described. It belongs to the Maxillaria set of Vandee, 
which is characterised by the projecting base of the column. 
But in this genus the petals are not only much larger than 
the sepals, but seem as if they had pushed the lateral ones 
out of their place. It is generally the sepals which grow to 
the lengthened base of the column, hiding the lip until the 
flower opens; but in Batemannia the sepals have a narrow 
contracted base, and the office of protecting the lip is per- 
formed by the broad-based petals. | 
Our specimens were communicated, along with a draw- 
ing by Mr. Holland, in August last. 
Fig. 1 is a view of the column and back sepal, the other 
parts being cut away ; 2 is the inside of the lip; 3 is a view 
of the pollen masses from above; 4 one of the pollen masses 
with its posterior lobe. 
—— HÓ 
