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open air by the end of May, would, l think, be the best 
way of getting it into fine bloom. Last season a dry root 
from Xalapa was planted out of doors about the beginning 
of June, and by the end of September about two dozen 
flowers were ready to expand, but being in the open garden 
it was then too cold for them to open.” 
137. SPECKLINIA obovata ; folio coriaceo obovato emarginato basi angus- 
tato canaliculato caule longiore, spicis brevibus fasciculatis, floribus glaber- 
rimis, sepalis petalisque linearibus acuminatis, labello lineari abrupté acuto 
medio paululüm constricto, columná cucullatá alata subdentata. 
A small Brazilian plant, with the appearance of a Pleuro- 
thallis. The leaves are obovate and very thick ; the flowers 
are small, pale yellow, scentless, and in numerous fascicled 
short spikes. 
138. RODRIGUEZIA Jaziflora; pseudobulbis ancipitibus ovalibus, foliis 
lineari-lanceolatis acutissimis, racemo laxo cernuo, bracteis ovario subequa~ 
libus, labelli recurvi obsoleté bicristati appendice ungui sequali, sepalo an- 
tico angusto cuneato bifido postico petalisque planis. 
I received this plant as long since as the year 1834, from 
Mr. Bateman, who first distinguished it from R. planifolia 
and recurva ; since that time it has been found in the Organ 
mountains of Brazil by Mr. Gardner, of whose herbarium it 
is no. 654; and 1 have recently observed it in the collection 
- of Messrs. Loddiges. It is a pale green-flowered species, 
much smaller than those just mentioned, with a very lax 
nodding spike, on which the flowers are generally arranged 
at considerable intervals; not always however, for I have 
specimens with the inflorescence as compact as that of R. 
secunda. 
139. RODRIGUEZÍA erispa ; sepalis omnibus liberis petalisque undulato- 
erispis, labelli bicristati appendice ungue multd breviore. 
This is the finest of the green-flowered species, and is 
remarkable for the crisped appearance of its flowers, which 
are sea-green bordered with yellow. Their fragrance is deli- 
cious, resembling that of Primroses. It is a native of Brazil. 
140. CATASETÚM proboscideum ; labello deflexo multifido : laciniis filifor- 
mibus laceris, columná apice proboscidiformi: cirrhis deflexis columná 
longioribus. 
For this novelty I am obliged to George Wailes, Esq. of 
Newcastle, who received it from Mr. Gardner, marked 
* No. 2, new, found growing on a small species of Palm, 
Doer ENDE 
