No, 458. 
DENDROBIUM POLYSTACHYON. 
arsasnata MONANDRIA. 
An elegant and curious little plant, fonnd 
in the West Indies and other tropical 
countries. Itis the Cranichis luteola of 
Swartz Ind. Occid. which name he after- 
wards changed to the above. A good re- 
presentation of it is given by Plumier, 
Plantarum Americanarum, 185, f. l. It 
grows with us about six or eight "ua in 
height. The scape is longer than 
—— : it is two edged, and branches sre 
well in a pot planted in moss and decayed 
wood, but seems not likely to increase 
much: it needs a constant stove heat, 
