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CYRTOCHILUM MACULATURT. 



in its native country) that when it flowers again under more favourable circum- 

 stances, it will produce a many-branched stem with from thirty to fifty flowers- 

 Should this expectation be realised, it will make a splendid addition to an orchi- 

 daceous collection. 



It is a native of Mexico, where it was found by Mons. De Champs, a most 

 assiduous collector of Cacti and OrchidacecB, and through whom Messrs. Rollison 

 have been enabled to add to their fine collection many rare orchidaceous plants. 



When we first examined a flower, we were aware of its near approach to 

 Cyrtochilum, and were disposed to refer it there as a new species ; but upon 

 a closer inspection we had strong doubts of its belonging to that genus, its 

 habit appearing to differ materially from Cyrtochilum Jlavescens of the Register, 

 and the labellum instead of being undivided is decidedly three-lobed, although 

 the lateral lobes are so completely reflexed beneath the middle lobe as only to 

 leave a small portion observable, and thus giving the labellum the appearance 

 of being undivided and slightly dentate. This,, however, may probably not be 

 sufficient to remove it from a genus to which, in many respects, it seems so 

 closely allied ; it merely presents a difficulty which not unfrequently occurs in 

 some other genera. We have therefore adopted the name, and availed our- 

 selves of the specific character of this interesting plant given in the Botanical 

 Register of last month by Professor Lindley, whose intimate acquaintance with 

 OrchidacecB is too well known to require from us any further remarks. 



To be grown in perfection it requires a warm, moist stove ; but, like most 

 of this tribe, must be kept more cool and dry while in the dormant state, 



