ag THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
The plant is somewhat anomalous in structure, and its affinities are 
rather obscure. The fact is, it is not very near to anything. The presence 
of a foot to the column excludes it from Cymbidiez, and the absence of a 
spur or sac, from Eulophiez. Thus it comes in Cyrtopodiez, but is like © 
nothing at present known, though in the crest it bears a certain resemblance | 
to Zygopetalum and Aganisia. Further light may hereafter be thrown on 
this point. Individually, the flowers recall a small white form of Odonto- 
glossum Pescatorei as much as anything else. This handsome species is” 
dedicated to Elisabeth, Queen of Roumania, well-known in literary circles 
under her adopted name of “‘ Carmen Sylva.” The generic name serves to 
commemorate the pretty little crest, and at the same time to indicate a 
certain resemblance i in habit to Eulophia. 
Eulophiella, Rolfe in Lindenia, Engl. ed., III. p. 29. ss 
E. Elisabethz, L, Lind. and Rolfe, Z.c., t. 325. : 
R. A. Kes 
BRASSIA BIDENS. 
_ By degrees, Satliaps: we may be able to get this exceptionally: difficult 
genus into something like order, as the materials come to hand. At At all 
events the clearing up of the confusion in the history of any species Is a5 
step in the right direction, and we may therefore place the following facts 
on record. Brassia bidens was described by Lindley from the collection of | 
Mr. R. Harrison, in 1837, the native country being unknown. It was said 
to be most allied to B. caudata. Afterwards Lindley added a quite distinct 
plant, Kegel, n. 694 (mis-spelt Regel), and gave the country as Brazil, 
though Kegel’s plants are known to be from Guiana. And still more | 
remarkable, he placed it in the group with a smooth lip; while his own dried 
type specimen is densely verrucose. In 1840, Sir William Hooker figured 
Brassia Lanceana var. viridiflora, from a specimen which flowered in the 
collection of C. S. Parker, Esq., of Annesley, near Liverpool, in September, _ : 
1839, and which had been obtained from Demarara. He remarks that some 
would consider it a new species, but experience had taught him that no sé 
of plants were so liable to vary under cultivation as Orchids. This, too, 18 
B. bidens. The species really belongs to the section with a verrucose lip, 
and is nearly allied to the Central American B. verrucosa. Other specimens 
have appeared from Guiana, which is certainly its native country. The 
flowers are green, the sepals and petals with large brown blotches, and the 
lip spotted with the same colour. As the species is in cultivation again | it 
is advisable to clear up this little nest of blunders. 
ae bidens, Lind. Bot. Reg., xxx. (1844), Misc., p. 6; Lindl. Fol. Orch, Brassity” 
- 3 (in 
: a Linceans vr viridiflora, Hook. Boz. Mag., Ixvi. (1840), t. 3794. 
ncidium biden oe 
s, Rehb, f. in Walp. _Ann., vi. p. 769 (in part). R. As Re 
