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flowers are smaller, its raceme shorter, and its downy lip is 
quite different. A figure will appear in this work. 
178. CCELÓGYNE Cumingii ; pseudobulbis ovatis, foliis geminis lanceolatis 
9-nerviis utrinque acuminatis racemo paucifloro longioribus, scapo basi 
nudo, bracteis convolutis floribus longioribus, petalis lineari-lanceolatis 
patentibus, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus rotundatis intermedio ovato 
acuto revoluto basi crispo, lamellis 3 crispis continuis. 
A beautiful Orchidaceous plant found at Sincapore, and 
brought home by Mr. Cuming. It has white flowers, with a 
lip yellow in the middle. It is allied to C. trinervis. Messrs. 
Loddiges have communicated specimens, of which a figure is 
in preparation. 
179. CATASETUM ‘saccatum ; sepalis lanceolatis patentibus dorsali peta- 
lisque fornicatis, labello subrotundo abrupté acuminato fimbriato medio 
saccato : ostio contracto reniformi postice dentato, columná cirrhata. 
Of all the strange forms presented by the various species 
of Catasetum this is one of the most extraordinary. It has 
very large flowers, with rich purple-spotted sepals and petals, 
and a bright yellow lip covered closely with crimson dots. 
The latter is pierced in the middle by a narrow aperture, 
which leads into a conical chamber or bag, which is not ob- 
` served till the back of the lip is turned up. Messrs. Loddiges 
obtained it from Guayana. A figure of it is destined for the 
Sertum Orchidaceum. 
180. VALERIANA Napus; radice maxima tuberosá, caule glabro herbaceo, 
foliis pinnatisectis, segmentis linearibus acutis dentatis integrisque, flo- 
ribus capitatis vel corymboso-paniculatis, genitalibus exsertis, fructu 
pubescente. 
A half-hardy species of Valerian, with tuberous roots as 
large as a full-sized field Turnip, said by Mr. Hartweg, who 
sent it to the Horticultural Soci ty from Mexico, to be used 
a perennial herbaceous plant, with narrowly pinnated leaves, 
and small white flowers of no beauty. It is very closely allied 
to V. ceratophylla, found near Chapoltepec by Humboldt and 
Bonpland ; but its leaves are not in any degree hastate at 
the segments, 
181. SOLANUM macrantherum. Moc. et Sess. Benth. pl. Hartw. n. 367. 
Of this beautiful half-hardy herbaceous plant specimens 
