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The earliest record I have been able to find of the present plant is in 
the third supplement to Loupon’s Hortus Britannicus, which bears the date 1850. 
Here it appears as Lycaste tyrianthina, Lopp. Cat., introduced from Brazil 
in 1836. The only edition of Loppices’ Catalogue which I have seen is 
undated, and contains no such name. According to Prirzet this work appeared 
in 1842, so that, if no mistake has been made, there may have been a later 
edition, or a general Catalogue may have been referred to. At the date in 
question it would naturally be included in Mavxillaria (as was its ally Bifrenaria 
Harrisoniae) where Josst included it in 1851. 
LinDLey received a fine two-flowered inflorescence from Mr. Hepces, The 
Castle, Wallingford, which he preserved, but, unfortunately, neglected to record 
the date, nor does he appear to have put any note on record about it. He, 
however, thought it a purple variety of B. inodora. 
In 1857 it was cultivated in Herr Scuitier’s celebrated collection at 
Hamburgh, and in 1864 a figure was given in ReceL’s Gartenflora, soon after 
which it seems to have been lost sight of. In 1890, however, a plant flowered 
in the collection of W. C. Waker, Esq., Percy Lodge, Winchmore Hill, 
which had been received by the late Mr. G. S. Wuirz, from Brazil, with 
B. Harrisoniae. And more recently plants have been introduced by Messrs 
Linpen, L’HorricutturE INTERNATIONALE, Brussels, one of which is figured 
in the annexed plate. 
It is a distinct and handsome species, nearly allied to B. inodora LiInDL., 
— whose later name of B. fragrans Ropr., is far more descriptive of the 
plant — but it differs in colour, in its far more hairy lip, more truncate 
crest, and longer and stouter mentum. The other purple-flowered one, B. atro- 
purpurea Linpi., has more numerous flowers of about half the size. It will 
require similar treatment to the well-known B. Harrisoniae Rcus., another 
nearly allied species. RA Roe. 
La premiére mention que j’aie pu trouver de cette plante se trouve dans 
le troisicéme supplément de !’Hortus Britannicus de Loupon, qui porte la date 
de 1850. Elle y fut publiée sous le nom de Lycaste tyrianthina Lopp. Cat., 
introduit du Brésil en 1836. La seule édition du Catalogue de LoppicEs que 
jie vue n’est pas datée, et ne contient pas ce nom. Prirzer indique la date 
de 1842, un an avant la publication du genre Lycaste, de sorte que, s'il ne 
s'est pas produit d’erreur, il y a peut-étre eu une édition ultérieure, ou il 
s'agissait peut-¢tre d’un Catalogue général. A la date en question, la plante 
aurait naturellement été comprise dans les Maxillaria (de méme que son allié 
le Bifrenaria Harrisoniae), od Josst la classa en 1851. 
(Pour la Suite, voir p. 34.) 
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