somewhat club-shaped, rose-coloured, shorter than the petals; the 
part supporting the stamens thickened at the margin and slightly 
lobed. 
Popular and Geographical Notice. This plant is a native of 
Manilla, one of the Phillipine Islands, and is not only interesting in 
itself, from its beauty and elegance, but worthy of especial notice as 
an example of a perfectly symmetrical flower, in a tribe of plants, re¬ 
markable beyond all others for the singularity of shape, and bizarre 
character of the flowers. Instances such as this enable us to under¬ 
stand the real nature of the parts of the flower of orchidaceae, which 
though twisted and moulded into the most fantastic forms, are yet con¬ 
stituted ol similar organs as common flowers. It requires the acumen 
of a Brown, and a Richard, to surmise this, and the graphic skill of a 
Bauer to demonstrate it—rendering the study of these extraordinary 
plants practicable, and aftbrding a constant exercise for the finest ob¬ 
servation. x411 seems a maze of inextricable perplexity, till some 
master spirit discovers the thread, and renders the path easy to follow. 
Such has been the result of the labours of the distinguished botanists, 
above mentioned, to whom all succeeding ones owe immense obliga¬ 
tions. Nature indeed sometimes aids in revealing the truth, and by 
the occasional production of a monster, shows the real structure of the 
most complicated parts. This was the case with the monstrous Or¬ 
chis latifolia, described by Achilie Richard in the Memoires de la 
Societe d’ Histoire Naturelle de Paris, in which the flower was quite 
symmetrical, and had three perfect stamens. The genera Thelymitra, 
Hexisea, and Isochilus, show a tendency to regularity of the flowers, 
but not so complete as in Paxtonia. 
Introduction ; Where grown ; Culture. Received by Messrs. 
Loddiges, in 1837, from Mr. Cuming. And our drawing was made 
in the stove of these praiseworthy importers of so many novelties. 
It grows in a pot on the stage of the orchidaceous house, and flowers 
in the autumn. 
Derivation of the Names. 
Paxtonia, in compliment to Mr. J. Paxton, Gardener to the Duke of Devon¬ 
shire, at Chatsworth, where his skilful treatment of the splendid collection of 
Orchidaceae, will entitle him to this commemoration. Kosea, the colour of 
the flowers. 
Synonyme. 
Paxtonia rosea. Lindley: in Botanical Register, Vol. XXIV, t. 60, and Mis. 
Not. 113. 
