described. It belongs to the Maxillaria set of Vandeae, 

 which is characterised by the projecting base of the column. 

 But in this genus the petals are not only much larger than 

 the sepals, but seem as if they had pushed the lateral ones 

 out of their place. It is generally the sepals which grow to 

 the 'lengthened base of the column, hiding the lip until the 

 flower opens ; but in Batemannia the sepals have a narrow 

 contracted base, and the office of protecting the lip is per- 

 formed by the broad-based petals. 



Our specimens were communicated, along with a draw- 

 ing by Mr. Holland, in August last. 



Fig, 1 is a view of the column and back sepal, the other 

 parts being cut away ; 2 is the inside of the lip ; 3 is a view 

 of the pollen masses from above ; 4 one of the pollen masses 

 with its posterior lobe. 



