reception of the Anther. This is ovate, notched at the extremity, yel- 
lowish-brown, convex, deciduous, 4.celled, When this anther falls away, 
the 4 pollen- masses, collected into an ovate bright yellow mass, are seen 
lodged in the hollow of the sinus, just above the concave stigma : when 
separated, each pollen-mass is observed to be oblong, attached by one ex- 
tremity to a rather thick, filiform, yellow, granulated, elastic pedicel, 
which is bent under, and lies parallel with it. Germen oblong, striated, 
slender, tapering into a rather long filiform footstalk. 
This fine plant, whose flowers, in addition to their singu- 
larity and heauty, are highly fragrant on the approach of even- 
ing, was sent to me in the month of January 1822, from the stove 
of the Liverpool Botanic Garden, by Mr H. Shepherd. It 
was received Ht that Institution from Messrs Loddiges of 
Hackney, under the name of Epidendrum nutans, and appears 
in every essential particular to accord with the description of 
SwARTZ. But it seems to differ in some respects from the 
figure so termed in the Botanical Register, especially in the 
color of the flower and the form of the lahellum. 
The analysis of the inflorescence representedln the annexed 
plate, will sufficiently illustrate Mr Brown's admirable cha- 
racter of the genus. 
Epidendrum nutans was introduced into this country in 
1793, from Jamaica, (where it is, as its generic name implies, a 
parasite upon trees), by Rear- Admiral Bligh, along with many 
others of the same family, from that island. In its native 
country, October is the season of its flowering. 
Fig. 1. Entire flower. Fig. 2. Front view of the column and labellum ; the 
anther-case being removed, and shewing the pollen-masses. Fig. 3. In- 
side view of an anther-case. Fig. 4. Pollen-masses united. Fig. 5. 
Pollen-masses separated. Fig. 6. Back view of the column and labellum. 
''-All more or less magnified. 
