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striated and covered on the outside with dense brownish 

 pubescence. The upper one is oblong lanceolate, with three 

 brownish purple lines along the centre, and another round the 

 margin. The lower sepals are united, and appear as one 

 roundish ovate acuminate body, of a brownish green, marked 

 with numerous elevated puce-coloured spots. Petals very 

 small, thin and delicate, about one-fourth the length of the 

 upper sepal, oblong obtuse, having a purplish line along the 

 centre and the margin, fringed and slightly marked with the 

 same colour. Labellum roundish obtuse, somewhat spathu- 

 late, and spotted in the same manner as the lower sepals ; 

 attached by a small elastic membrane to the end of the 

 column, which is curved and elongated so as to have the 

 appearance of a little spur. Column about the same length 

 as the petals, round and striated above, hollowed on the under 

 side, with a thin pellicle at the extremity on either side of the 

 anther case, so as to make it have the appearance of being 

 winged. Anther-case deep brown, containing two very small 

 waxy pollen-masses. 



" The plant requires the constant heat of a moist stove, 

 and thrives either on a piece of wood or in a pot of decayed 

 vegetable matter." — W. B. Booth. 



80. STIGMAPHYLLON jatrophaefolium. 



Adr. de Jussieu in Ann. sc. n. s, 13. p. 288. 



We have received specimens of this pretty plant from a 

 Liverpool correspondent, who describes it as a free flowerer, 

 growing luxuriantly in a moist stove. It has palmated leaves, 

 and yellow flowers, much like those of the other species. As 

 far as we can judge it is the best of the genus yet in gardens. 



81. STANHOPEA Martiana; var. bicolor. 



Bateman in Bot. Reg. 1840. misc. 19. 



Although it is probable that some of the so-called species 

 of Stanhopea are mere varieties of oculata, and that others 

 may be wild mules, there seems no reason to doubt that this 

 is really a distinct plant, for it has a lip unlike any other that 

 we have seen, remarkably short and saccate at the base. 

 The present variety is a lovely plant with large pure white 

 flowers richly but sparingly spotted with crimson. In the 



