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PLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
be useful to those who have not the convenience of a stove. Attached to a rough piece of bark 
or the husk of a cocoa-nut, it forms a desirable plant for suspending in a drawing-room, for 
which purpose the agreeable scent of the blossoms and the long period that they continue in 
perfection are additional recommendations. It is an Australian species, and has been some years 
in the country. 
Epide'ndrum stampordia^num. Several varieties of this handsome plant are flowering in the 
suburban collections. One of these, from the Horticultural Society's Gardens, was shown at a 
late exhibition in Regent Street. It has a very robust habit, and strong, upright, branched 
racemes of flowers, more closely aggregated than is usual, Messrs. Loddiges, of Hackney, have 
another, which varies considerably from the latter both in the colours of the flowers and the 
strength and direction of the racemes, which are more slender, and quite unable to preserve an 
upright position. The pleasing diversified assemblage of colour gives to the flowers a peculiar 
speckled appearance, and this is greatly enhanced in effect by the broad, deep-green foliage. The 
delicate little spot of purple on the tip of the column is much brighter in these than in the last. 
We have also another variety, with very long racemes, and the flowers more loosely arranged. 
The two last are very superior to the first in colour. They are natives of Mexico, and were sent 
over by Mr. Hartweg, to the Horticultural Society, from Guatemala. 
Epipho^ra pube'scens. Messrs. Loddiges, of Hackney, have a plant of this lively-coloured 
species, with several upright flower-stems conspicuously elevated above the foliage. Though the 
flowers are not large, they command attention from their deep bright yellow colour, and the 
unusual manner in which the upper half (longitudinally) of the sepals is streaked with four crimson 
parallel lines. The middle division of the lip has also two or three crimson lines upon it, and a 
number of short whitish hairs. It is a fragrant species, and was obtained by Messrs. Loddiges 
from Delagoa Bay, in Africa. It does not require a warm house, and seems to succeed well in a 
pot among turfy peat. 
MiLTO^NiA. An entirely new species is blooming in the nursery of Messrs. Rollisson, of 
Tooting, It is of a more vigorous character than the generality of the genus, and appears to be a 
profuse and free-flowering plant. The specimen we saw had a reclining spike, a foot and a half 
long. The flowers are large and showy, but not so handsome as some of the other species. The 
lip is nearly white, and the lower part of the sepals and petals brownish purple, the terminal half 
being pale lemon-coloured. It has long linear- lanceolate leaves, which are rolled back about the 
middle, so as to give them a contracted appearance. They spring from the top of the pseudo- 
bulbs, which are bottle-shaped, and a little flattened. 
Onci'dium papi'lio, var. There are several varieties of this singular flowering species in cul- 
tivation ; but by far the most splendid we have seen is one now in bloom at Messrs. Rollisson's. It 
has much deeper tints of a more decided character, than any of the others, which it also far sur- 
passes in magnitude. When seen beside some of the older varieties, the superiority is so striking 
that they would scarcely be thought the same species. 
Ornithoce'phalus cilia'tus. To those who feel curious to examine the more minute members 
of the vegetable kingdom, this plant will prove interesting. It has nothing showy about it, nor is 
it, in any way, likely to attract notice, save by the singularity of its form. The leaves are sword- 
shaped and fleshy, varying from an inch to an inch and a half in length, and united at the base, from 
whence they radiate in the form of a fan. The roots are so small and few in number, that con- 
siderable care will be necessary in fixing it to the block, or whatever else it may be desirable to 
attach it to. They should be enveloped in a little moss, and secured by means of a fine wire. The 
flowers are borne on short racemes, not more than as long again as the leaves, and alternate on 
each side of the stalk, which is clothed with minute hairs or bristles. The sepals are smaller than 
the petals, and both are of a bright, glittering, pellucid white, with three very distinct green lines 
running nearly through to the fringed edges. Both the edges and the back of the sepals are 
densely studded with small bristles, similar to those on the stalk. Nearly half the surface of the 
lip is occupied by a large, fleshy protuberance, which is divided into three upright elevated parts, 
having their inner surface covered with a tuft of thickly arranged hairs. Thus, every part of the 
plant strengthens the propriety of the specific appellation ; and we find equal grounds for the 
generic name in the end of the column, which is elongated into a curved horn nearly as long as the 
petals, and projects over the callose portion of the lip, bearing an evident resemblance to the beak 
