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neatly dotted with brown. Honey is secreted by the lip 

 the base of the lateral lobes next the column. Youn 



cr 



like O. pumilmn, for which they may be mistaken 

 but they have much thicker leaves. 



64. MASDEVALLIA infracta. 



Gen. f Sp. Orch. p. 193. 



This curious plant has just flowered with Messrs.Loddiges, 

 who imported it from the Brazils. It has pale, whitish- 

 yellow flowers, slightly tinged with pink, and yellow cirrhi ; 

 and It proves that my conjecture was right, that the genus 

 would belong to Malaxideae and not to Vande*. I find the 

 pollen-masses to be two, half-pyriform, without any gland. 

 It seems to be an abundant flowerer. M. Descourtilz found 

 It on the cold wooded mountains ^which separate Canta Gallo 

 from the province of Rio Janeiro, with bright purple flowers. 

 5^E ^-.Hooker received it from the Organ Mountains ; and 



It m a collection of dried plants gathered near Rio 

 Janeiro by Mr. Gardner, (No. 647.) 



I find 



65. SPIRAEA barbata. Bot. reg, t. 2011. 



In publishing this plant I overlooked two of its syno- 

 nyms, which have been pointed out to me by their respective 

 authors. One is the Astilbe rivularis of Professor Don ; the 

 other IS the Hotda japonica of M. Decaisne {Ann. sc. 2. ser. 

 11. dl7. t. 11.) In both these cases the plant has been con- 

 sidered to belong to Saxifragace^ and not to Rosacea. How 

 far that opinion is correct will be determined by the structure 

 ot the seeds, which have not yet been examined. If they 

 have no albumen, the plant will remain a Spir^a ; if albu- 

 men IS present, the name Hoteia will be retained : for cer- 

 tainly the species is no Astilbe 



66. EPIDENDRUM selligenim. -Bateman in litt. 



p 



E..e%erMm; pseudobulbis2.3-po]lIcaribus. scapo subramoso, sepalls paten- 

 tissimis obovatis conravls aKhic^ >.^*«i: r^. • i .• .1 f .- ^ _._•_ 



unguicu 



anis intermed 

 terminal! • 



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