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name it after Sir P. de M. Grey Egerton, Bart. It.ap- 

 proa(^hes nearest to T. obtusum, from which its acute petals, 

 and narrow leaves (frequently fully a foot and a half long), 

 and clustered pseudo-bulbs abundantly distinguish it. Its 

 flowers are of a pale liver-colour, dashed and veined with 

 brown, and froni a resemblance which they are supposed to 

 bear to a *' Dragon's mouth," the plant has received that 

 appellation from the inhabitants of Honduras. It is of the 

 easiest cultivation." — J. B. 



136. TRIGONIDIUM acuminatum. 



Bateman in litt. 



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T. acuminatum; pseudobulbis ovatis sulcatis monophylHs, foliis linearibus pe- 

 dunculis longioribus, sepalis acuminatis apicibus recurvis, petalis ovali-lan- 

 ceolatis mucronatis, labello trilobo petalis duplo breviore.— /. B. 



'* Found in Demerara by Mr. Colley and other collec- 

 tors. It is a small though interesting species. The flowers 

 are of a dull straw-colour externally, but are most elegantly 

 pencilled on the inside with a rich brown. The petals in 

 this, as in all the other species, have eadh a dark-coloured 

 callosity at their apex, which is placed in such a manner 

 near the entrance of the triangular cup which the sepals 

 form, that the appearance of a pair of eyes 

 produced.*' — J, B. 



peeping 



137. SOLANUM vernicatum. 



S. vernicahim ; undique glabrum et quasi vernice obductum, caule herbaceo 



aculeatissimo, foliis pinnatifidis ciliatis petiolo costisque aculeatis ; lobis ob- 



longis subsinuatis acutis, umbellis infra-axlUaribus nutantibus, antherls 

 aequahbus. 



An perenne annuumve nescio. Caulis pone terrain hispidissimus, versus fasti- 

 giura aculeis rarionbus longis gracilibus intequallbus atropurpurels horridus. 

 Jroha cum petiolo pedalia, nunc palmata, sseplus pinnatlfida aculeis costa- 

 rum longis rectis gracilibus subasqualibus distantibus viridibus apice purpa- 

 re\s. Pedicelh et calycis tubus aculeati. Corolla viridi-flava, stellata, 

 a;qualis ; antheris luteis. 



i\pparently an annual or perennial, raised in the Garden 

 of the Horticultural Society, from Buenos Ayres' seeds, in- 

 troduced by the Hon. W. F. Strangways. It looks as if some 

 kind of varnish had been laid over every part, the corolla 



