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from the collection of Mrs. Arnold Harrison. It is a native of the woods 

 of Brazil, and inhabits soil, not trees. The flowering scape is well-nigh 

 2 ft. high, and of this portion the flowers occupy half; they are placed 

 closely together, and their white labellums contrast pleasingly with the 

 green sepals and bracteas ; both, after the flowering season, seem to become 

 of a brown colour, and the flowers of the lower part of the spike to be 

 in this case, before those of the upper part of the spike have become 

 expanded : this must increase the plant's interestingness. Dr. Lindley ap- 

 pends to his description of this plant the character of several related genera, 

 which he previously had ascertained and described. (^Bot. Reg., October.) 

 OrchidecE § Vandese. 



SJ-tO. ONCiniUM. 



pulchellum B. C. fair £ 23 or 2 ? mr W Demerara 1828 ? D p.r.w Bot. cab. 1984 



" We have had it several years, but it was not strong enough to bloom 

 till March last." The panicle of flowers figured forms an elegant lovely 

 picture : the flowers are white, rather large, and have a tint of pink in the 

 centre. " It continued in flower nearly two months, and has a delicioiLs 

 fragrance. We have not yet been able to increase it." (^Bot. Cab., Nov,) 



2,516. GONGO^R^. 



macul^ta Lindl. spotted-jfterf. £ E] or 2| my Y.spot Demerara 1832. D p.r.w Bot. reg. 1615 



" This most curious species" is published from the collection of Richard 

 Harrison, at Liverpool, in whose hot-house it produced its flowers in 

 bunches, 2ift. long, and these hung down most gracefully from the pot in 

 which the plant was suspended. Tne flowering specimen figured is very 

 beautiful : for, besides the remarkable form of the flowers, they are numerous, 

 and handsome, in being of a rich yellow or yolk of egg colour, spotted, and 

 striped with purple, and are not small. {^Bot. Beg., October.) 



Orchideai ^ Epidendrece. 



255t. EPIDENDRUM. 

 227a(Ji oncididides iinrf^, Oncidium-like £ 23 fra 3 jn Y.Br S.Amer. 1823? D p.r.w Bot.reg.lfiZS 



A noble species, which, according to a specimen communicated by R. 

 Harrison, Esq., of Liverpool, to Dr. Lindley, produces a leaf near 2 ft. 

 long, and a panicle of flowers fully 3 ft. long. It is nearly allied to E. odo- 

 ratissimura, with which it agrees in its delicious and powerful fragrance. 

 When the specimen was unpacked, the whole air of the room became 

 perfumed, as if a basketful of violets and roses had been scattei'ed ovet 

 the floor. ... It is a most interesting species ; for it is not only handsome, 

 singular, and fragrant, but its flowers are very durable, remaining in per- 

 fection for at least a fortnight." (^Bot. Reg., November.) 



2558. BLE'T/,/. 



gracilis £. C. slender Jfi 23 or 1 jn Gsh.S.R Mexico 1830. O p.r.w Bot. cab. 1977 



" This is believed to be a native of Mexico. It is exceedingly slender in 

 all its proportions; the leaves are of a purplish red colour, and the scape 

 is about 1 ft. in height, producing two or three flowers ; " perhaps it 

 will produce many more in a raceme, by invigorating culture. We, on 

 the present occasion, take our note from a partly coloured copy of the 

 Cabinet ; and, judging from the figure in it the flowers of this species are 

 handsome. Their ground colour seems a yellow green, which is marked in 

 one part with scarlet, in another with red ; their form, too, seems elegant. 

 {Bet. Cab., October.) 



LEPTO'^TES Lindl. (Leptos, slender ; leaves) 20. 1. Orchidece \ Epidendrece. 



h'lcoiox Lindl. X.vio-c\A.-Jlwd. )f 23 or Jap W.R Brazil 1831 ? D It.potsh.moss Bot.reg.1625 



A pretty little plant, from the Organ Mountains of Brazil. The speci- 

 men figured flowered in the collection of Mrs. A. Harrison. L. bicolor 

 has been known to thrive planted among broken potsherds, decayed vege- 

 table matter, and moss. The genus Leptotes is closer in affinity to 



Tetramlcra Lindl. " This genus, founded on the Cymbidium rigidum of Willdenow, is the 

 Brasavolrt ^lagans of the Botanical Magazine, t. .^0P8. ; 



