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stove of that establisliment. producing from one specimen no less than fifteen of its singular flowers. 
The pseudo-bulbs are not remarkable. The flower-spike is particularly long, and bears a great 
number of blossoms. " The entire blossom repre'^ents very nearly a depressed globe ; the sepals 
ovate, acute, very concave, imbricated, mottled with purplish dingy brown. The two petals are 
similar in size and shape to these, but concealed by their closer lapping ; and they are pale green, 
spotted with purple brown." The lip is peculiarly concave, contracted towards the mouth, 
" pale green . richly spotted with deep purple towards the margin, and dotted with red near the 
apex." Bof. Mag. 3942. 
Echeve'ria acutifo'lia. Allied to E. gibhiflora, from which it is distinguished by the following 
marks. " The leaves of E. acuiifolia are acute, in E. gibhiflora they are obtuse ; in the former, 
too, they are much more green and richly touched with scarlet than in the latter. In E. acutifolia 
the flowers are disposed in a short, narrow, erect, cylindrical panicle, and they are of rich scarlet, 
tinged with yellow ; in E. gihbijiora they grow in a loose rambling panicle, and are much less 
brilliantly coloured. Finally, the lateral branches of E. acutifolia are short, straight, and only 
bear three or four flowers in a corymbose manner at the end ; while in E. gibbiflora they grow 
all along one side of long, drooping, zig-zag, many-flowered shoots." The species is a native of 
Oaxaca, in Mexico, where it was discovered by Mr. Hartweg, and from whence it was sent to the 
Horticultural Society. Bot. Meg. 29. 
Eptde'ndrum ciNNABARf num. A vcry showy epiphyte, with tall slender stems, and flowers 
slightly similar to those of E. Schomburgkii, but differing in the colour, which has a greater dash 
of crimson, and in the labellum. The present species has the lateral lobes of the lip " deeply 
lacerated, while the central lobe is contracted in the middle, and then suddenly/ wedge-shaped, 
with its angles prolonged into one or two fine teeth ; E. Schomburgkii has the lateral lobes only 
toothed, with the centre lobe gradually widened to the point, and three toothletted, without being 
at all truncate ; in the latter, indeed, the lobes of the lip are sometimes confluent." The stems 
and leaves of E. cinnabarinum are also without the spottings peculiar to E. Schomburghii. It 
was obtained from Pernambuco, by Messrs. Loddiges, and flowers in May. Bot. Rpg. 25. 
Gloxi'dia specio'sa var. Menzie'sii. A very handsome garden variety, common in nurseries, 
and having the " tube of the corolla white or cream-coloured, with a tinge of purple : — the limb 
much paler than the usual state of the plant ; while, withinside, the almost white throat is elegantly 
marked with copious purple dots." It was figured from Messrs. Chandler's, of Vauxhall, 
Bot. Mag. 3943. 
JASMf NUM cauda'tum. Introduced to the Botanic Garden, Calcutta, and from thence to 
England, from the warm valleys of the Sylhet Mountains, in India. " It is a graceful, healthy- 
looking plant, with deep-green, handsome leaves, which are tapered into very long narrow points, 
whence the name it bears has been given to it. Although the flowers have none of the perfume 
of the Jasmine, the masses of them, snow-white and large, render it a handsome species well 
worth having. It requires the temperature of a cool stove, where it grows and flowers in great 
luxuriance. It is well adapted either for planting out in the border of the stove and training up 
the rafters, or for twining round stakes in a pot." Bot. Reg. 26. 
Lanta\na Sellovia'na var. acuttfo'lta. A pretty, but not strongly marked variety, chiefly 
distinguishable from the species by " the larger and longer foliage, and narrower leaflets of the 
involucre. In other respects they quite accord." It was raised from seeds that had been sent 
from Monte Video, by Mr. Tweedie, to the Glasgow Botanic Garden, several years back, and 
flowers most abundantly in the greenhouse. Bot. Mag. 3941. 
Maxilla^ria cuculla'ta. Introduced by Mr. Henchman from tropical America, and first 
flowered with his Grace the Duke of Devonshire. It is a dwarf species, with tufted pseudo-bulbs, 
and solitary flowers, which are borne on a scape of about four inches long that springs from the 
bottom of the bulb. The blossoms are of a greenish-chocolate colour, and have a darker lip. 
The specific name applies to the " hooded appearance of the upper sheath or bractea, just beneath 
the flower," Bot. Mag. 3945. 
Onci'dium sphacela'tum. Neat and interesting, but having flowers of the usual yellow and 
brown colours. " In liabit, it resembles O. refleocnm, Pelicanum, and Baueri ; but is immediately 
known from them by the wings of the column, which are long, notched, and bordered with brown 
as if scorched. There are two varieties in cultivation, one much handsomer than the other, with 
