No. 337. 
EPIDENDRUM VIOLACEUM. 
Class, Order, 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
This superb plant is a native of South 
America, and has been very lately intro- 
duced. The stalk, which is rather thick, 
rises about six or eight inches, having two 
leaves at the top, from between which 
springs the flower stem: this sometimes 
bears four or five flowers, of a beauty which 
is rarely surpassed, and of a colour which 
is perfectly inimitable. The flowering sea- 
son is the latter part of summer, and as is 
usual with this genus, the flowers continue 
fora very long time. The plant must be 
kept in the stove at all seasons : it should 
be potted in a mixture of sandy peat, saw- 
dust, and moss. It may sometimes be i 
creased by offsets, like the other a 
A vast number of these kind of plants re- 
main yet to be introduced from South 
America; and who can tell nhat own 
treasures the Great Creator has there in 
reserve? which one day will adorn the stoves 
of this country; many perhaps, if 
far exceeding even this in perfection 
