alone, produced its truly delicate and beautiful flowers in the 
month of November of the present year, 1824. 
I cannot find the character of any T%llandsia that will ac- 
cord with this plant. At the same time, it must be observed, 
that the descriptions of most authors being taken from dried 
- specimens, and at a period when comparatively few species were — 
known, must. be in a — measure oe and unsatisfac- 
tory. . | 
The stoves: of the ‘elie, both of oe and Chakatin, 
are, we believe, peculiarly rich in plants of this family, which 
have been principally derived from the kindness of the Baron 
de Suacx. By means of these collections, we trust that it will 
be in our power to illustrate several species of this curious ge- 
inus, which till lately had been supposed, like the parasitic Or- 
chidece, to be almost incapable of cultivation in the European 
| gardens. 
Fig. 1. Flower seen from the eee side. Fig 2,2. Calyx. F ig. 3. 
‘Stamen. Fig. 4. Anther, Fig. 5. me of the style and stigma.—All 
_ more or less ge 
