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has rather large flowers, with a greenish yellow ground colour, 

 blotched with deep rich purple, and a whitish lip, with a few 

 stains of dull red. I have also received it from Messrs. 

 Rollissons. 



40. SPECKLINlA ciliaris. 



S. ciliaris ; folio angust^ lanceolato obtuso cauli subeequali, splcis secundis 

 fasclculatis folio duplo brevioribus, sepalis carinatis ciliatis inferiore bifido, 

 petalls ellipticis obtusis apice ciliatis ^ labello obovato obtuso ciliato trinervi, 

 column^ apice fasciculatim ciliata. 



A small plant, resembling a Lepanthes, with purplish 

 green leaves, and dull green purple-spotted flowers ; im- 

 ported from Mexico by Messrs. Loddiges. 



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41. SPECKLINlA orbicularis, 



S. orbicularis ; folio subrotundo-ovato emarginato caule breviore, floribus fascl- 

 culatis, sepalis Uneari-oblongis glabris inferiore bipartito, petalis ellipticis 

 acutis serratis, labello ovato rostrato basi concavo apice ciliato obtuso, 

 column^ apice serrat^. 



A small plant, resembling the preceding in habit, but 

 with both the leaves and flowers more purple. It was im- 

 ported by Messrs. Loddiges from Demerara. Both these 

 have the loose sheaths on the stem, such as are characteristic 

 of Lepanthes, but neither of them offers the slightest transi- 

 tion to that curious genus. 



42. EPIDENDRUM p achy an th um . 



achyantkum ; pseudobulbosura, follis lato-Hgulatis subundulatis apice ob- 

 lique obtusis oorso rotundatis, perianthio carnoso herbaceo, sepalis lanceo- 



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A large green-flowered species, sent to Messrs. Loddiges 

 from Guayana, by Mr. Schomburgk. Its leaves are thinner 

 and broader than is usual among the pseudobulbous Epiden- 

 dra, and a little wavy at the margin. The flowers are fully 

 two' inches in diameter, thick and fleshy, dull green, stained 

 wdth a dirty reddish brown towards the ends of the sepals 

 and petals. The labellum is a pale straw-colour, streaked 

 along the middle with violet. 



