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187. PERISTYLUS goodyeroides. Lindl. gen. & sp. orch. p. 299. 
A herbaceous species of the Orchidaceous order, inhabit- 
ing the north of India. It has a long spike of pure white 
flowers, about the size of the Lily of the Valley, the fragrance 
of which it rivals. A specimen before me from Ceylon, 
which has flowered with Messrs. Loddiges (no. 965), does not 
appear to differ from the plant of the Himalayas. 
188. DENDROBIUM (Onychium) aciculare; caule basi conico angulato 
sursum tereti, folis acicularibus, flore solitario ? terminali galeato, 
labelli postici trilobi per medium tricarinati lobis lateralibus rotundatis 
anticé et intermedio ovato serrulatis. 
A curious little species, with the base of the stems angular 
and conical, while the whole of the upper part suddenly 
tapers and becomes very slender. It bears about three 
acicular leaves, from the axil of the uppermost of which 
springs the short peduncle, bearing at its end a cluster of 
small dry scales, from which proceeds a single yellowish 
flower slightly tinged with pink. Messrs. Loddiges received 
it from Mr. Cuming, who gathered it at Sincapore (no. 174). 
189. LIPARIS spathulata ; pseudobulbis ovato-oblongis diphyllis, foliis en- 
siformibus basi angustatis scapo ancipiti longioribus v. subeequalibus, 
racemo denso erecto cylindraceo, petalis filiformibus, sepalis lineari- 
oblongis, labello ovato-lanceolato canaliculato recurvo basi ecalloso. 
A plant of no beauty, imported by Messrs. Loddiges from 
India, with a long raceme of minute green flowers. It was 
originally found in the Burmese empire by Mr. Griffith, and 
is the no. 772 of that indefatigable Botanist’s Burmese 
herbarium. 
190. EPIDENDRUM (Aulizeum) viscidum ; caule tereti monophyllo vagina 
alterá longiore infra folium, folio canaliculato mucronulato, racemo pau- 
cifloro, bracteis herbaceis glutinosis carinatis ovarii dimidium sequantibus, 
petalis sepalisque linearibus acuminatis herbaceis, labelli tripartiti basi 
bicallosi laciniis lateralibus semirhombeis acuminatis setaceo-fimbriatis 
intermedia subulatâ brevioribus, clinandrio cucullato dentato. 
A native of Mexico, and nearly allied to E. ciliare, from 
which its single narrow channelled leaf, smaller flowers, and 
glutinous bracts distinguish it. The flowers have a weak smell 
like Cucumbers. It was imported by Messrs. Loddiges (373). 
191. MAXILLARIA macrophylla. Poppig. Bot. Reg. 1838. misc. 175. 
Of this fine plant Messrs. Loddiges have flowered a new 
November, 1840. i 
