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from Chile. It will be a good addition to our small stock of 
rill-plants from the tropics. 
145. MAXILLARÍA Skinneri. Supra no. 101. 
This species, already noticed at the place above referred 
to in the present volume, has flowered with Sir Charles 
Lemon at Penrhyn. It has very much the appearance of a 
large form of JM. aromatica, but the structure of the flowers 
is different. They are a deep dull yellow. The lip is a dull 
olive-brown except the middle lobe, and the column is a little 
variegated with crimson. I find nothing to correct in the 
specific character already given from the dried specimen. 
146. PLEUROTHALLIS pachyglossa; folio ovato-lanceolato apice tridentato 
caule suo longiore scapo breviore, scapo filiformi erecto distanter 4-floro, 
sepalis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis membranaceis inferiore bicarinato 
bidentato, petalis carnosis obovatis convexis trinerviis apice rotundatis 
dorso sub apice verrucosis, labello petalis duplô longiore unguiculato 
crassissimo obtuso linguiformi basi auriculis duabus membranaceis aucto 
medio villoso dorso verrucoso. 
This is the largest flowered species I have yet seen in the 
genus. It has purple semitransparent sepals six lines long, and 
about four flowers on a slender scape, divided from each other 
by intervals of nearly an inch. It stands next P. fusca and 
ephemera. Mr. Barker imported it from Mexico. 
147. STANHOPEA Wardi. Sertum Orchidaceum, t. 14. 
Of this fine species several varieties are now in the gar- 
dens, among which an exceedingly handsome one is that 
named 5S. Barkeri, without the eye-like spots, and with the 
anterior part of the lip of a delicate ivory white. Of this the 
fragrance is very agreeable, which is more than can be said 
of S. Wardii itself and some of the other varieties, of which 
I now fear even S. graveolens, no. 125, is one, so many forms 
have I examined within the last few weeks. 
148. BRACHYCOME iberidifolia. Bentham in Plant. Hugel. enum. p. 59. 
A beautiful little hardy annual of the Composite order, 
with finely cut leaves like those of a Nigella, and flowers 
of the deepest blue. It has been raised from Swan River 
seeds by Mrs. Wray of Cheltenham, and is a most welcome 
addition to our gardens. The stem grows a foot high or 
less, according to the soil. There is a white variety at the 
Swan River. 
