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brilliantly with the bright scarlet of the flower, Tulipa Hoogiana recalls 

 the wellknown T. Oculus-solis, a species belonging to the same section. 

 The section includes other Central Asiatic species, such as T. Borszczo- 

 wii, with a deep blue blotch on the red or yellow petals, the more 

 widely-spread T. montana, and the smaller yellow-flowered T. chrysantha. 



106. Mormodes Wolteriana Kranzlin, 1. c, p. 229. — Racemus ad 10- 

 florus, 12 cm longus, rhachis viridis, bracteae parvae, triangulae, tenerae, 

 fere 1 cm longae; pedicelli ovariaque virides, ad 4 cm longi, ovaria 

 6 sulcata. Sepala petalaque paululum longiora, ovato-lanceolata, acu- 

 minata, margine revoluta, 3X3 v. 3 X 5 cm longa, sepala basi 1 cm, 

 petala 8 mm lata, omnia unicoloria aurantiaco-brunnea, extus pallidiora. 

 Labellum toto ambitu e basi cuneata v. brevi-unguiculata rhombeum, sub 

 anthesi involutum, trilobum, lobi laterales quam intermedius breviores, 

 trianguli, acuti, v. intermedius acuminatus, discus medio obtuse carinatus, 

 sparsissime pilosus; labellum florum inferiorum (6) ad 3 cm loagum, 

 inter lobos laterales 2 cm latum, satis firmum eodem colore quo sepala 

 petalaque, illud florum superiorum 1,8 cm longum, vix 1,5 cm latum, 

 vitellinum. magis curvatum, multoque tenerius, gynostemium plerumque 

 sinistrorsum curvatum, dense velutinum. Flores inodori. Peru via. — 

 Imp. P. Wolter, Magdeburg. — Mormodes Wolteriana resembles, at first 

 sight, the well-known and rather polymorphous Mormodes buccinator, but 

 differs therefrom in that, firstly, the lip is three lobed like that of M. 

 pardina, quite a different species, and, secondly, the lip of the lower 

 flower of the spike is nearly twice as large as in the upper flowers. 

 The colour is somewhat similar to that of M. buccinator var. aurantiaca; 

 the lip is hairy inside, and parts of the column are also hairy. The 

 sepals and petals are spreading and more in the way of M. buccinator, 

 not curved inwards like those of M. pardina. The inflorescence bore six 

 flowers. 



107. Catasetum tenebrosum Kranzlin, 1. c, p. 229. — Racemus strictus 

 paucifloris (in specimine meo 6-florus). Rhachis viridis, sordide pur- 

 purea, bracteae parvae, ovatae, acutae, virides, 1 cm longae, ovaria cum 

 pedicellis multo longiora, 2,5—3 cm longa,. atro-purpurea. Flores rin- 

 gentes, patentissimi, sepala latissime oblonga, acuta, concava. Petala 

 elliptica, paulum angustiora. plana, apice subreflexa, omnia 2,5 cm longa. 

 1,5 cm lata, petala 1,2 cm lata, adeo fusca, quod primo aspectu atra 

 appareant. Labellum planum, toto ambitu cordatum, viride, apice crasso 

 carnoso, obtusissimo calloso, basi callo transverso piano atroque callo 

 luteo instructum, margine praesertim basin versus minute denticulatum. 

 2 cm longum e basin versus 2,2 cm latum, discus labellimedio leviter 

 excavatus. Cirrhogynostemii perbreves. filiformes, antice convergentes, 

 ut sese tangant (est enim planta pollinifera). Plores 4 ad 4,5 cm diam. 

 Floret in Europa aestate. - Peru via. — Imp. P. Wolter, Magdeburg. 

 ' The flowers of Catasetum tenebrosum as I have called it, seem, at firs 

 sight, black with a greenish-yellow lip. Neither in Goelogyne pandurata 



