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the Masseroiii river in Demerara, and first flowered by Mr. 



Willmore, 



^ 42. IRIS defiexa ; barbata, scapo flexuoso declinato multifloro foliis lou- 

 giore, foliis eusiformibus apice falcatis margiuatis glaucis, floribus infe- 

 rioribus pedunculatis, spathis viridibus, germinibus trigonis. Knowles 

 ^' Westcott, Floral Cabinet, t. 51. 



An oriental species, from the Birmingham Botanic Gar- 

 den ; very near /. subbiflora, from which it is said to diff'er 

 " in having- the scape flexuose and deflexed, and bearing four 

 or sometimes five flowers (never less than three), and by 

 having a three-sided germen. Furthermore it is so tender 

 as to require a stove heat, or that of a warm greenhouse." 



TJ 43. MAXILLARIA. e2«reo-yMZz>a ; pseudo-bulbis rotundato-ovatis angulatis 

 rugosis monophyllis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis costatis acutis scapo rafli- 

 cali multifloro brevioribus, floribus longe pedicellatis apice reflexis, sepa- 

 lis lanceolatis acuminatis lateralibus basi in calcar spurium productis, 

 petalis striatis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, labello unguiculato trilobo 

 in medio striato : lobis lateralibus acutis intermedio lanceolate acuminato, 

 gynizo subrotuudo margine superiore crasso. Knowles cj' Westcott, Floral 

 Cabinet, t. 83. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 3629. (M. stenopetala, Flor. 

 Cab. vol. 2. p. 112.) 



A very pretty species from the Organ mountains of Brazil, 

 with racemes of orange-coloured flowers. From the obser- 

 vations of the authors of the Floral Cabinet it has the 

 technical character of Bifrenaria. 



^ 44. BEGONIA diversifolia ; herbacea, glaberrima, foliis radicalibus reni- 

 formibus lat^ crenatis, caulinis subloljatis insequaliter argute serratis, su- 

 perioribus ineequaliter cordatis, floribus axillaribus, pedunculis petiolos 

 sequantibus ramosis, capsulse ala maxima acutangula. Knowles ^ West- 

 cott, Floral Cabinet, ^.14. 



A pretty tuberous-rooted herbaceous stove plant, with 

 large bright pink flowers. Nothing is mentioned of its na- 

 tive country or history, but it is said to be allied to B. Mar- 

 tiana. 



^ 45. ONCIDIUM carinatum ; pseudo-bulbis ovatis, foliis lanceolatis, scapo 

 erecto, floribus secundis racemosis, petalis conniventibus maculatis, pe- 

 dicellis flexuosis, labello cristato integerrimo, bracteis scariosis. Knowles 

 ^ Westcott, Floral Cabinet, vol. 2. 2^. 30. 



A pretty little species obtained from Xalapa by Mr. 

 Barker. " It differs from Oncidium in having" the winos of 



the column in the centre instead of at the apex. The 



labellum is also entire and keeled from the apex." 



D. AjyrU, 1840. d 



