50 
NEW, RARE AND DESIRABLE STOVE PLANTS. 
GUSTAVIA GRACILLIMA. 
This magnificent plant was discovered in the United States of Colombia by Jf. Eoezl. Tlie flowers 
grow from the axils of the leaves in the young plants, and from tlie older leafless parts of the trunk in 
older ones ; tliey are solitary or in pairs, four inches in diameter, of a charming rose colour, consisting 
of eight obovate oblong petals, with a yellow incurved staminal tube bearing numerous densely packed 
purple anthers, in a ring of an incii or more across. It was figured in the Botanical Magazine^ 
tab. 6151. 1 guinea. 
