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96. HARTWEGIA p^rplrea. 



" Climate varied from 56" to 75"." " 



97. ONCIDIUM ampliatum. 



" From Costa Rica ; found there on the sea shore in the 

 Gulf of Nicaya ; since found throughout the coasts of Nica- 

 ragua, and also in the Escuintla, 15 leagues from this city; 

 climate 80" to 85" ; flowers in February." 



98. CYCNOCHES ventricosum. 



"■ Habitat 80° to 85", but found in a climate of 70" to 75** 

 much superior. 



99. CATASETUM maculatum. . 



" Habitat 75" and 80. Flowers in July.'* 



100. TRIGONIDIUM Egertonianum. 



" Habitat 75" and 80". Flowers in April." 



101. MAXILLARIA Skinneri (Bateman mss.); pedunculis radicalibus? 

 bractea flori proxima ovata cucuUata acuminata sepalis duplo breviore, 

 sepalis oblongis acutis glabris lateralibus majoribus basi parum productis 

 intiis villosis, petalis subrliombeis velutinis sepalo supremo bi-evioribus, 

 labelli lobis lateralibus truncatis glabris intermedio ovato obtuso apicu- 

 lato pubesceiite: lamina retusa transversa infra lobum medium venisque 

 spars^ villosis, columna elongata tomentosa. 



" This is the finest Maxillaria I ever saw. It has a 

 gentle odour ; but the lip is magnificent purply white, with 

 centre tigered in deep rose colour. Flowers in December 

 and January, and even in April have I seen it. Habitat 

 68" and 75". Terrestrial." 



Nearly allied to M. Harrisonise. Diameter of the flower 

 from tip to tip of the lateral sepals four inches and a half. 



102. POLYSTACHYA bracteosa; foliis obovato-oblongis acutis in petiolum 

 carinatum angustatis, raceme tomentoso elongato cernuo basi ramoso, 

 bracteis foliaceis acuminatissimis squarrosis, sepalis viUosis, labelli ciliati 

 trilobi per medium villosi lobo medio ovato acutiusculo. 



A drooping flowered Polystachya, with orange coloured 

 flowers, imported from Sierra Leone by Messrs. Loddiges. 

 Its leafy tapering squarrose bracts and downy flowers readily 

 distinguish it from the rest of the genus. 



