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within is marked with yellow and purple. We treat it precisely the same as C. 
crispa and the other species. We have another species, the C. Brooksii, but we 
have not yet seen the flower, and are therefore unable to give an opinion from 
experience. 
CikrhjEA. — This genus was first established by Dr. Lindley a few years ago^ 
and there are now four species in our collections, all very beautiful. The C. 
Loddigesii we will first describe. The flower spike is about a foot long, and rises 
from the root : it is slender, and becomes, when full-grown, quite pendent. From 
six to ten flowers are produced, of a greenish yellow colour, marked with dark red 
stripes and spots across the sepals. The labellum is of a very peculiar and extra- 
ordinary construction. Its native country is scarcely known. Messrs. Loddiges, 
who figured it in the Botanical Cabinet, t. 936, under the name of Cyrnbidium 
dependens, thought it was a native of China ; but Dr. Lindley thinks it more 
probable that its native place is Brazil. We grow our plants in the stove in well 
drained pots filled with turfy peat ; but we believe the usual way is to pot them in 
leaf mould and chopped moss, or leaf mould alone, in either of which they do verv 
well. C. Warreana bears a strong resemblance to C. Loddigesii ; it is a native of 
Brazil, where it was discovered by Mr. Warre. It requires the same treatment as 
Loddigesii. C. viridipurpurea is a very fine species ; the outside of the petals and 
sepals is a beautiful bright green, the inside is yellow, spotted with dark purple. 
It requires the same treatment as the other species. C. fusco-lutea : this species 
differs little from the others in appearance, except in the size of the flowers, which 
in this species are larger. We treat our plants in the same manner as for the other 
species. 
Coryanthes. — The ,C. speciosa was formerly classed amongst the species of 
Gongora, and was figured in the Botanical Magazine, t. 2755, as Gongora speciosa. 
The flowers are large and showy, and of a bright yellow colour. The plant is a 
native of Brazil, where it was discovered by Henry Harrison, Esq. growing upon 
trees. The blossoms emit a very pleasant fragrance. The flowering season is 
May. C. maculata. This is a very splendid species. The petals and sepals are 
light buff colour, the inside of the labellum spotted with purple. It is a native of 
Demerara, where it was found growing on trees. We cultivate both the species in 
a damp stove, in pots well drained and filled with pieces of turfy peat and broken 
pots. 
Cyrtochilum flavescens. — This plant is rather scarce at present, it being 
found in but few collections. The flower spike rises from the root, and grows about 
nine or ten inches high, and produces seven or eight flowers. The sepals and petals 
are straw-colour, the labellum is the same, spotted with a few longitudinal lines or 
spots. The column is rose-coloured, and the whole spike of flowers very handsome. 
It is a native of Mexico, whence it was imported by Mr. Tate. It requires a hot 
damp stove, and grows freely amongst turfy peat and broken pots. 
Cycnoches Loddigesii. — This very extraordinary plant is a native of Surinam, 
where it is found growing upon trees. The flowers are very large, and delightfully 
fragrant. The sepals and petals are of a brownish green colour, spotted with darker 
