The Guiana Orchids. 



to the Brassia Lanceana. imported in 1833. '^^^ name 

 Brassia had already been given to a species from 

 Jamaica, to commemorate a Mr. BRASS, who colle6led 

 plants in Africa for Kew Gardens. Mr. Lance returned 

 to England in 1834, bringing with him a large colle6lion 

 of orchids, and among them one of which the growers 

 spoke very highly. This was the Oncidium Lanceanum, 

 the plant so well-known in Georgetown, and appears to 

 have been stuck up in trees about Paramaribo as it is 

 here. It first flowered at Loddiges', afterwards at the 

 Horticultural Society's Gardens, and was called a charm- 

 ing epiphyte. About the same time that Mr. LancE 

 was collecting in Surinam, Mr. Bateman, of Knypersly, 

 an enthusiastic lover of orchids, sent Mr. COLLEY to 

 Demerara in search of new species, with the result that 

 several additions were made to the English colle6lions. 

 Their names are coupled together in Batemannia Colleyi, 

 but this rather dull-coloured and insignificant plant was 

 only one of the finds of the expedition, Burlingtonia 

 Candida (named after the Countess of BURLINGTON) 

 flowered in 1835 with Mr. BATEMAN,and it was stated that 

 no flower could be more perfe6lly lovely — nothing sullied 

 the snow-white transparency unless it was the faint dash 

 of straw colour on the lip. Trigonidium obtusum was 

 introduced by Mr. COLLEY and Zygopetalon rostra- 

 tum, Coryanthes maculata, described as a splendid species, 

 Maxillaria Batemanii, as well as several Catasetums 

 appear also to have been carried from Demerara by 

 the same coUeftor. 



Mr. C. S. Parker, of Annesley near Liverpool, seems to 

 have collected plants in the colony about the same time ; 

 his name is commemorated in Maxillaria Parkeri and he 



