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and pure white, penciled in the most exquisite manner with 

 purple on the lip ; when in flower it has a strikingly beautiful 

 appearance, particularly as the flowers are produced at the 

 extremities of the shoots when these are in full leaf. The habit 

 of this plant is very remarkable, and is certainly not an uninter- 

 esting feature in its character. At one season of the year, it is 

 seen in a leafless and torpid state, its stems having the appear- 

 ance of dried and lifeless branches ; at another period of its 

 growth, it exhibits its finely pointed and glaucous leaves in a 

 state of the most lively verdure ; and subsequently the flowers 

 are produced, which vie in beauty with the choicest of nature's 

 productions. After flowering, the stems will speedily become 

 matured, and shed their foliage, when the plant will again 

 assume the appearance of a decayed piece of wood." It was 

 found by the Duke of Devonshire's collector, growing upon 

 trees, in shady damp woods on the Khoosea Hills, from 2000 to 

 3500 feet above the sea, where it blossoms during the rainy 

 season in the greatest profusion. The plant at Chatsworth 

 flowered beautifully in the early part of May. Mr. Paxton 

 observes, that it will be found very difficult to cultivate; but 

 that he has experienced the most perfect and gratifying success, 

 the particulars of which he promises to give hereafter. {^Pax- 

 toiis Mag. of Bat., July.) 



+ Saccoldbium gemmatum Lindl. Imported by the Duke of 

 Devonshire, from the Khoosea Hills of India, where it was 

 collected by Mr. Gibson, and it flowered at Chatsworth in May, 

 1838. The blossoms are the smallest of the genus, not being 

 larger than a grain of mustard seed, but the finest amethysts are 

 not of a more brilliant purple, and the tips of the labellum and 

 sepals are quite white. {B. M. 72., July, No. 88.) 



+ Odontoglossum cordatum I^indl. A very different species 

 from any hitherto described. The flowers are very handsome ; 

 having the sepals and petals richly clothed with bi'own ; the 

 lip white, and the crest purplish. Imported from Mexico by 

 G. Barker, Esq. {B. M. R., July, No. 90.) 



+ Oncidium confragbsum Lindl. Also imported by Mr. 

 Barker, and resembling in general aspect O. stramineum. [B. M. 

 M., July, No. 92.) 



+ Microstylis excavdta Lindl. A green-flowered species, 

 with a corymbose inflorescence, imported from Mexico by Mr. 

 Barker. {B. M. R., July, No. 93.) 



+ Dendrbbium Jbrmbsum Wall. A *' noble plant, " the large 

 ivory-white flowers of which are unrivalled in even the rich 

 flora of India, whence this species was imported by the Duke 

 of Devonshire. " It has been sometimes said, that the flora 

 of South America is richer in beautiful orchidaceous plants 

 tl^an that of Indian and an appeal has been ma4e to the catt-. 



