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flower of the several kinds of Catasetum have often attracted 
notice. In the present instance, the most striking peculiarity 
is to he found in the antlier-case, which, instead of being car- 
ried out into a very long point or beak, is singularly short 
and flattened, in the centre of which is an umbo or elevated 
tubercle, and beneath this, a pretty large, membranaceous, 
spreading scale. Whether this be simply a sport of nature, 
or a permanent character, indicating a truly distinct species, 
I will not take upon me to say.” 
2. BRASSIA brachiata. 
Lindley in Bentham Plant. Hartweg. p . 94. 
This fine plant has flowered in the collection of Messrs. 
Rollissons, where it exists under the garden name of Brassia 
Wrayce . It has larger flowers than any other species, with 
very dark brown spots on a pale ground. The lower sepals 
are three inches long, and the lip is half the length, a good 
deal waved at the edge, and rather lobed. It is a very dis- 
tinct species. 
3. RENANTHERA matutina. 
Lindley in Gen. and Sp. Orch. p. 218. 
A very pretty plant with small cinnamon and scarlet 
flowers, collected in a stiff panicle. It has the habit of the 
old R. coccinea, but is not to be compared with it for beauty, 
the flowers not being above half an inch across. It was ex- 
hibited at the last meeting of the Horticultural Society, from 
His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, at Chats worth, and we 
have also received it from Messrs. Rollissons. It is under- 
stood to have been brought from Manilla by Mr. Cuming, 
from whom we have a wild specimen. 
4. EPIDENDRUM auritum. 
E. (Encyclium) auritum ; pseudobulbis elongatis compressis squamis vagi- 
natis, folio angusto ligulato obtuso, racemo debili 3-floro folio breviore, 
bracteis marcidis earinatis internodiis longioribus, ovario nigro-furfu- 
raceo, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis acutis patentibus, petalis conformibus 
duplo brevioribus erectis, labello lineari convexo arcuato medio carnoso 
subrugoso apice membranaceo, columna apice tridentata, anthera utrin- 
que auricula simplici bifida subulata aucta. 
A little Epidendrum from Guatemala, of which we have 
