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54. E PI D END RUM arbuscula. 
Lindley in Benth. Plant. Hartweg. p. 93. 
For some years there has been in our gardens,, to which 
it has been introduced by the Horticultural Society bom 
Mexico, a singular Orchidaceous plant, with a large bi anch- 
ing stem, leathery leaves three or four inches long, and many 
pale stout roots, and no one could tell what it was. It has 
now flowered with the Society, and proves to he the Epiden- 
drum arbuscula, a species discovered by Mr. Haitweg, 
flowering in April, near a place called San Juan Sacatepequez. 
It is more curious than beautiful, resembling E. nutans in 
some respects, and quite destitute of brilliant colours, ihe 
flowers are a dull chocolate, only relieved by a patch ot yellow 
in the middle of the labellum. The latter organ is so folded 
back at the sides and front, that although it is really almost 
circular, it has altogether the form of an old fashioned three- 
cocked hat. 
55. CEANOTHUS divaricatus. 
Nuttall in Torrey and Gray's Flora, vol. 1. p • 266. 
Under this name we are able to announce the introduc- 
tion of another beautiful hardy shrub. It is described as a 
straggling bush, in California becoming spiny, and loaded 
with clusters of blue flowers. As yet it has not flowered, 
but the young plants have beautiful deep green glossy leaver, 
and it may be anticipated that in a.country so much damper 
than California, as England is, it will preserve that verdure, 
which now makes it so very attractive. The plant has been 
raised by the Horticultural Society, from seeds presented bv 
R. B. Hinds, Esq., late Surgeon of H. M.’s ship the Sulphur, 
bv whom it was found in California in great abundance, and 
forming a most conspicuous object. 
56. ERIA floribunda. 
Lindl. in Wall. Cat. no. 7408. 
E. floribunda (Tonsse) ; caulibus carnosis subflexuosis teretibus, folns lanceo- 
J latis acuminatis, racemis oppositifoliis patulis multiflons pubescentibus 
folds brevioribus, bracteis defloratis ovatis concavis retrorsis, sepabs 
petalis 3-plo latioribus, labello angusto riudo basi saccato : iacmiis late- 
ralibus ascendentibus abbreviate intermedia cuneata tndentata. 
