FROM THE SOCIETY'S GARDEN. 



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14. Pleurothallis Smitutana, Lindley in Bot. Register, 



1843, Misc. 79. 

 Received from R. A. Gray, Esq., F.H.S., in 184o. 



This plant 



deserves to 



be recorded 



as exhibitin 



a material de- 

 parture from 



the structure 



originally ob- 

 served in it. 



The lip 



distinctly 



3-lobed, with 



the two lateral 



lobes consi- 

 derably pro 



longed ; while 



in the original 



the lip was 



nearly entire, 



the lateral 



lobes being 

 hardly distin- 

 guishable, 

 all other re- 

 spects the plants appear to 

 be identical. 



The accompanying figure 

 represents the plant of its 

 natural size, with the column, 

 lip, and petals (a) magnified. 



This little plant requires 

 to be grown in the Orchid- 

 house, and is best kept in a 

 well-drained pot, and planted 

 in fibre formed out of peat 

 and half-decayed leaves. It 

 requires plenty of light and 

 moisture when growing, but 

 afterwards to be kept rather 

 dry and cool. 



It has no beauty, but is 

 very curious and neat in ap- 

 pearance. 



