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EPITHECIA GLAUCA. 



its mode of inflorescence. The flowers are small, but when closely examined are 

 truly elegant. The glaucous bloom that so universally pervades the plant is some- 

 what remarkable. 



It is closely allied to the genus Epidendrum, from which it differs in the struc- 

 ture of the column and labellum, and in the dorsal position of the anther. 



We published an account of this plant in the Floral Cabinet of September 

 last (No. xix.) as the type of a new genus, under the name of Prosthechea ; but 

 finding afterwards that a name from the same origin, and very similar in sound, 

 was already in use, we have been induced to change it for another of precisely 

 similar import. 



The generic name Epithecia is derived from Em^m;, an appendage ; the 

 specific name glauca has reference to the glaucous hue of the plant. 



Fig. 1, a flower magnified ; 2, Anther case ; 3, Pollen-masses ; 4, a single 

 pollen-mass with its caudicula. 



