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belonging to the same genus. Mr. Wailes describes the root as " a large, roundish, 
depressed tuber, measuring more than three feet in circumference, and about an 
inch and a half thick." From this immense body, there appears to issue a pro- 
fusion of stems, about two feet and a half high, with short, infertile, lateral shoots, 
but terminating in a spike thickly covered with beautiful red flowers, the form of 
which is nearly regular, though considerably swollen at the base. The number of 
flowers which one plant is capable of developing is really astonishing. The species 
was collected on the estate of George March, Esq., in the Organ mountains of 
Brazil ; and, in consideration of that gentleman's kindness to botanical collectors, 
it has been appropriately designated by his name. It has hitherto flowered in 
October. Bot. Mag. 3744. 
CLASS II.— PLANTS WITH ONE COTYLEDON (MONOCOTYLEDONEiE). 
THE ORCHIS TRIBE {Orchidacece). 
\ BuRLiNGTONiA MACULATA. Spottod-flowerod Burliugtonia. In the superb 
collection of Messrs. Loddiges, this novel species was induced to disclose its flowers 
in May, 1838. They are of a yellow ground, prettily and irregularly blotched 
with brown, thus introducing quite a new trait to the genus. The small and slender 
habits to which it seems naturally inclined, render its attachment to a block of 
wood indispensable, while the drooping nature of its floral racemes alike requires 
its suspension from the roof of the house to exhibit them properly. Brazil is its 
native country ; and the pleasant scent of its blossoms is not the least powerful of 
its recommendations to amateurs of Orchidaceee. Bot. Reg. 44. 
Cattleya citrina. Yellow-flowered Cattleya. We are always rejoiced in 
hearing that orchidaceous plants of distinct character and peculiar form have been 
blossomed in this country, and it is with high gratification we now witness a 
figure of this handsome Cattleya, prepared from a blooming specimen in the 
possession of His Grace the Duke of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey. The smallness, 
shortness, and semi-rotundity of its pseudo-bulbs afl^orded but indifferent promise 
of its flowers ; but these have proved of a highly ornamental character. They are 
large, solitary, half-pendent, and of a deep and brilliant yellow colour. It was 
sent from Oaxaco, Mexico, by Robert Smith, Esq., and flowered in April of the 
present year. It may at once be known by the glaucous hue of the bulbs, of 
which also the leaves in some degree partake. Bot. Mag. 3742. 
NEW, RARE, AND INTERESTING PLANTS IN FLOWER IN THE PRINCIPAL 
SUBURBAN NURSERIES. 
jErides ' ? All who are acquainted with this most lovely genus, would 
doubtless receive with delight any new accession ; but when a decidedly distinct 
species is introduced, rivalling even M. odoratum in beauty, and of a still richer 
fragrance, it may be presumed to excite particular attention. Such a plant has 
