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95. BOLBOPHYLLUM adenopetalum. 



B. adenopetalum ; foliis oblongis obtusis petiolatis basi vix bulbosis, spica 

 secunda basi lax& vaginata multiflora folio sublongiore, sepalis acumi- 

 natis, petalis spathulatis acutis intus glandulosis, labello ovato angusto 

 obtuse acuminata ciliato basi canaliculate 



A native of Sincapore, whence it was received by Messrs. 

 Loddiges. The flowers are yellowish and slightly sweet- 

 scented. It resembles B. cocoinum, from which its want of a 

 pseudo-bulb, or at most its extremely small one, and its petals 

 not serrated but glandular on the inside, readily distinguish it. 

 Possibly it may be one of the plants included by Dr. Blume 

 under his Diphyes flavescens ; at least it must be very near 

 that species. 



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96. LYCASTE plana. 



L. plana ; bractea suprema ventricosa cucullata ovario longiore, sepalis o 

 longis planis basi in cornu brevi conico connatis, petalis conformibus 

 apice tantum recurvis, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus apice crenulatis in- 

 termedio subrotundo serrato callo elevato obtuso obsolete trilobo, columna 

 pubescente, anthera villosa. 



This plant is nearly allied to the Maxillaria, or Lycaste, 

 macrophylla, of which it has quite the habit. It differs in 

 the petals being quite even not undulated, and in the lateral 

 sepals being much more exactly oblong ; the tubercle on the 

 lip is also much more obtuse. In colour too they are different. 

 L. macrophylla has olive green sepals, and petals almost 

 colourless. L. -plana has the sepals a deep rich madder red 

 inside, and the petals are richly tipped with crimson. 



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97. GLADIOLUS aequinoctialis. Herbert. 



G. aquinoctialis ; cormo modico, foliis erectis subsemunciam latis glabria ; 

 caule circiter decemfloro [incurvo ?]/bracteis circiter triuncialibus tubo 

 5£ unc. limbo If unc. [albo?] rubro inferne striato. — W. H. 



From the neighbourhood of Sierra Leone. This plant 

 now exists at Spofforth, but has not flowered. It is extremely 

 shy of cultivation. A dried specimen of it exists in Dr. 

 Lindley's herbarium. It is the only known tropical Gladiolus. 

 The genus has not been found in the Western hemisphere, 

 and the Gl. segetalis of Madeira was possibly introduced with 

 grain. Probably it does not extend eastward beyond the 

 Caspian. The limits of Trichonema arc nearly similar ; the 



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