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is white, somewhat cordate, pointed, with two ridges at the base, 
which is yellow. The lip is somewhat spotted with brown. This 
plant may be grown and flowered in a 48-si’zed pot; but will not 
be so fine as if in a larger. A native of Jamaica, introduced in 
1806. Flowers from June to July. 
Brassia caudata , (long-tailed Brassia.) This is a beautiful and 
singular species, and a free fiowerer. The pseudo-bulbs are ovate, 
compressed, of a rich green, with two leaves at the base, and 
furnished with two leaves at the apex, which are lancet-shaped 
and pointed, of a rich green. The flower spikes arise from the 
base of the pseudo-bulb. Each pseudo-bulb sends up four spikes 
of flowers, with from twenty to forty flowers on each spike. If 
the plant is healthy, the sepals and petals are of a greenish yellow, 
beautifully spotted with brownish purple. The three sepals have 
long cauda, or tails, which gives the plant the name. The lip is 
yellowish white, spotted with purple. At the base of the lip are 
two ridges the same as in Maculata, but they are slightly orange 
coloured. The lip is somewhat hastate, and pointed at the apex. 
The flowers are zigzag on the flower-stem, which is the case with 
all the genus. A native of the West Indies. Introduced in 1823. 
Flowers from June to July. 
Brassia Lanceana, (Mr. Lance’s Brassia.) This is another fine 
species. The pseudo-bulbs are much smaller than those of Macu¬ 
lata. They are rather broad at the base, much narrowed towards 
the top, and of a pale green. The leaves are broadly lancet- 
shaped and pointed. The pseudo-bulbs are furnished at the base 
with three or four leaves, and the apex of the pseudo-bulb has 
one or two leaves. The flower stems arise from the base of 
the pseudo-bulb, and sometimes from the apex. The number of 
flower spikes from each pseudo-bulb is from four to six, and on 
each spike the number of flowers is from twenty to forty. The 
colour of the flow r ers is a yellowish green, spotted with brown. 
Before the flowers begin to go off they change to a beautiful 
orange colour. When the plant has the two colours of flowers on 
it, it is really a lovely object. The spikes are somewhat pendant, 
which is the case with Caudata. A native of Surinam. Intro- 
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duced in 1833. Flowers from May to August. 
Brassia verrucosa , (warted Brassia.) This is a new species, 
flow r ered for the first time last year at the Tooting Nursery. The 
pseudo-bulbs are somewhat round, and slightly compressed, broad 
