Those who are conversimi with tlio liabits of tlie Epiphytic Orchidacea; of tie West, must have
obsen-ed tliat a terminal inflorescence is usiiiilJy chimicterislic of tJie tribe cidled Ep'idendrea;, and that a
radical or lateral inrtorescence is almost invariably confined to the Vandcai and Malaxidea: ; at all events,
un(i] tlie appearance of our present subject, no case had come to our knowledge of an Epidendrcous phuat
witli a radical scape ; wlien, tlierefore, ilower-stems •were seen to issue, right and left, from the base of its
recent shoots, we had not die most remote idea of its ever belonging to that section. In due time the flowers
expanded, and oiu- astonishment may be imagined, when we found tliat they differed in no respect from
tliose of an ordiniu^' Epidendrum ! ! Still, tiie habit of flowering from the base appeared so very peculiar,
that -vN-e felt strongly disposed to constitute it a new genus on that ground alone : and were only dissuaded
from so doing by the prudent coimsel of Professor LINDLEY, who remarked thai, however striking such a
distinction might for the present appear, it -vA'ould be untenable in the event of any species being discovered
which produced its flowers from the side.* To reasoning so just as this, it was, of course, impossible not
to assent, and our plant was accordingly retained in the genus Epidendrum.
The " Quartorones," then, although it cannot be regarded as the type of a new gemis, will be looked
upon by botanists as a most remarkable and interesting while tlie elegance of its appearance, the
facility with which it is cultivated, and its agreeable perfume, cannot fail to render it a favourite witli the
general collector.
Tlie merits, therefore, of the plant being undoubtedly high, we have ventured to name it after the
Earl of Stamford and Warrington, whose seat, Enville Hall, is so justly celebrated for its beautilid gardens,
and the magnificent specimens of hardy forest trees, which have so long " floated redundant " on its la^\Tls.•f-
Enville also possesses a rich collection of tropical Orchidaceai. Would tbat it were possible to allude to
these vegetable treasures without being painfully reminded of him by whose taste and ardour they were
assembled—the late lamented Lord Grey of Groby,—whose too early fate those onlj- who knew him well,
know how to adequately mourn !
Below will be found, in its expanded state, the Ijycopodium represented in the preceding Vignette. It
also is from the elegant pencil of LADY JANE WALSH, whose labours in this instance appear to be
singularly appropriate, as forming a pleasing accompaniment to the plant named after her noble Sire.
ir sliapc it mighl be callctJ, Oiat thap« had Qone,"—Mit,ToK.
• Dr. Llndl<.7's view» might almoii be said to have been propbclic, for there i«u lately Uloiaomed, in Mewr«. Loddigei' colicction, i
¡Lan Epidendrum with prcciwly the side-flowering liabit. he anticipât«!,
t A K-eli-knoH-n and popular pineapple wm originated at Envilie, from whence it )uu honoured it< name.