegant litde plant flowered, in May last, in 

 Sir Charles Lemon's collection at Carclew, to which it was pre- 

 sented by Captain Sutton of Flushing, near Falmouth, who 

 brought it from Havannah in March, 1835. The scape bears 

 a number (eleven are shown in the figure) of flowers, arranged 

 alternately in a loose sort of panicle. It seems that the colour is 

 pale pinkish, marked with violet-coloured veins. [Bot. Beg., 

 Nov.) 



2552. BROUGHTO'N/,-! 22723 sanguinea IJ. Br. 



Sijno7iymr: Broughton/Vr coccinea IIoo/c, Bot. mag. 3536.; Dendr6bium sangiiineum Swt. Fl.-Gard. 

 Oct.; EpiiU iidriim sanguSneum Swt. Prod. 



