the length of the style^ and two as long as the style, 
Style flesh-coloured, hairy at the base and smooth 
upwards. Stigmas 5, reflexed. 
This very rare and curious species was communis 
cated to us by Sir R. C. Hoare, in whose magnificent 
collection we observed several plants of it in fine 
bloom, in the month of May 1820. Before that time, 
we were fearful that it had quite disappeared from all 
the collections of this country, as in Mr. Andrews's 
account of it, it is stated to be one of a numerous 
tribe that would exist but a short time in our green- 
houses ; but we have very little doubt but the plants 
now cultivated by Sir Richard, or cuttings from them, 
have been kept alive ever since Mr. Andrews's figure 
was published. We find not the least difficulty in their 
cultivation or propagation, nor indeed in any of the 
other species that were supposed so difficult to cultivate. 
The small figure at the bottom of Mr. Andrews's plate, 
given as a different variety, we suspect to be nothing 
more than a very weak plant of the present with an 
imperfect flower. We find it succeed very well in a 
warm part of the greenhouse, planted in small pots in 
an equal portion of turfy loam, peat, and sand, water- 
ing it only when quite dry, and not at all when in a 
dormant state. Cuttings strike root readily, but they 
must remain quite dry when first planted till the wound 
is dried up ; they may then be watered regularly, and 
they will soon strike root. 
