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32. VANDA violacea ; foliis canaliculatis obliqué abscissis rotundatis, race- 
mis multifloris densis pedunculatis, sepalis obovato-oblongis obtusis 
planis incurvis, petalis multd angustioribus, labello oblongo apiculato 
plano: venis 5 crassis elevatis, sacco intus pubescente. 
A very pretty epiphyte, sent from Manilla to Messrs. 
Loddiges by Mr. Cuming. The flowers are in short racemes, 
rather large, with an ivory white ground spotted with light 
violet; of the latter colour there is one large blotch within 
the extremity of each sepal and petal, and a few small dots 
are scattered over their surface; the lip is wholly violet. 
The flowers have a faint and rather disagreeable smell. 
33. ONCIDIUM macrantherum. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 3845. 
This little plant possesses no beauty, even when represented 
upon paper. It is either a bad specimen of Leochilus oncidioides 
of Knowles and Westcott, or a species so nearly allied that I 
am not at present able to point out the difference between 
them. With Oncidium carinatum and another species or 
two, it forms a group readily known from Oncidium proper, 
by the large anther, the two-armed column, and some pecu- 
liarities in the lip. If it should be eventually separated from 
Oncidium, which seems probable, the name of Leochilus, 
although not very appropriate, must be retained for it. 
34. BEGONIA punetata ; rhizomate repente; foliis cordatis, septemfido-lo- 
batis, margine ineequaliter sinuato-dentatis, setoso-ciliatis, utrinque spar- 
sim pilosis, supra saturate-viridibus, subtus pallidioribus, versus margi- 
nem rubescentibus; petiolis longitudinaliter sulcato-striatis, patentim 
pilosis, apice annulatim purpureo-barbatis ; perigonii foliolis 2, roseis, 
extus coccineo-punctatis ; fructu trialato, coccineo-punctato ; alis rotun- 
datis, altera maxima, rosea. Link, Klotzch 5° Otto, ic. t. 7. 
This plant belongs to the division of Begonia, known by 
the unequal wings of the seed-vessel, and having perennial 
creeping rootstocks. ‘The leaves are obliquely heart-shaped, 
with seven deeply cut lobes; the under and upper. surface 
are both green, slightly red towards their margins. The 
flowers are rose-coloured, with scarlet dots at the base of the 
petals. The species belongs to the genus Eupetalum of Lind- 
ley. (Bot. Reg. t. 1757.) It germinated freely at Berlin, in 
the earth with which it was brought from Mexico. It re- ~ 
quires a rich soil, formed of sand and good mould, with a 
