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a distance remind one of the box of Europe. It is exceed- 
ingly common near Bananal. From the singular form of the 
lip he called it Epidendre anthropomorphe, or the Man Epi- 
dendrum, in allusion to the Man Orchis of Europe. Dr. 
von. Martius also found it in woods near Ilheos. 
148, MAXILLARIA acutifolia ; pseudobulbis angustis ovalibus compressis 
monophyllis, folio oblongo-lanceolato acuminato, pedunculis unifloris radi- 
calibus vaginatis, bracteá carinatá ovario longiore, sepalis petalisque oblongis, 
labello lineari-oblongo retuso emarginato medio pubescente apice glabro 
utrinque versus basin laciniá brevi acutá incurvá aucto. 
A species resembling M. rufescens, and having brownish 
orange flowers with little beauty. In the collection of Messrs. 
Loddiges from Demerara. 
149. ONCIDIUM Forbesii ; Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 3705. 
For a specimen of this rare and handsome plant I am 
indebted to James W. Buller, Esq. of Downes near Exeter, 
who observes that it resembles Oncidium crispum more than 
any of the species he has seen, but is much more beautiful, 
having the petals gaily edged with bright yellow, and some 
of the sepals barred with the same colour. The plant has a 
large panicle and very gay appearance. 1 must however add, 
that 1 find the ground colour-of the flowers very much 
browner than in the figure in the Botanical Magazine, in my 
copy of which it is brick red! The bidentation of the wings 
of the column is a variable circumstance, but the appendages 
of the base of the lip are constantly as represented and de- 
scribed by Sir Wm. Hooker. 
150. ONCIDIUM excavatum ; Sertum Orchidaceum, sub t. 25. 
This fine Peruvian plant has flowered with Messrs. Lod- 
diges; it has yellow flowers, spotted with brown, and is easily 
known by the base of the labellum being vety convex, a little 
hollowed out in front, and excavated with a deep pit on the 
under side. The petals and lower sepals are much more 
acute than in my wild specimens from Chachapoyas, and it 
is probable that the specific character will require modifi- 
cation. 
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151. CCELOGYNE elata ; Genera and Species of Orchidaceous plants, p. 40. 
This fine species has lately flowered in the garden of the 
Horticultural Society, where it had been received from Dr. 
