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modify my views, it will now be as well to give an enumera- 
tion of what is at present known about this section, more 
especially as the greater part of the species is to be found 
in cultivation. 
$. AMPHIGLOTTIUM. 
Ampnıcuorris, Salisbury in Hort. Trans. 1. 261. AMPHIGLOTTIUM, Lindl. 
in Hooker. Journ. Bot. 3. 81. (1841.) 
A. Flowers in spikes or racemes. 
* Lip in no degree lobed. 
1. E. Shinneri ( Bateman in Bot. Reg. fol. 1881 .) ; foliis dis- 
tichis lancéolatis acuminatis, caule apice longè aphyllo 
squamoso, racemo cylindraceo multifloro, floribus cer- 
nuis, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis, petalis ovalibus acutis, 
labello ovato acuminato integerrimo basi callo sulcato 
cristato. ——Gatemala.—-— One of the most beautiful 
of its race. Flowers large, deep rose colour, in long 
racemes. It is difficult to cultivate. Mr. Skinner says 
that it inhabits a middling temperature, and will thrive 
best in a climate graduated from 56° to 70°. He directs 
us not to put it in earth, but to permit it to have free 
scope for the young roots and shoots, which it throws 
out in August. 
9. E. biforatum (Lindl. in Lodd. cat. ed. 2. no. 566. Bot. 
Reg. 1842. sub t. 25.); foliis elongato-lanceolatis pedun- 
culo squamato longioribus, racemo paucifloro cernuo, 
bracteis carinatis rigidis floribus brevioribus, labello sub- 
rotundo-ovato per medium elevato basi biforato. 
Brazil. The habit of this is something like that of 
E. fuscatum, but its entire lip, with a central ridge and 
two pores at the base distinguish it. The only specimen 
I have examined was out of health, and possibly the 
Aower-stem, which in it was very short, may lengthen 
out under more favourable circumstances. p 
8. E. setiferum (Lindl. in Ann. Nat. Hist. vol. 4.) ; foliis dis- 
tichis lanceolatis acutis, caule simplici squamis lineari- 
lanceolatis acuminatis sub floribus foliaceis vaginato, 
racemo cernuo, bracteis longissimis setaceis, petalis 
linearibus obovatis obtusis sepalis angustioribus, labello 
cordato integerrimo reticulato acuto basi trituberculato. 
