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it is in reality a species distinct from that of Blume, in its 
labellum not having a transverse crest, and probably in other 
circumstances. It has therefore received a name in allusion 
to that just mentioned, which has arisen from a fancied re- 
semblance between the reddish brown ringent flower and the 
narrow blunt undivided lip, which are compared to the jaws 
and tongue of a lion. However, notwithstanding this high 
sounding comparison, the plant is of no beauty. 
127. CLEISOSTOMA latifolium ; foliis oblongis obtusis apice subzequalibus 
bilobis, floribus paniculatis: ramis simplicibus rigidis, petalis sepalisque 
linearibus obtusis, labelli calcare ventricoso laminá reniformi dente mem- 
branaceo bilobo. 
A Vanda-like Orchidaceous plant from Sincapore, for 
which I am indebted to Messrs. Loddiges. It is very like 
C. maculosum, but has broader leaves, and there are diffe- 
rences in the form of the labellum, &c. Its flowers are yellow 
bordered with red, small and densely arranged. It is pretty, 
but not strikingly so. 3 
128. EPIDENDRUM (Amphiglottis) Trinitatis; caulibus foliosis ancipitibus, 
foliis lineari-lanceolatis glaucescentibus apice obtusis obliqué emarginatis, 
racemo terminali nutante pedunculato basi vaginis herbaceis equitantibus 
imbricato, sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis, petalis piliformibus, la- 
belli lobis lateralibus concavis denticulatis intermedio lineari-lanceolato 
acuminato basi 3-calloso. 
Flowers small, in a long raceme, pale greenish yellow, 
with a deep apricot-yellow lip. Not very ornamental, but 
pretty. I owe my knowledge of it to Messrs. Loddiges, who 
imported it from Trinidad. 7 
129. TRIPTILION spinosum. Fl. Peruv. syst. 1. 185, 
It is probable that the most beautiful herbaceous plants 
in Chile are a blue Tropeolum (azureum) and this Triptilion 
spinosum, another blue-flowered perennial, whose intense co- 
lour more resembles that of Lapis Lazuli than any flower that 
I remember. It belongs to the Composite order, among the 
Labiate series, grows about six inches high, has hairy stems 
divided into numerous branches, which are disposed in a 
corymbose manner, and terminated by small heads, each con- 
taining five florets, the scales of whose receptacle, long, fea- 
thery, and snow-white, form a bed of down, upon which the 
brilliant corollas repose. A figure of this species, for which 
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