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evidently been iiowers of considerable size, but in such a tattered condition as to preclude all attempts at
iniiuUe examination ; their dimensions, however, tsiken in connexion witli the rigid leaves mid stems, induced
nn impression that they belonged to a new species of Cfiltleya, to which the name of C. cj-ass¡folia was
provisionally applied. Unlbrtunately the latter appeUiition proved to be premature, for instead of adding
to our list of Cttttleijns, the plant, as it afterwards appeared, was only a scion of tlie comparatively
iiumblc family of Bntxavola; it, forms, however, the most distinct and interesting species of its genus.
Dr. LIXDLEY'S specific name of glauca is judiciously given, in reference to tlie remarkable aspect of the
stems and leaves.
The species groAVs freely ; but we have not heard of its producing flowers in any oüier collection tlian
that of the Horticultund Society;—indeed, its shy disposition in this respect is sufficiently indicated by the
fact of many of the imported stems having evidently been abortive,—a rare occurrence amongst Orchidacete.
Tlie stately plant represented in tlie Vignette is Fourcroya longava, one of the most marvellous
productions of the vegetable world. It belongs to the fjmiily of AmaryJUdacea:. and has the habit of a
gigantic Yucca, its stem being frequently fifty feet high, and its tlower-spike forty more ! It was originally
discovered by Baj-on K.VRWINSKI, on Mount Tanga in Oaxaca, at an elevation of 10.000 feet above tiie
level of tlie sea. Mr. SKIXNEK has also met with Üie plant on tlie high mountain ridges in tlie interior of
Guatemala. Plants of the species exist in the nurseries, but (contrary to expectation) it seems to suffer
severely from the cold and changes of our climate.
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