below, and I avail myself of the same opportunity to charac- 
terise two or three others with which 1 am acquainted. 
Beautiful as are C. labiata, crispa, and Loddigesii, C. coc- 
cinea and bicolor described below, are not at all inferior to 
them, and moreover there is in the possession of Messrs, 
Loddiges a very distinct crimson-Aowered fragrant species, 
found in British Guiana by Mr. Schomburgh, with which I 
have not sufficient acquaintance to define it. 
C. ovata ; foliis binis ovatis obtusis caule cylindraceo longioribus (?) sepalis 
petalisque lanceolatis acuminatis, labello nudo trilobo laciniis lateralibus 
apice intermediáque oblongà obtusà denticulatis undulato-crispis. St. 
Catharine's, Brazil (Mr. Hindes). A very fine species in the way of 
C. labiata. 
C. bicolor; foliis oblongo-loratis caule tereti elato tripló brevioribus, sepalis 
lanceolatis falcatis acutis, petalis parum latioribus subundulatis obtusis, 
labello indiviso plano apice dilatato rotundato crenato convexo. Brazil, 
Descourtilz in Bibl. Deless. t. 49. Stems 2-3 feet long. Sepals and 
petals tawny ; labellum bright purple, with a lanceolate streak in the centre, 
white slightly spotted with purple. The flowers are slightly fragrant. 
C. maritima ; foliis binis ovalibus obtusis spatha parum longioribus, caule sub- 
clavato, sepalis oblongis acutis, petalis lanceolatis falcatis obtusis, labello 
trilobo (nudo?) ; laciniis lateralibus erectis rotundatis intermedia dilatatà 
denticulatà emarginatà. Sea-beaten rocks, Buenos Ayres, (Tweedie, in 
herb. Hooker.) Flowers fine, rose-coloured, usually in threes ; many varie- 
ties. Its small leaves sufficiently mark this, of which I have only seen 
one specimen. 
C. coccinea ; foliis solitariis oblongis acutis caulibus ovalibus teretibus longiori- 
bus, floribus solitariis, spathâ nulla, sepalis lineari-oblongis obtusis rectis, 
petalis triplò latioribus, labello ovato basi cucullato indiviso apice plano 
sepalis breviore. Brazil, Descourtilz in bibl. Deless. t. 10. tems 
2 or 3 inches high. Flowers bright scarlet, 3 inches across. A most 
remarkable and beautiful species. 
C. Harrisoniana (Bateman in litt.) ; foliis angustè lanceolatis,’racemo 1-4- 
floro, sepalis petalisque patentibus his subrotundo-ovalibus, labello subtrilobo 
verrucoso, Bateman.—— Brazil, Mr. Harrison.—— Very near C. Lod- 
digesii, 
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