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CORYNOSTYLIS ALBIFLORA. 
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like spur. The species now figured, the C. albijlora of Linden, which was intro¬ 
duced from Para by Mr. Wallis, and is offered for sale in Mr. Bull’s Catalogue , is 
of semi-climbing habit, and has ovate elliptic leaves of moderate size, and white 
flowers of curious form, dangling gracefully on long thread-like stalks. These 
flowers are abundantly produced, and looked at in front show their relationship 
CORYNOSTYLIS ALBIFLORA. 
to be with the Violets, while in profile their form reminds one of some of the 
long-spurred Tropceolums. It will require the temperature of a stove, and will 
prove a very interesting addition to our collections of stove plants. Like the 
Ionidiums , it should be grown in well-drained, sandjq and rather peaty soil. It 
is said to have been found about the borders of the forests which clothe the 
banks of the Amazon.—M. 
