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lateralibus falcatis acuminatis sub apice carinatis, petalis duplo mino- 
ribus obtusis apice plano-convexis, labello oblongo obsoleté trilobo apice 
carnoso concavo rotundato extüs scabriusculo, tuberculo lineari apice 
obtusé 3-dentato. 
At first sight this species might be mistaken for M. brac- 
tescens ; but its flowers are smaller; the bracts very small 
and setaceous, and the lip of quite another form. It has 
little beauty, and was found in Guatemala by Mr. Hartweg, 
by whom it was sent to the Horticultural Society in 1841. 
13. BRASSIA. 
This genus consists of American Epiphytes, with pseudo- 
bulbs and a radical spiked inflorescence, of which many species 
are in our gardeng. Its great features area very dwarf wing- 
less column, a sessile flat undivided labellum, with two (or 
occasionally more) short plates at its base, and a spreading 
perianth. Recent discoveries have considerably enlarged it, 
so that from consisting of a single species, as it did when 
first defined in 1813, or of two, as was the case when the 
Genera and Species of Orchidacex were published in 1833, 
we have now fourteen well defined and clearly known. Of 
these the following is an enumeration : : 
1. B. Lanceana (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1754.) ; sepalis lateralibus elongatis 
labello oblongo undulato acuminato subrepando vix duplo longioribus : 
callo baseos simplici canaliculato truncato pubescente dentibus 2 liberis 
membranaceis in fronte. Surinam. A charming species, with 
bright yellow flowers spotted with lively brown, and very sweet-scented. 
2. B. Lawrenceana (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841. misc. 6. t. 18.); sepalis late- 
ralibus elongatis labello oblongo apice lanceolato subundulato plus duplö 
longioribus: callo baseos simplici canaliculato truncato pubescente.—— 
Brazil ? This plant is I fear only a variety of the last, and is 
perhaps from the same country, for there is no proof of its being Bra- 
zilian, as is stated. The principal differences that distinguish it from 
B. Lanceana are, the lateral sepals being more than twice as long as the 
lip, and the want of free extra tubercles in front of the callus at the 
base of thelip. The flowers are pale yellow, faintly spotted with brown, 
and very sweet-scented. 
3. B. angusta ; pseudobulbis oblongis ancipitibus, foliis binis oblongis sessi- 
libus subundulatis racemi longitudine, sepalis linearibus acuminatis 
lateralibus caudatis, petalis linearibus acuminatis, labello lineari-lanceo- 
lato acuminato lamellis baseos connatis pubescentibus anticé denticulo 
auctis. Brazil.——The first knowledge I had of this plant was 
derived from a specimen sent by Mr. W. Masters of Canterbury, who 
