42 Floricultural and Botanical Notices, 



which the reader is referred to the Natural System of Botany, 

 p. 118. ed. 2." {Dot. Reg., Dec.) 

 OrchiddcecE. 



2530a. MYA'NTHUS Lindl. tp.i-.w Bot. reg. 189a 



* deltoides Lindl. tT\ang\i[a.r.lipped jg [23 cu 1| o D G spotted with P Demerara 1835 D 



The fourth species of a very curious genus. " It is a native 

 of trees in the neighbourhood of the great waterfall of the De- 

 merara i-iver," and it flowered in the collection of Richard Har- 

 rison, Esq., of Aighburgh, in Oct. 1835. {Bat. Reg., Oct.) 



2554. EPIDE'NDRUM. 

 •22730(1 Ee'mulum Lindl. emulous ^ E] or f f Li Para 1S34 D s.p Bot. reg. 1898. 



A very rare little plant, closely allied to the variable E. fra- 

 grans. [Bot. Reg., Oct.) Its flowers are very like those of that 

 species, but of only one third the size. 



* so APHYGLO'TTIS Pop. Boatlip. {Skaphe, a boat, and glotta, a tongue ; in allusion to the usual form 

 of thelabellum.) 20. 1. sp. several. [reg. t. 1901. 



* wiolacea Lindl. \iolet-coloured-Jiowercd £ [23 cu j f R V Demerara ... D p.r.w Bot. 



Not a species of any beauty ; but a great botanical rarity. 

 (Bot. Reg., Oct.) 



*ASPA'SIA Z,2«(f/. {From aspazomai, I embrace ; in allusion to the manner in which" the column is em- 

 braced by the labellum.) [^O p r.w Bot. reg. 1907. 

 *variegata Lindl. yariegaXed-Jloivered jg [23 fra f f G spotted with Y and R S. Amer. 1836 



The flowers are deliciously sweet ; and the plant will probably 

 prove of easy cultivation, and fix for introduction into every 

 collection. In most respects, it resembles A. epidendriiides. {Bot. 

 Reg., Nov.) 



[D p.r.w Birm. bot. gard. 8. 

 *epiAendroides Lz'ndl. Epidendrum-Iike ^ [Z3 cu 1 ... W Y marked with brown Panama 1833 



An elegant plant, with the aspect of an Epidendrum ; and, 

 although not brilliant in colour, it is beautiful both in the shape 

 and markings of its flowers. The following observations on the 

 singular habit and appearance of orchidaceous plants are interest- 

 ing, as such ; and they show the superior description of matter 

 with which the spare room (that is, the space that remains after 

 the description and all necessary characters are given) in the 

 printed pages of this work is filled up. 



The structure of the flowers of the Orchidacese " is curious, 

 as presenting a remarkable deviation from what is usual in this 

 part of plants; and important, as aflbrding the most convenient 

 means for their classification. Orchidaceous plants have not a 

 certain number of stamens disposed around one or more pistils, 

 like other flowering plants; but are furnished, instead of them, 

 with a central fleshy body, called the column, round which the 

 sepals and petals are arranged. This fleshy body (which varies 

 greatly in length in different genera) is considered to consist of 

 three stamens and a style in a state of firm cohesion. The 

 stigma, instead of forming the extremity of the style, as in other 

 flowers, is a moist cavity, situated in the front of the column, im- 

 mediately below the summit. At the apex of the column is 

 placed a solitary anther, the lateral stamens being abortive, or 



