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NEW ORCHIDACEOUS PLANTS. 
nine brownish-green dingy-looking flowers, 
which are, however, remarkably sweet-scented 
in the dav-time. It is not of much interest 
to the cultivator. 
Epidendrum Calociiielum, Lindley. (Beau- 
tiful-lipped Epidendrum.) — This has the habit 
and character of E. Altissimum, It produces 
large spreading panicles of dingy-coloured 
flowers ; the sepals and petals are narrow and 
bronze-coloured ; the lip frilled, margined 
with bright yellow, and irregularly blotched 
with purple. It has been flowered at the 
Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. 
Epidendrum Ceratistes, Lindley. (Horn- 
columned Epidendrum.) — A pseudo-bulbous 
species of this extensive genus, with erect, 
sword-shaped leaves, and a long, narrow, 
drooping panicle, bearing clear, green, sweet- 
scented flowers, with a whitish lip, similar to 
those of E. Selligerum : the column has two 
horn-like arms. It is a native of the Spanish 
main, whence it was brought to the Horti- 
cultural Society by Mr. Hartweg. It flowered 
in October last. 
Epidendrum Hanburii, Lindley. (Han- 
bury 's Epidendrum.") — A native of Mexico. 
The leaves are thick and leathery ; the sepals 
and petals of the flowers deep dull purple, and 
the lip pale rose, with crimsom radiating 
veins. 
Epidendrum Macrochilum, var. Roseum. 
Paxton. (Rose-coloured, large-lipped Epi- 
dendrum.) — The original E. Macrochilum is 
one of the most ornamental of this genus ; 
many of the species are small, and dingy- 
coloured, but in this the flowers are large, and 
the broad white lip is prettily spotted with 
crimson. The present variety differs in having 
a broad, flat, rosy-coloured lip. The plant is 
pseudo-bulbous, bearing unbranched, erect 
spikes of blossom : the sepals and petals of the 
flower are of a dai'k purplish bronze, of an 
oblong form, with the points incurved ; the 
lip is flat and obcordate ; that is, with a deep 
indentation at the extremity, and of a fine 
rosy tint. It is a native of Guatemala, from 
whence several other varieties have also been 
imported. 
Epidendrum Pterocarpum, Lindley. 
(Wing-fruited Epidendrum.) — Not a very 
conspicuous-looking plant. It has oval pseudo- 
bulbs, from the top of which two or three 
leaves are produced, and between these springs 
up the flower stalk, bearing five or six brown- 
ish-green flowers, with a yellowish lip. It is 
a native of Mexico. 
Epidendrum Purum, Lindley. (Pure- 
coloured Epidendrum.) — This is from Carac- 
cas. It has roundish elongated stems and 
leaves, nearly half an inch wide, and six or 
eight inches long ; the flowers of medium 
size, and of a pale green colour, produced in a 
thin panicle. The sepals and petals are 
narrow, and the lip three cleft. 
EpiDENDRUMVERRucosUM,Li«r/%. (Warted 
Epidendrum.) — A native of Mexico, with 
rosy-coloured flowers, composed of five long 
narrow sepals and petals, and a broad oval lip, 
streaked with darker coloured veins. It is 
fragrant, and rather pretty. 
Eria Bractescens, Lindley. (Long-brac- 
ted Eria.) — This species has short fleshy 
stems, or pseudo-bulbs, bearing two or three 
oblong leaves, and a well-furnished raceme of 
rather small but pretty flowers of a greenish 
white, with two crimson spots near the centre- 
It has been imported both from Singapore 
and Burma. 
EriaVestita, Lindley. (Clothed Eria). — 
This is the Dendrobium Vestitum of Dr. 
TVallich. It is a singular plant, being clothed 
with a thick reddish-brown hairiness : the 
leaves are thick and lanceolate, and the flowers, 
of a reddish-brown outside, and white inside, 
hang down in pendulous spikes, which are 
longer than the leaves. It inhabits damp and 
shady situations in the Indian Archipelago. 
Gongora Maculata, var. Tricolor, 
Lindley. (Three-coloured spotted Gongora.) 
— These Gongoras, with pseudo-bulbs, broad 
deep green leaves, and long pendant spikes, 
beset with numerous insect-like flowers, are 
among the most beautiful of this tribe. This 
variety is a very handsome one ; the general 
ground colour is yellow, variously banded and 
blotched with rich brown, whilst the lip is 
white, with a few darker stains. It is said to 
come from Peru, and has been flowered by the 
Rev. J. Clowes, of Manchester. 
Habenaria Candida, Lindley. (Snow- 
white Habenaria). — A small terrestrial species, 
the stems of which bear two wavy narrow- 
pointed leaves, and a spike of four or five 
narrow-petaled snow-white flowers, which 
have only a slight tinge of green colour on 
the spur at the back of the flower. It is a 
native of Sierra Leone. 
Laoena Bicolor, Lindley. (Two-co- 
loured Lacaena). — This is a very rare plant, 
and therefore is highly esteemed by the fan- 
ciers of Orchidacese : it is not, however, at 
all striking in its appearance, and therefore 
not likely to become generally esteemed. It 
is pseudo-bulbous ; the flowers are produced 
in long pendulous spikes, nine or ten on each; 
individually, they are of a dull greenish 
colour, covered externally with short hairs, 
and having a purple blotch in the centre, with 
some other faint markings in the interior of 
the flower. It was introduced from Guate- 
mala, where it was found growing at an ele- 
vation of 7000 feet above the sea. 
LffiLiA Superbiens, Lindley. (Stately 
Lselia). — This is an exceedingly fine plant, 
