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many such Meecenases in India and everywhere else !—The plant varies 
strikingly in the shape and size of the labellum, as also in the general 
colour of the flower, which from a bright yellow becomes. pale, or 
changes into white with a pinkish centre in 8 (the only instance in 
our genus of that colour, with which I am acquainted), according to 
Mr. Cathcart’s drawing. It is orange in y. I have only given the 
above-mentioned varieties, as an abstract of the manifold changes to 
which this noble species is liable. 
18. H. Sieboldii ; foliis ellipticis subtus, bracteis convolutis remotius- 
culis multifloris, calyceque ferrugineo-villosis, laciniis limbi interiori- 
bus unguiculatis acuminatis, labello bipartito lobis semiovatis stami- 
nis dimidium subsequante. 
H. flavescens, Lindl. Herb. et in Hort. Soc. Journ. vii. p. 281. 
Ejusd. et Paxt. Flow. Gard. iii. p. 164. n. 648. f. 311 (haud Carey 
apud Rose.).— 47. Roxburghii, Siebold in Hort. Soc. Journ. 1. c. (haud 
Blume). 
Patria? 
There is a beautiful specimen of this noble plant in Dr. Lindley’s 
Herbarium, from the Horticultural Society's Garden at Chiswick. Al- 
though allied to H. Gardnerianum, it seems quite distinct; nor can I 
refer it to any other species. In the Society’s Journal, H. flavescens is 
cited for it without hesitation, although quite different, as I think, in 
wanting the compact spike, the short stamen, ete. of that species; and 
from my H. villosum, with which it is likewise compared, it differs, 
among other points, by having the long linear anther usual in the 
genus. The flower is said to be of a pale yellow colour, with a bright 
orange-coloured filament, and emitting a spicy fragrance. 
14. H. angustifolium ; foliis approximatis bifariis oblongis, basi rotun- 
datis; spicá sexfarià, bracteis ternatim verticillatis 3—4-floris ; labello 
longe unguiculato suborbiculato profunde bilobo obtuso, stamine 
valde porrecto. 
H. angustifolium, Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 1. Corom. Plant. iii. p. 47 
(exclusá tab. 251). Fl. Ind. i. p. 11 et 82 (nota Wall); etiam in Herb. 
Banks. Rom: et Schult. Mant. p. 15. Add. i. p. 71. Spreng. Syst. 
i. p. 9. Cur. Post. p. 6. Dietr. Sp. i. p. 36. Dietr. Syn. i. p. 10. 
the correct name of Gardnera is given (instead. of Gardneria), Endlicher has even 
established a Suborder of Gardneree, and in fact I long before him suggested that 
name for the entire natural order to which the genus belongs. EE. 
