supplementary to Encyc. of Plants and Hort. Brit. 49 



licate white flowers, with rich crimson, produce a very rich and 

 striking effect .... The lip is a most curious organ." It is pur- 

 posed to quote here on it only for explaining the specific name, 

 that it is deeply divided into three parts, and that the central of 

 these is crested in front by a deep white fringe of necklace-shaped, 

 hairs. The figure has been derived from a plant in flower, in 

 July, 1835, at Mr. Knight's nursery, King's Road, Chelsea. {Bot. 

 Reg., Nov.) 



2554. EPIDE'NDRUM. 



■^9.9,1'ii. conopienro. Bartr. gnsA-W^e-floivered ^[Z3 ?tAl cu Pale yellowish.green Southern terri- 

 [tories of the United States of N. America 1775 D p.r.w Bot. mag. 3457 



The only epiphytal orchideous specie of plants found in the 

 United States of North America. {Bot. Mag. Dec.) 



2543. MACRADE'NIA iJ. 5r. Lono-glanD Xzrerf^. {M(rkros,lor\g, aden, g\a.x\d ; in allusion to the 

 long caudicula of the pollen masses. — Lindley, in Bot. Reg., t. 1815.) 20. 1. sp. 2. 

 * tnknira Lindl. thiee-aiithered ^?[S1 cu J my PWG Surinam ... Brought by Mr, 



[Lance D p.r.w Bot. reg. 1815 



Not showy in its flowers. Its leaves are narrower than those 

 of lutescens ; its raceme is pendulous or prostrate; that of lu- 

 tescens is erect; in triandra there are three lamellse in the middle 

 of the lip ; the clinandrium is regularly and strongly serrate ; 

 and there are three anthers ; two of them abortive, which are al- 

 ways present. In the possession of the London Horticultural 

 Society. " A strong damp stove-heat is required to keep it in 

 health." (Bot. Beg., Dec.) 



2568. EULO^PHIA. [Bot. reg. 1821 



* \iinda Lindl. lurid-flowered ^ [Z2 or 1| ? all sea PYW Sierra Leone 1833? O p.r.w 



The scape is branched ; the flowers are disposed in racemes 

 along the branches, except about the base of them: the flowers, 

 when expanded, are not so broad as a sixpenny- piece, but the 

 whole inflorescence of them must render the species a pleasing 

 one when in flower. It is very easily cultivated in an atmosphere 

 hot, damp, and uniform. It then flowers profusely at intervals 

 through the year. Great quantities of plants of it are occasion- 

 ally brought from Sierra Leone. The figure is from the species 

 in a living state in Messrs. Loddiges's collection. Hackney. (Bot. 

 Beg., Dec.) 



2564. VA'NDA. [the Burmese Empire 1828 ? C ? p.r.w. Bot. reg. 1809 

 *teres Lindl. taper-leafed ^ [Z3 el Dp P, W C Y Sylhet, and near Medown in 



It has produced flowers in the Duke of Northumberland's 

 collection at Syon. " Nothing can exceed the flowers of this 

 plant, in delicacy of texture or softness of colour ; the deep purple 

 of the petals softens away to the margin, and seems to melt, as it 

 were, into the purer white of the sepals ; while the rich crimson 

 and yellow of the lip render the brilliancy of the other parts 

 still more conspicuous." Flowers produced from two to three 

 in a spike. Dr. Lindley has two preserved flowers, that were 

 produced during Dr. Wallich's importation of the species from 

 India to England, both in one spike, and are all that were in the 

 spike, that individually measure 4-|- in. from the tip of one petal 

 to the tip of the other. {Bot. Beg., Nov.) 



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