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of the habit of an Epidendrum, and is not at all unlike E. 

 orchidiflorum in its manner of growth ; but it belongs to no 

 genus hitherto described. The sepals are united at the base 

 into a cup as in Masdevallia; the labellum has a little bladder- 

 like pouch at its base, in room of a spur : and the column, 

 which is very small, is more like that of a Cypripedium 

 than anything else. Messrs. Loddiges obtained it from 



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emerara 



46. CLEISOSTOMA tridentata. 



C. tridenta; foliis Hneari-lanceolatis subcarinatis apice oblique tridentatis, race- 

 mis horizontalibus paucifloris foliis brevioribus, sepalis lineari-oblongis rec- 

 tiusculis, petalis linearibus falcatis, labello trilobo intus pubescente lacinii 

 intermedia obsoleta obtusa laterallbus ovatis acuminatis marglnibus invo- 

 lutis: dente calcaris obtuso inflexo hirsuto, calcare pendulo apice obtuso 

 subventricoso. 



A small flowered epiphyte, of no beauty, with the habit 

 of a Saccolabium. It is a native of New Holland, from 

 whence it was obtained by Messrs. Loddiges. The flowers 

 are very small, of a dull, dirty, reddish white, mixed with a 

 little yellow. The pollen-masses are remarkable for having 

 each a concave membrane, in the form of a watch glass, 

 adhering to them at the back ; these are undoubtedly the 

 back valves of the anther case, which separate all round and 

 adhere slightly to the apex of the caudicula, below the pollen- 

 masses. 



47. EPIDENDRUM cucullatum. 



E. cucullatum ; caule compresso foHoso, foliis linearl-lanceolatis acutis, pedun- 

 culo terminali squamato paucifloro foliis multf) breviore, rachi brevi flexuosS, 

 sepalis petalisque erectis ovato-lanceolatis acutis, labello obovato acuto ad- 

 nato : linea media tuberculisque duobus basilaribus callosis, anthera long^ 

 infra apicem clinandrii cucuUati dentati truiicati inserta. 



One of the most unattractive of this large genus. The 

 flowers are small and white, at the top of a leafy stem about 

 nine inches high ; the anther is remarkable for being inserted 

 far below the apex of the column, in which respect the spe- 

 cies approaches the genus Physmga. Obtained from Para 

 by Richard Harrison, Esq. of Liverpool. 



E. May 1838. / 



