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before me, to form in great abundance when the plant is 
vigorous. Upon one branch 18 inches long I count seven 
clusters, each of which has on an average forty blossoms. 
It was received under the name of D. canescens. 
50. EPIDENDRUM glumaceum ; pseudobulbis ovatis apice angustatis di- 
phyllis, foliis angusté oblongis patentibus, racemo terminali cylindraceo e 
squamis glumaceis acuminatissimis pedunculo longioribus erumpente, sepa- 
lis linearibus petalisque lineari-lanceolatis acuminatissimis, labello obovato 
acuminato convexo integerrimo basi unicalloso. 
A Brazilian plant very near E. fragrans, from which it 
differs in the form of the lip, and in the colour of the 
flowers, which are white delicately striped with pink. It 
is a pretty species, with a raceme about five inches long. 
51. GOVENIA Gardneri (Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 3660) ; scapo obtusé tetra- 
gono medio vaginato, racemo elongato floribus post anthesin refractis, brac- 
teis oblongis herbaceis ovarii dimidio longitudine, sepalis petalisque ovatis 
obtusiusculis, labello ovato acuto nudo apice maculis 5 marginalibus notato 
lineis duabus convexis convergentibus in medio, anthera cornu brevi inflexo. 
The figure of this plant in the Botanical Magazine seems 
to have been taken from a specimen out of health, for the 
colour of the flowers and their markings are by no means 
such as I find them in a specimen now before me, for which 
l have to thank my friend John Miers, Esq. F.L.S. of 
14, Hans Place, Chelsea. The flowers are pure white; the 
petals are delicately spotted with violet dots inside; the lip 
is downy at the base, and yellowish-green, except at the 
point, where it is white, with five small equidistant spots, of 
which the three in the middle are bright orange colour, and 
the two side ones, which are much more indistinct, dull 
purple. Mr. Miers tells me that he found it flowering in 
the month of February on the Organ Mountains, at two 
distant intervals from 3000 to 3500 feet above the level of 
the sea ; at the lower one in an exposed situation on a bank, 
at the higher, in a wood upon a quantity of rich mould in 
the hollow of a decaying tree. 
52. SACCOLABIUM micranthum (Gen. et Sp. Orch. p. 220.) 
This curious little plant has flowered with Messrs. 
Loddiges. Its flowers are pale violet, with the limb of the 
labellum much darker. It should rather be referred to the 
genus Cleisostoma. 
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