FLOWERS AND TRUITS OF SCRIPTURE. 
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"thidse. — A beautiful epiphytal species, with 
the general appearance of A. odoratum. The 
blossoms are borne in oblong horizontal 
racemes, of about a dozen flowers, having a 
most delicious fragrance ; the sepals and 
petals are white with a lilac tip, the lip pale 
nankeen colour, with a lilac streak along the 
centre of the middle lobe. It is related both 
to A. odoratum, and A. quinqnevidnerum. 
Native of Malacca, Introduced in 1848. 
Flowers in summer. Culture. — Requires a 
stove ; to be planted in a large open basket 
of light turfy peat and sphagnum ; propagated 
by dividing the plant. 
Ctchnoches barbatum, Lindley (bearded 
Cychnoches). — Orchidacere § Vandeae-Catase- 
tidse. — A very handsome epiphytal species, 
with ovate compressed pseudo-bulbs, which 
in the young plant are not apparent. These 
pseudo-bulbs are surmounted each by an 
oblong-oval acuminated plaited leaf. The 
flowers grow in a pendent raceme, issuing 
from the base of the pseudo-bulb, which run 
from one to two feet long, many-flowered. In 
its native country, it is said to produce from 
fifty to eighty blossoms in a raceme ; culti- 
vated specimens have borne from sixteen to 
twenty. The flowers are moderately large 
and very showy ; the sepals and petals are 
alike, reflexed, narrow-lanceolate, dull yellow 
spotted with purple (or delicate flesh-colour 
spotted with deeper red) ; the lip pendent, 
three-lobed, bearded on the upper surface, 
white tinged with } T ellow, and elegantly 
spotted with deep blood-colour. Native of 
New Grenada, and of Costa Rica. Intro- 
duced in 1849. Flowers in summer. Culture. 
— Requires a moist stove ; to be potted in 
well drained turfy peat soil ; kept cool 
and rather dry in winter, heat and moisture 
being increased with symptoms of returning 
growth ; propagated by dividing the plant. 
Dignanthe PYGMiEA, Lindley (pigmy Dig- 
nanthe). — Orehidacese § Vandeae-Brassidge. 
— A pigmy epiphyte, barely two inches high, 
forming tufts of oblong pseudo-bulbs buried 
in acute leathery scales, each bull; bearing a 
solitary oval stalked leaf. The tiny flower is 
green fleshy, with a few yellowish spots ; it 
is borne on a peduncle solitary from the base 
of the pseudo-bulb. Native of Mexico. In- 
troduced in 1848. Flowers in summer. 
Culture. — Requires a cool stove; turfy peat; 
propagated by division. 
Epidendrum vandifoijum, Lindley (vanda- 
leaved Epidendrum). — Orchidaceae § Epiden- 
dreas-Lceliada?. — An epiphyte, with long 
narrow distichous recurved leaves channelled 
at the base, and short nodding racemes of 
sweet-scented, dull purple somewhat freckled 
blossoms ; the lip is three-parted, the lateral 
lobes semicircular, the intermediate one linear 
retuse. Native of Mexico. Introduced in 
1848. Flowers in spring. Ctdture. — Re- 
quires a cool stove ; turfy peat and sphag- 
num ; propagated by division of the plant. 
Myosotis azorica, of gardens (Azorean 
Forget-me-not). — Boraginacea? § Anchusidaa. 
— A pretty dwarf perennial plant, growing 
from six to eight inches high, the short stems 
densely clothed with oblong-acute hairy 
leaves, and terminating in several scorpoid 
racemes of flowers from the axils of the upper 
leaves, forming a panicled head of bloom. 
The flowers are individually small — about a 
quarter of an inch in diameter, but the colour 
is a dark blue-purple, with a yellow eye, and 
being produced abundantly, the plants have a 
very ornamental character. Native of Azores. 
Introduced in 1847. Flowers from May to 
August. Culture. — Requires a greenhouse 
or frame in winter, grows well in the flower 
garden in summer ; suitable for pot-culture ; 
sandy loam and peat ; propagated by cuttings 
taken in the summer, planted in sandy soil, 
and placed under hand-glasses in a shady 
situation. As a pot plant, a pretty substitute 
for the true Forget-me-not. 
FLOWERS AND FRUITS OF SCRIPTURE. 
THE ALGUM TREE. 
Divers opinions are entertained as to what 
plant is really the Algum tree of the Bible. 
Many persons believe it to be a coniferous 
tree, and both the Deodar of India, (Cedrus 
Deodara,) and the Thyine of Africa, {Thuja 
articulata,) have been selected. Others, how- 
ever, think there is stronger evidence in 
favour of the Sandal-wood (Santalum album), 
and this view, supported by Dr. Royle, is that 
which we adopt. 
The arguments brought forward in support 
of the Deodar have been thus stated : — ' : As 
the Algum tree, among other purposes, was 
employed in the construction of musical 
instruments, we are naturally led to suppose 
it was a kind of pine tree. It came from 
Lebanon, but a much better sort was brought 
from Ophir ; and as that place is supposed to 
have been either an Indian port, or an empo- 
rium on the coast of Arabia for the produce 
of India, we may without much violence to 
verisimilitude suppose that the foreign or 
better kind was the Deodar of India, which 
affords a xery beautiful wood of great fra- 
