No, 472. 
E PIDEN DRUM FUSCATUM. 
Class. Order, 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA, 
We received this plant from the island of 
Jamaica, some years since : it grows there 
upon the branches of trees, as do most of 
this beautiful genus. This sort has no 
bulbs, but throws up several spreading 
branches about a foot in length, at the ends 
of which the scape is produced : it is bowed 
down, and about six inches long, with the 
flowers in a terminal cluster: they are cu- 
riously formed, of a singular, though not a 
brilliant colour, and continue long, usually 
in the autumnal season. 
It must be at all times kept in the stove, 
and may be cultivated in soil composed of 
decayed wood and moss, with a portion of 
sand : it may be occasionally increased by 
dividing the root. 
