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whole Fungus, yet, at the base, they have a degree of curva- 

 ture, which, I presume, suggested the generic name of Cy- 

 clomyces. 



Tab. LXXIX. Fig. 1, Plant, seen from the upper side : — 

 natural size. Fig. 2, Under-side of do. Fig. 3, Lamellae, 

 from near the centre. Fig. 4, Lamellae, passing into 

 large pores at the margin. Fig. 5, Vertical section of 

 the lamellae, showing more distinctly the'spiculae or setas 

 on their surface : — magnified. 



[TAB, LXXX.] 



GONGORA MACRANTHA. 



Gongora macrantha; petalis approximatis, labello saccato basi 

 utrinque plicis deflexis 4, appendice magna pedunculata 

 galeata, columna basi bidentata. 



Hab. Apud Caraccas, Am. Merid.; ubi legit Z). Lockhart. 



In the Botanical Magazine, t. 2755, I had the gratification 

 of publishing a superb Brazilian parasitic Orchideous plant, 

 from the collection of Richard Harrison, Esq., which, though 

 not in all respects coinciding with the genus Gongora, I called 

 Gongora speciosa. I have been agreeably surprised by 

 receiving lately, from Mr. Lockhart, a flower of a closely 

 allied species, preserved in spirits, which that zealous gardener 

 discovered in the Caraccas, in 1828. Roots were brought by 

 him to Trinidad, where one of them blossomed in the autumn 

 of 1829, and bore three flowers. But so extraordinary a 

 production was supposed, by visitors to the garden, to be 

 artificial ; the flowers were handled in the absence of Mr. 

 Lockhart, and injured, so that only one of them was in a 

 sufficiently good state to be preserved, and that was obligingly 

 transmitted to me. The foliage and stem, or bulb, are 

 described as being similar to those of Catasetum or Brassia. 



I refratTT" from any farther remarks upon this singular 

 blossom, farther than to say that it is principally distinguished 



