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towards the point, which is terminated by the style exceed- 
ing them a little in length. Style round filiform. Capsule 
triangular, nearly erect, roundish-oblong, three celled, with 
the appearance of having many seeds in each." 
For this notice also I am indebted to Mr. Booth. The 
plant is rather handsome; its rhizoma is tuberous, its stem 
about two feet high, its flowers a yellowish apricot-colour, 
and in all respects it has much the aspect of a yellow 
Asphodel. 
145. DICRYPTA discolor (G. Loddiges mss.) ; foliis latis papyraceis subtus 
discoloribus, labello lingueformi linea medià elevatá villosa, antheroe mar- 
gine angulisque papillosis. 
For this addition to the genus Dicrypta I am indebted to 
Messrs. Loddiges, who imported it from Demerara. It is 
remarkable for the deep purple colour of the underside of the 
leaves, and its lip has a thick villous line running from the 
base almost to the apex. The flowers are orange-coloured, 
about the size of those of D. Baueri, and the species is alto- 
gether handsomer. 
146. OCTOMERÍA diaphana ; folio ovato convexo acuto, squamis caulis 
equitantibus superioribus majoribus, floribus solitariis, sepalis petalisque 
ovatis acutissimis diaphanis, labello tridentato margine subcrispo lineis 
duabus elevatis. 
A small but pretty species of this genus, with white 
transparent scentless flowers. It is readily known by the 
form of the leaves, and the large equitant sheaths that invest 
the upper part of thestem. Imported from Brazil by Messrs. 
Loddiges. 
147. FERNANDEZÍÁ lunifera ; foliis obtusis petalis incurvis faleatis redu- 
plicatis obtusis emarginatis, labelli 5-lobi disco tuberculato laciniis. infimis 
linearibus falcatis petalorum longitudine lateralibus nanis rotundatis inter- 
mediá dilatatá bilobá, columná a dorso compressá latiore quam longá dentatá, 
stigmate verticali rimeformi. 
A pretty and quite new species, resembling F. elegans in 
its foliage, but the flowers are thrice as large, and quite 
differently formed, especially as regards the great extension 
of a pair of supernumerary lobes situated at the base of the 
labellum, where they stand erect like two curved horns. 1t 
was imported by Messrs. Loddiges from Brazil, where it was 
first discovered by M. Descourtilz, who in his MSS. states 
that it grows upon trees, forming tufts of verdure, which from 
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