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of this genus is very small ; there are several varieties ol it, some 
with smaller flowers, and others with different coloured ones ; 
and some of the varieties differ in habit, as well as in the flowers. 
This genus requires larger pots than those for Catasetum , but 
they require the same treatment. When they are grown to per¬ 
fection, they are very beautiful, but we seldom see them in 
flower; the reason of which is, that the plants are kept in too 
moist an atmosphere in the resting season. As soon as they have 
completed their pseudo-bulbs, they should be immediately re¬ 
moved out of the growing-house into the resting-house. This 
species is a native of the West Indies, as well as of Demerara ; 
introduced in 1804. 
Cyrtopodium Glutinosum. —This is rather a pretty species. 
The flowers are smaller than those of Audersonii , and of a paler 
colour; the bracts are glutinous as well as the flower-stems. A 
native of South America ; introduced in 1825. 
Cyrtopodium flavescens, ( yellowish .)—This is a very distinct 
species, and well worth growing. The flowers are large, in habit 
like the two preceding species. A native of Mexico ; introduced 
in 1830. 
Cyrtopodium punctatum. —This is a beautiful species, being, 
in my opinion, the best of the genus. There is a variety of this 
species without any spots, so that it cannot be easily distinguished 
from the other species. A native of Venezuela; introduced in 
1834. 
Cyrtopodium filosum. — I should question this being any 
thing more than a variety of Audersonii. A native of Vene¬ 
zuela; introduced in 1831. 
EPACRIS. 
In answer to a “ New Subscriber,” who wishes to know the 
reason his Epacrises are losing their foliage, and some of them 
dying, I will briefly state the treatment I have found most con¬ 
ducive to their well-being, and so give him an opportunity to 
draw his own inferences, though I may first mention one or two 
causes very likely to produce the effects he describes. First, 
were the plants thoroughly protected from frost during the late 
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