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It has green flowers, with long narrow spotted segments, and 

 a lip narrow, and hollowed out below the point, where it ter- 

 minates in a slender bristle. It is not handsome, but is very 

 distinct. 



^ 38. BILLA-RDIERA daphndides ; fruticosa, ramis non scandentibus, foliis 

 lanceolatis subacutis supra glabris subtus sericeo-villosis, fioribus pede- 

 cellatis solitariis axillaribiis luteis, antheris sagittatis, stigmatibus obtu- 

 sis quadripartitis, baccis sericeis. Knowles ^ Westcott, Floral Cabinet, 

 V. 2. p. 60. 



Native country not mentioned. A greenhouse shrub, de- 

 scribed as having the appearance of proving a dwarf rigid 

 shrub. The branches are covered with hairy down. The 

 flowers are smooth, yellow inside, striped on the outside with 

 a dullish purple. 



^ 39. GESNERIA rejlexa ; herbacea, foliis subsessilibus cordatis crenato- 

 dentatis rugosis villosis acutis, racemo terminali reflexo, bracteis cor- 

 datis acutis reflexis, corollis arcuatis tomentosis ; labio superiore elon- 

 gato fornicato basi angustato inferiore brevi fauce obliqua latissiuia trun- 

 cata. Knowles ^ Westcott, Floi'al Cabinet, t. &7 . 



This plant is very near G. faucialis. It is unnoticed by 

 name in DeCandolle's recent volume of the Prodromus, but is 

 probably the same as his G. Cooperi. Like all the genus it 

 is very handsome. The garden report of its having been 

 found near Valparaiso is about as probable as if it had been 

 said to come from Iceland. 



^ 40. PLEUROTHALLIS villosa ; foliis ovatis coriaceis, petiolis siilcatis, 

 scapo flexuoso, bracteis spathosis, floribus villosis purpureo-maculatis, 

 supremo sepalo subspatliulato margine reflexo carinato, sepalis lateraU- 

 bus connatis basi gibbosis, petalis spathulatis minutis, labello lingui- 

 formi recurvato sulcato. Knowles ^ Westcott, Floral Cabinet, v. 2. p. 78. 



Imported from Mexico by Mr. Barker. *' It grows about 

 four inches high ; the scape is flexuose, and at each bend 

 there is a flower, very woolly, and beautifully spotted with 



purple ; the lateral sepals are gibbous at the base." It 



therefore seems to be a Specklinia. 



^41. PLEUROTHALLIS ciliata; caule adscendente subtereti sulcato, folio 

 coriaceo elliptico-lanceolato emarginato, racemo recurvo folio breviore, 

 floribus alternis secundis, sepalis minutissime ciliatis lateralibus nisi 

 apice connatis superiore erecto, petalis lineari-lanceolatis ciliatis columna 

 paulo longioribus, labello sub-ciliato linguse-formi obtuso concavo, cli- 

 nandrio tridentato. Knowles^ Westcott, Floral Cabinet, t. \9. 



A cinnamon-flowered species, collected by Henchman on 



