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which I have several species, including D. undulatum R. Br.; 
D. macranthum Ach. Rich. and probably Onychium affine 5 
Decaisne. The sectional name expresses one of its chief 
peculiarities, namely, the petals being lengthened into narrow 
spatulate bodies, giving the flowers an appearance still more 
insect-like than is customary in this order. Besides that 
circumstance the lip is united to the foot of the column into 
a pouch or horn, and the anther-bed has a horn on its back. 
They all have distichous leaves and a rigid raceme of strong 
flowers. At one time I thought they might form a genus, 
but I believe it is better to regard them as a mere section of 
Dendrobium. is 
Dendrobium (Spatulata) antennatum; Lindl. sp. n. folus 
lanceolatis carnosis obliqué emarginatis racemo oppositifolio — 
brevioribus, sepalis acuminatis, petalis linearibus duplo lon- 
gioribus reflexis, labello trilobo, venis 5 elevatis rectis per 
axin, lobo medio ovato acuto plano 3-costato. | 
'The petals of this curious plant are two inches long, and - 
scarcely half a line wide. The leaves are succulent, brittle, | 
and veinless when fresh. New Guinea, Mr. Hinds. 
Dendrobium (Spathulata) veratrifolium; Lindl. sp. P» — 
foliis oblongis obtusis amplexicaulibus 9-11-nerviis, raceme 
terminali elongato multifloro, sepalis undulatis acutis, petalis : 
spathulatis obtusis planis vix duplo longioribus, labello ob- | 
longo obtuso membranaceo, venis tribus elevatis per axi? 
duabusque minoribus lateralibus, lobis lateralibus napis ob- 
tusis intermedio oblongo undulato. ae 
A most beautiful plant, with racemes a foot and a half long, a 
loaded with flowers, whose spatula shaped petals are an inch = 
and more in length.—New Guinea, Mr. Hinds. EC. 
. Dendrobium (Eudendrobium-Grastidium Bl.) bilobum ; 
Lindl. sp. n., foliis linearibus obtusis apice subaequalibus = 
bilobis, floribus membranaceis minutis (solitariis ?); sepalis — 
obtusis, petalis dupld minoribus apiculatis, labello libero — 
elongato obovato apice carnoso trilobo: lacinià media vert - 
cosá, cornu elongato obtuso. | ee 
A small inconspicuous species, with the appearance of 
Isochilus linearis.—New Guinea, Mr. Hinds. p 
