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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
tbe margins. The labellum is large, expanding into a semi-circular sliape, yellow, 
with beautiful orange-red longitudinal streaks ; it is three-lobed, the central one of 
which is small, delicately fringed and undulated, and forming an acute, recurved point. 
The species is a native of Eastern India, and grows admirably on a block of wood. 
Epidendrum lentiginosum. With much of the usual character of the species 
of Epidendrum, which have stems in the form of pseudo-bulbs, this species has a 
neatness of appearance, and a degree of beauty in its flowers, of which many others 
are destitute. Tts most peculiar characteristic, and that from which it derives its 
name, is the liberal manner in which the petals of its flowers are spotted with small 
circular stains of deep brown. The remainder of the flower is of a yellowish-green 
colour. Messrs. Loddiges, of Hackney, imported specimens directly from Deme- 
rara, and it is flowering very beautifully in their orchidaceous house. 
LcELiA ANCEPS. We noticc this charming orchidaceous plant for the purpose of 
inviting attention to two splendid specimens which are now exhibiting their lovely 
blossoms in the rich collections of Messrs. Loddiges and Rollison. The exquisitely 
delicately texture and colour of the petals and sepals of its flowers, and the rich 
purple hue of the labellum, are almost beyond compare, even amongst orchidacese. 
The flowers would really appear transparent, if colourless, and, when viewed 
obliquely, display a number of minute, glistening crystallizations on their surface, 
which contribute much to enhance their beauty. The long, slender flower-stem, 
which becomes half pendent with the weight of its surmounting pairs of blossoms, 
imparts to it an air of gracefulness and gaiety which is quite in accordance with 
the appearance of the flowers. It is indispensable to every collection of the tribe, 
and should always be grown on a piece of wood, covering the roots with moss, 
and suspending the whole from the roof of the house. 
LiNUM TRIGYNUM. Several plants of this old but uncommon and exceedingly 
ornamental species, are blooming most profusely in the nursery of Mr. Knight? 
Chelsea. The dwarf habit, broadly ovate foliage, and large lively yellow-coloured 
flowers, the centre of which merges gradually into a rich saffron tint, constitute 
Linum trigynum a very valuable ornament to the stove. We have alluded to i't 
for two reasons ; first, on account of its striking beauty, and secondly, because it 
produces its handsome blossoms at this comparatively sterile period. It is usually 
treated as a stove plant, but appears to succeed well in a house, the temperature of 
which is kept intermediate between that of the stove and greenhouse, and it might 
possibly thrive in the greenhouse itself. To either of these structures it is a decided 
acquisition. Its native country is the East Indies, and it is remarkable for resem- 
bling in its structure an order of a Linngean class to which the genus does not belong. 
Maxillaria aureo-fulva. This is a singular and very pretty species, as 
also a rare one. The flowers (by which it is principally distinguished, and to 
which its specific name refers) are of a colour between golden and brown, and 
occasionally these shades are pleasingly blended. When expanded, the blossoms 
are about the size of those of M.. picta, and the pseudo-bulbs and foliage are 
peculiarly neat. It is blossoming very freely at Messrs. Loddiges. 
PiMELEA iNCANA. A most interesting species, which has very recently been 
