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flowering it. The stems are about three inches high, flat- 

 tened at the base into an oblong thin-edged pseudobulb. The 

 leaves are a dull greenish-red. The flowers small white, 

 veined with purple, placed at the very extremity of a leafless 

 peduncle. It is very near D. Blumei. 



71. EPIDENDRUM Ovulum. 



E. (Encyclium) Ovulum; pseudobulbis oviformibus diphyllia, foliis linearibus 

 canaliculars acutis, scapo filiformi foliis pauld longiore 3-floro, sepa- 

 lis linearibus 3-veniis, petalis angustioribus spathulatis, labelli trilobi 

 lobis lateralibus acutis intermedio dilatato rotundato venis radiantibus 

 glandulosis variegato, columnee tridentatse dentibus lateralibus rotundatis 

 denticulatis. 



A curious little plant, in the way of E. Pastoris, or bractes- 

 cens, or aciculare, from Bolanos, for which we are indebted to 

 Messrs. Loddiges The sepals and petals are olive-green; the 

 lip white, with crimson glandular radiating veins. 



72. ERIA multifW 



Lindl. Gen. and Sp. Orch. p. 68. 



E. multiflora (Tonsse); caulibus teretibus clavatis 2-3-phyllis, foliis lineari- 

 lanceolatis canaliculars, spicis multifloris, bracteis minimis sphacelatis, 

 floribus pubescentibus, Iabello cuneato-obovato indmso basi excavato 

 nectarifluo supra foveam dentibus 2 membranaceis erectis aucto. 



A rare little plant, for which we are indebted to Mr. 

 Van Houtte, of Ghent, who received it from Java. It has 

 small white flowers, covered externally with fine down. The 

 only coloured part is the column, which is deep violet. In 

 habit it resembles a small specimen of Eria floribunda. 



73. HABROTHAMNUS fasciculatus. 

 Benth. in Plant. Hartweg.p. 49. 

 This most beautiful greenhouse plant is in the possession 

 of M. Van Houtte, of Ghent, to whom we are indebted for 

 specimens. It forms a bush five or six feet high, with broad 

 ovate-oblong leaves, and heads of crimson flowers about the 

 size of those of Burchellia capensis or larger. These heads 

 are arranged in a panicle so as to render the branches a com- 

 plete mass of blossom. A specimen before us has the flowering 

 part ten inches long and six inches in diameter. It is from 

 Mexico, and will soon be figured in this work. 



