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48. LYCASTE gigantea. 
Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1848. misc. p. 16. 
This very fine plant, formerly described from Mr. Hart- 
weg’s dried specimens, has just flowered with Mr. Barker. 
It proves to have a very different aspect from any of the 
species associated with it; its flowers, whose sepals are 34 
inches long, being of a warm yellowish olive, and its lip a 
deep rich morone, bordered with orange, and looking like 
the finest velvet. As we shall soon figure it, a more particular 
account is deferred. 
49. ASPASIA lunata. 
Lindl. in Bot. Reg. sub t. 1907. 
We have received this curious Brazilian epiphyte from 
J. C. Lyons, Esq. of Ladiston near Mullingar, by whom it 
was obtained from the country about Rio. It has exactly the 
structure of the other Aspasias, and not a double caudicula, 
as appeared from the drawing ofM. Descourlitz, on which the 
species was founded. The flowers have long narrow sepals 
and petals, yellowish blotched with brown; the lip is large 
and white, and is stained in the middle with pale purple, 
which had not, in the specimens sent us, that distinct 
crescent form from which the name has been derived. The 
anther has a large tumour in front, and a serrated sharp- 
ridged crest, which gives the column much the appearance 
of a parrot's head. 
50. MYOPORUM ascendens. 
R. Brown Prodromus, p. 371. 
We have received from an anonymous correspondent a 
flowering specimen of this very pretty shrub, which he states 
that he purchased in a nursery under the name of Anthocercis 
multiflora. It forms a compact evergreen bush, with obovate 
serrated leaves, from amongst which appear multitudes of 
white flowers delicately spotted with violet, and as large as 
those of a Leptospermum. It is quite an acquisition to our 
gardens. Being a native of the mountains of Tasmannia, 
(Van Diemen's Land), it is not impossible that it may prove 
hardy. . 
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