By Richard Anthony Salisbury, Esq. 293 



under a Birca Palustris. It is a native of North America, in 

 similar situations, and certainly had been naturalized there 

 by that eminent collector, perhaps so long since as the year 

 17o8, when, as appears from the Philosophical Transactions 

 of 170*3, it was introduced. 



Ornithidium Coccineum. MSS. Cymbidium cocci- 

 neum. Sims in Bot. Mag. n. 1437. Epidendrurn coccineum. 

 Linn. Sp. PL eel 2. p. 1348. 



A parasitic on old trees, near torrents, in the Island of 

 Martinico, its fibrous roots insinuating themselves into the 

 crevices of their moist bark. Here it thrives exceedingly, in 

 pots filled with the same, flowering at various seasons, but 

 chiefly in October and November. During summer it should 

 be placed in a shady part of the stove, and often sprinkled 

 with water ; but it requires little or none in winter, especially 

 when plunged. The Labellum approaches nearer to that of 

 Dendrobium than Cijmbidium ; but 1 have no doubt that it is 

 a distinct genus from both. 



Bpiden drum Fragrans. Swartz . Prodr. p. 123. Epiden- 

 drurn cochleatum. Curt, in Bot. Mag. n. 152. cum Ic. 



A parasitic on decayed trees in the Island of Jamaica, first 

 introduced in 1778, by Francis Goldney, Esq. of Clifton, 

 and I brought it to Kew the following winter. 



Epidendrum Cochleatum. Sims in Bot. Mag. n. 5J2. 

 —Wtlld. Sp. PL v. 4. p. 114. 



A parasitic on old trees and damp rocks in the Bahama 

 Islands, Jamaica, and iVIartinico. Both these Epidendrums 

 are very easily cultivated in our stoves, the moist heat of the 

 bark-bed appearing to afford nearly all the nutriment they 

 require. I do not see them, however, now so healthy as they 



