65 



This is the largest Octomeria yet seen. Its leaf is as much 

 as eight inches long, and the stem is about the same length. 

 The flowers are about four times as large as those of O. 

 Baueri, and of the same pale yellow colour. Messrs. Lod- 

 diges imported it from Brazil, (60). 



81. GLADIOLUS crispiflorus. 



crispifl< 



ispiflorus; cormo mooico \yix ? uuc. »«m rrrr^r-" , h 

 paraUelis superne subconfluentibus intus glabra, fob» * ^*«**; 

 Lis, caule e?ecto circiter bipedali superne ten ui flori bus subnov. m vel 

 -»*- confertim alternantibus antice spectantibus, brae eis viridibus, tubo 



hrevi limbo late ODtuso margmc pu^w *^*~^~, A 



1 - unc senalis purpureis, petaUs inferioribus albis rubro notatis, summo 

 l 8 unc.,sepanspurpu .F trkulco-turbinata, semimbus badns 



seraunciali 



meridionali Spofbrthue tn. Junto floret. W. H. 



82. GLADIOLUS Caucasicus. 



G. Caucasicus; eormo magno ultra unc. lato ^j^^.JJ 

 narallelis superne subconfluentibus, caule forti tripedan, noriDus _ ultra 

 ?2 W bracteatis antice spectantibus, perianthio purpureo, labio imo 



dom. Gay missa. W. H. 



* 



83 HERBERTIA Drummondiana. 



sepalis 1 



tiore, ue 

 saturate 



parvulis ungue cymbiformi 



^rszJrz^sr &nz*s. w** * *«~ 



Texas. W 



84. BEATONIA purpurea 



B. purpurea; (Bot. H^AV^ 



■^no^i tmt;^ \*a Tjink, Klotzch et Utto, t. zv.; a t;«™ate loneo 



1841. Misc. 134. 



spathulato revoluto marginibus • W^^T gradatim 

 terminal; in Beatonia antbene infra late supe s . .^ 



minuta pessulifor 



tee, styli lobi iurcati ens a ^7 ex ^ oliaceu8 . Si Tigridiae 

 stigmate minuto teminah, <»^f™ ,« pri ori auctoritate 



vix puto, Beatonia, nomen purpurea 



valeret. W 



