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from G. speciosa by its still larger size, and the projecting 
deflexed plicee, or folds, at the base of the attenuated part of 
the labellum; and that I have thought it deserving of being 
here figured. 
Tas. LXXX. Flower of Gongora macrantha :—natural size. 
'[TAB. LXXXI.. LXXXIL] 
ON THE TELFAIRIA PEDATA. 
Or this fine and interesting plant some account was first given 
by Dr. Sims, in the Old Series of the Botanical Magazine, t. 
2681; and again in the New Series of the same publication, 
t. 2751 and 2752, by myself. The designs were partly made 
from plants that flowered at Buryhill, and partly from spect- 
mens forwarded in spirits, and from drawings communicated 
by Charles Telfair, Esq. of the Mauritius, to whom we are 
indebted for many important particulars, relative to the 
history and uses of the plant. Again, through the liberality of 
Mr. Telfair and Professor Bojer, we have received other and 
still more complete delineations, with such full and accurate 
descriptions, as to furnish us, we trust, with almost every 
requisite for its entire history. 
On my own part, too, I am glad to be the medium of 
giving publicity to these communications, and to have it 1m 
my power to offer some remarks upon the generic name wh 
I still retain. For, at about the same period when the plant 
appeared in the New Series of the Botanical Magazine, it 
was made known in France by Professor Delile. In a sup- 
plementary note to that gentleman's description, in the 3d : 
Vol. of the Mémoires de la Societé d' Histoire Naturelle de 
Paris, by M. Guillemin; he shows **qu'on doit considérer 
les notices de M. M. Delile et Hooker, comme ayant la méme - 
date; et ce point, bien constaté, nous pensons qu'on n’ hes 
tera pas à adopter le nom de Joliffea; conformément auX 
vceux de ľ auteur primitif du genre, qui est M. Bojer.” For: 
my own part, I am disposed to go further than this, and to - 
