116 Prof. Lindley on new OrcJddacece from Dominica, 



apiculato basi anguatato caule longiore, racenio capillar! 

 flexuoso erecto 4 — 6-floro folio ter longiore^ bracteis va- 

 ginantibus cuspidatis, pedicellis elongatis, sepalis aristatis 

 subciliatis lateralibus semiconnatis, petalis lanceolatis 

 acuminatis semipinnatifidis duplo brevioribus, labello 

 lineari glanduloso-hispido apice rotundato basi glabro 

 utrinque auriculato.— Flowers purple, apparently streaked 

 with yellow. 



3. Camaridium inflexum ; caule elongato subramoso pseu- 



dobulbifero, foliis geminis inaequalibus coriaceis oblongis 

 basi canaliculatis, floribus solitariis, sepalis petalisque 

 ovatis acutis, labello concavo erecto trilobo : laciniis mem- 

 branaceis lateralibus inflexis falcatis serrulatis intermedia 

 subrotunda leviter emarginata basi tuberculata. — Leaves 

 about 2 inches long. 



4. RoDRiGUEZiA cochlearis ; pseudobulbis subrotundis com- 



pressis monophyllis caespitosis, foliis oblongis sessilibus 

 horizontalibus racemo erecto radicali subcorymboso pau- 

 cifloro duplo brevioribus, sepalo supremo cum petalis 

 obtuso lateralibus acutis semiconnatis breviore, labello 

 obovato cochleari obtuso basi crista hippocrepica utrin- 

 que elongata bicarinato. — Flowers apparently yellow. 



5. Pelexia bursaria ; caule elongato folioso, foliis ovato- 



lanceolatis petiolatis, petiolis basi vaginantibus, scapo 

 rachi ovariisque pilosis, bracteis membranaceis acumi- 

 natis pilosis ovarii longitudine, labello indiviso apice 

 glanduloso, calcare inflato obtuso ovario paulo breviore. 

 — A fine species with the habit of Goodyera procera. 

 Stem from 1 — li^ feet high. 



XV. — Information respecting Botanical and Zoological 

 Travellers. 



Mr. Gould's Expedition to examine the Zoology of Australia. 

 We have received a letter from Mr. Gould written from the banks 

 of the Hunter river; and having his permission to make such extracts 

 from it as we may consider interesting to our readers, it gives us 

 sincere pleasure to be able to state that the expedition of this orni- 



