BOTANY OF WESTERN INDIA, 343 
entire day on which we could not have got into the woods. I am, 
however, delighted to find myself in the midst of a novel vegetation, 
and with excellent forest-tracks made to my hands; though the field 
of our operations is becoming from day to day more contracted by the 
rapid rise of the rivers and igarapés. The JMyríacee, Melastomacee, 
Solanacee, and Rubiacee—families which give a character to the flora 
of the valley of the Amazon—are here quite different in species, and 
partly in genera, from those of Santarem and Para. I have been glad 
to meet with abundance of a fine Catéleya, which, unless I am mistaken, 
is unknown to our English collections; it is the first of the genus I 
have seen in thé province of Para, where Orchidacee are few and far 
between. 
(To be continued.) 
Contributions to the Botany of WESTERN INDIA; 
by N. A. DALZELL, Esq., M.A. 
. (Continued from p. 282.) 
Nat. Ord. ORCHIDEZÆ-VANDEZÆ. 
SARCANTHUS. 
S. peninsularis; caule simplici tereti flexuoso folioso pendulo, foliis 
linearibus acuminatis crassis coriaceis subtriquetris, racemis oppositi- 
foliis folio dimidio brevioribus, labelli caleare perianthii longitudine 
cornuto obtuso pendulo complete biloculari, fauce callis duobus 
clausa, limbo brevi integro ovato obtuso crasso carnoso erecto, facie 
interiore sulcato perianthio breviore. Dalz. Ic. ined. 
Perianthium subpatens, diametro 5-lin. Sepala et petala sittin: 
obovata, flava, purpureo-marginata ; sepalum supremum in colum- 
nam incumbens. Pollinia bipartibilia, glandula in apice rostelli 
horizontalis spherica. Dentes in labelli utroque margine parvi, 
truncati. Labellum basi albo et violaceo pictum.— Crescit in arbo- 
ribus prope vicum Virdee in regno Warreensi ; fl. Jul. et Aug. 
EULOPHIA. ; 
E. bicolor ; foliis 2-3 lineari-lanceolatis acutis multiplicatis serotinis, 
sepalis lineari-oblongis acutis 7-nerviis, petalis oblongis obtusis 
sepalis brevioribus medio trinerviis, nervis exterioribus unilateraliter 
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