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margme 6-fido, revoluto : laciniis irregulariter tndentatis, dente intermedio 

 productlore. Stamina 6, declinata, subaequalia ; Jilamentis subulatis, gla- 

 berrimis, perlanthio subaequalibus ; antheris linearibus, irregulariter cohseren- 

 tibus. Stylus filiformis, declinatus, glaber ; stigmate sirapHci, baud dila- 

 tato, vix papilloso. 



To the cultivators of bulbous plants this fine species will 

 form a welcome addition. It is very nearly related to the 

 Pancratium ringens of the Flora Peruviana, out of which Mr. 

 Herbert has formed his genus Elisena, and like it is a native 

 ot Peru. It was obtained from Lima by Richard Harrison, 

 Esq. of Aighburgh, near Liverpool, and it blossomed in the 

 stove of that gentleman in May 1838. The leaves are much 

 like those of an Amancaes; the flowers are of a delicate 

 semi-transparent white, and are remarkable for their long 

 weak sepals, which are rolled up, and in that state scarcely 

 wider than the long white declinate stamens. The technical 

 description given above will enable the Botanist to see how 

 very distinct this genus is from Pancratium. 



80. GRAMMATOPHYLLUM multiflSmm. 



muUiJli 



squamiformibus 



sepal^ acutis subconfonnibus angustlorlbus, labelli trilobi pubescentis medio 

 hirsuti lobo intermedio piano oblongo rotundato lateralibus erectis subfalcatis, 

 jugo camoso elevato in medio basi lobi intermedii interrupto cis apicem 

 evanescente, columnae margme supra basin elevato flexuoso mcurvo foveam 

 altam obconicam circumdante. 



This fine plant was sent home in 1837, from Manilla by 

 Mr. Cuming; and was believed to he ih^ f.m^na r.«J_ 



f/2 .1 l^ ^^^.^^^'^ Archipelago. It, however, appears 



W bv ^T^^^y P^^^"^^^ of the flowers sent me from Knypers- 

 M, 7 vo"' ??i.'™^"' *^^*.' ^lth«"gh belonging to the genus 

 Vtl^ nl "^^ ^"^i"T 'P''^'^' f^^ i'^f^^or In beauty to the 



tp rJc? ""i* ?-T ' u ^^"^^^^"^ ^^ ^ "^^y I^ave to make upon it 



nrenTrpTf T} *^' P^^^^^^^io^ of I figure which has been 

 prepared for that purpose. 



r 



81. EPIDENDRUM tridactylGm 



omi gracUI apice distiche folioso, foliis angust^ 



r,„ • ' • , 5*«v*ii .xuict; uisucne loiioso, loir 



iartkl Sif" f r-^"^'^ °^*"^^« ^""> mucronulo. ;pica 

 partita multiflora folns longiore, sepalis subrotundo-ovaiis i 



term in 



patentibus in- 



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