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Epidendrum seriatum 



. umbellatum 



fuscatum 



Liparis elata 

 Stelis ciliaris 

 Notylia punctata 

 Hartwegia purpurea 

 Brasavola glauca 

 Dinema polybulbon 



Cyrtochilum maculatum several varieties 

 Isochilus lineare 

 Trichopilia tortilis 



Maxillaria tenuifolia 



variabilis var. unipunctata 



aromatica 



Acropera Loddigesii 

 Polystachya luteola 

 Convolvulus sp. 

 Crotalaria sp. 

 Ferraria sp. 

 Asagraea officinalis. 



Berberis tenuifolia (a very fine new species) 

 Quercus xalapensis 

 Agave saponaria 



Besides which, 18 other kinds of plants are alive, of which, as 

 they have not yet flowered, the names cannot be determined with 

 certainty. 



No. I.—Silao, January 17th, 1837.—" On the 27th of December 

 " I left Zaquapam, after being most hospitably treated by Mr. and 

 " Mrs. Lavater and their partner Mr. Sartorius, and travelled on 

 " horseback to Xalapa, where I had leave to stay a few days for 

 " collecting, but my intention was unfortunately frustrated by the 

 " neighbourhood not being safe, robberies being almost a daily 

 " occurrence. I therefore lost no time, and took a place in the 

 " diligence for Mexico, where I arrived on the 2d instant. Having 

 " delivered my letters of introduction and procured new ones, 

 " wherein I was most kindly assisted by the British Consul, Mr. 

 " O'Gorman, as well as by Messrs. Byrns and Hooton, Messrs. 

 " Manning and Marshall, and Mr. Chabot, I started on the 9th 

 " for Guanaxuato, which journey I performed partly in diligence 

 " and partly on horseback, and arrived there on the 13th instant. 

 " There I found, after a two day's ramble, scarcely anything in flower 

 " (with the exception of a few Mammillaria?), and accepted, therefore, 

 " the invitation of Mr. O'Gorman (the Consul's brother) to spend 

 f * a few days with him in Silao, which is for the present moment a 



