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Cycnoches Maculatus. — I believe this is not any thing more 
than a strong-growing variety of Loddigesii. The spots are much 
larger than those of Loddigesii, and more distinct. This, as well 
as all the other species, ought to be in every collection, or rather, 
selection of orchideous plants. This is a native of Demerara. 
Mormodes atropurpurea, ( dark purple .) —This is another 
genus, very nearly allied to Catasetum : the column of it is twisted 
in a most singular manner ; hence the name hobgoblin, which this 
generic name implies. This is only another sectional division of 
the genus Catasetum, instead of a distinct genus. This species is 
a native of the Spanish main, introduced in 1834. The spikes 
of the flowers come from the base of the pseudo-bulb, as in Cata¬ 
setum, and the spikes are upright ; the flowers of this species do 
not open very wide ; the whole flower is dark purple. This 
genus requires the same treatment as that of Catasetum. 
Mormodes pardina. —-This is a beautiful species of a singular 
genus. The flowers are much larger, and are beautifully spotted 
with purple on a yellow ground. The spikes of flowers are very 
large, and the flowers also are very large ; the column is much 
larger, and the twisting is more distinctly seen, and the flowers 
are more open ; the lip, as well as the column, is twisted. A 
native of Mexico ; introduced in 1836. This also requires the 
same treatment as that for Catasetum. 
Mormodes buccinata. —This is not so handsome a species as 
the last, but is still worth cultivating. The whole flowers are 
brown and spotted with purple, or rather, dotted with purple ; 
the flowers are not nearly so large as that of pardina, but larger 
than that of atropurpurea ; the leaves of this species, as well as 
the pseudo-bulbs, are dark green ; in that of pardina, the leaves 
are glaucous green ; while the pseudo-bulb is somewhat ferru- 
gineous, or rusty-coloured. A native of Mexico ; introduced in 
1839. This also requires the same treatment as the others. 
Cyrtopodium Andersonii. —This genus in habit is like Cata¬ 
setum, but much larger ; and the pseudo-bulbs are more round, 
and at the same time more elongated ; the spikes of flowers are 
branching, which is not the case with those of Catasetum, nor in 
any of the other genera allied to it; the flowers are not very 
large, but are numerous on the spike, and for the most part 
yellow or straw-coloured. The flowers of this species are yellow'; 
the sepals and petals are of a paler colour than the lip ; the column 
