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species of the Cebadilla from the Campnnarin, near Angani^uco, 

 but le^is branfhed and witlj a yellowish flower. On my last 

 excursion to Chimaltenan^o and Comalapan, I again found the 

 Chumaque, or Laelia superbiens, in the wild state, but scarce, and 

 not such fine plants as those sent from Malacatan and Rio hondo; 

 however, in Tejar I succeeded in obtaining two beautiful plant^s, 

 the one with seven and the other with eight flower stems on it, 

 which are at present from three to four feet long ; the pseudo- 

 bulbs measure from 1*2 to 14 inches in length ; they are two of 

 the finest plants I ever saw ; I took them off the trees with the 

 greatest care, and had them brought here on the backs of two 

 Indians. I shall transmit them to you in Xov^ember, when they 

 have done flowering and the bulbs in a better state to endure the 

 voyage. I claim the honour of having first discovered and 

 introduced this extraordinary plant." 



Guatemala, September ^hth, 1841. — "On the ^4th ultimo I 

 have despatched another box, H. S. 66, and enclosed I send a 

 copy of its contents.* To day I have received your letter of 

 14th July last, informing me of the resolution of the Council to 

 change my ground from hence to the equatorial part of South 

 America, on account of the disturbed state of Guatemala, and of 

 the difficulty of obtaining plants suited to the open air in 

 England. Mr. Skinner, whom I have consulted about my new 

 mission, speaks in the highest terms of the vegetation there, and 

 told me that there will be no difficulty in procuring a passage in 

 the ports of Sonsonate, or the Union, for Guayaquil in the 

 month of January. At the present moment I have in my pos- 

 session a fine collection of Orchidaceae and other plants, which I 

 shall go on increasing until I can proceed on my new mission ; 

 as some of the plants, particularly those planted in earth, and 

 young oaks, are delicate, I shall perhaps be obliged to accom- 

 pany them to Belize, to put them on board myself, and give the 

 necessary instructions for attending them during the passage." 



Guatemala, October 2ith, 1840. — "I am now about packing 

 up my collections, consisting chiefly of Orchidaceae, roots of 

 Convolvuli, Treviranse, Gesnerse, Sobralia macrantha and other 

 perennials, all of which are planted in pots. The acorns which 

 I planted in small portable boxes are doing well, and most of 

 them have come up ; of the large kind which I sent last year 

 packed in sand I have secured another supply, and they are now- 

 germinating. Seeds I have scarcely any. Towards the middle^ 

 of November I must leave this place for the Union, the port of 



* It arrived on the 1st February, 1S41, and contained 14 sorts of seeds, 

 mostly in good condition. Part of these are still in course of distribution". 

 There were also 4 bulbs, with one exception in a healthy state. 



