No. 645. 
EPIDENDRUM NUTANS. 
Class. Order. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
A native of the Island of Jamaica, where 
it is found in woods, growing upon the de- 
caying trunks of old trees. 
It seems to differ in some respects fr 
the description of Swartz, the intl inte 
lobe of the Labellum in our plant being 
double or forked, and not tridentate as 
mentioned by that learned botanist. How- 
ever, such a difference ought not to be made 
too much of, as such very minute distine- 
tions multiply species to a too great extent. 
Our plant flowered in the autumn: the 
blossoms have a delicate scent, and are 
very lasting. The plant may be cultivated 
pretty well in a pot partly filled with some 
pieces of decayed wood, and a mixture of 
saw-dust and moss, with a little sand. It 
requires constant stove heat, and is very 
sparingly increased by separating the roots. 
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