186 Sir W. Jardine on some Birds collected 



The petals are short, spathulate, touching at both base and point, 

 leaving between them a heart-shaped space ; they are white edged 

 with purple, and fringed with purple hairs on their outer edge ; in 

 the middle is a large heart-shaped violet spot. The lip is hinged 

 with the column, moveable, and consists of a channel with broad 

 wings, white edged with purple, and of a very long process, shaped 

 like a sword-blade hanging down, brownish and velvety with hairs.'* 



9. Bolbophyllum exaltatum ; pseudobulbo tetragono folio oblongo 

 .obtuso paulo breviore, scapo vaginato stricto longissimo (pedali 

 et ultra), vaginis obtusis supremis laxioribus, spica multiflora, brac- 

 teis ovatis concavis acutis herbaceis, sepalis ovatis acuminatis, 

 petalis oblongis ciliatis, labello obovato obtuso pubescente lamina 

 elevata in medio, columnar dentibus supremis cirrhosis, anthera 

 mucronata. 



Guayana, Schomburgk. 



The leaf of this remarkable plant is not much more than an inch 

 long, while the scape is more than a foot high. The flowers are 

 purple, and half concealed by the large permanent bracts. 



10. Bolbophyllum bisetum ; pseudobulbis inverse pyriformibus, folio 

 lanceolato basi angustato spica paulo longiore, scapi filiformis 

 erecti vaginis 3 distantibus laxis acutis, spica densa brevi nutante, 

 sepalis alte carinatis lateralibus connatis semiorbicularibus dorsali 

 oblongo minore, petalis spathulatis unguiculatis, labello convexo 

 linguiformi villoso basi cordato, columnar dentibus setaceis, brac- 

 teis 2 filiformibus sub flore. 



Khasyia, Griffith. 



A very singular little plant, with flowers as large as a small pea, 

 and deeply keeled sepals. Under each flower is a pair of long fili- 

 form bracts. 



XXX. — Hor<e Zoological. By Sir W. Jardine, Bart., 

 F.R.S.E. & F.L.S., &c. 



No. V. Description of some Birds collected during the last ex- 

 pedition to the Niger. 



When in London during the month of July last, Mr. Water- 

 house, being aware that I was anxious to receive information 

 regarding the family of the Nectariniadce, kindly placed at my 

 disposal for examination a small collection of birds procured 

 by Dr. Stanger during the last expedition to the Niger, and 

 as all the productions of a country which has been so fatal to 

 our countrymen in the prosecution of their philanthropic 

 schemes must be of interest, and the collection moreover pre- 

 sents some specimens apparently undescribed, a short notice 

 of them has been considered as having a claim to a place in 

 our " Horse." 



