Broughtonia
(named after Mr. Arthur Broughton, an English botanist). ORD. Orchideae. A very compact-growing stove evergreen, allied to Laelia, succeeding best if suspended from the roof on a block of wood, with a little moss; it requires a free supply of heat and water when in a growing state. Propagated by dividing the plant. The colour of the flowers is very distinct. B. sanguinca (blood-coloured).* fl. blood-coloured, rather large, disposed in a terminal panicle; scape divided; column distinct, or at the very base united with the unguiculate lip, which is lengthened at the base into a tube, connate with the ovarium. Summer. l. twin, oblong, seated on a pseudo-bulb. h. 1 1/2ft. Jamaica, 1793. (B. M. 3076.)