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103. EPIPHORA 2iu^esce7is. Lindl. in Comp. to Bot. Mag. v. 2. p. 201. 



This very rare little Orchidaceous plant, originally found 

 by Dr. Burchell in the CafFre country, and afterwards col- 

 lected by Drege, has lately flowered with Messrs. Loddiges, 

 who imported it from Delagoa Bay. It grows about 6 inches 

 high, and has an ancipitous flexuose scape, terminated by a 

 few fragrant bright yellow flowers streaked with red. It 

 approaches very near to the genus Polystachya, next to 

 which, among Vandese, it must be placed in any future ar- 

 rangement. It is an epiphyte. The inside of the little 

 trident-shaped lip is bearded with long hairs. 



104. SPREKELIA glauca ; foliis linearibus glaucis, floribus solitariis cer- 

 nuis, sepalis medio albo-vittatis lateralibus pariim. convolutis petalisque 

 lanceolatis apice recurvis subsequalibus. 



A beautiful new Jacobsea lily, discovered in Mexico by 

 Mr. Hartweg. It flowered in the garden of the Horticultu- 

 ral Society, in May, 1840. The leaves are very narrow and 

 glaucous ; the flowers are paler than those of the old Jacobsea 

 lily, much smaller, and have a pale streak along the middle 

 of the sepals. 



105. PASSIFLORA verrucifera ; (§ Granadilla) foliis glabris trilobis serratis 

 basi subacutis, petiolis apice biglaudulosis, bracteis sepalisque margine 

 glandulis verruciformibus auctis, coronee I'adiis subulatis petalis bre- 

 vioribus. 



A very curious greenhouse Passion-flower, related to the 

 P. incarnata and edidis, but readily distinguished by its sepals 

 and bracts bearing deep green wart-like glands upon the 

 margin. The flowers are pale green, with a bright purple 

 filamentous crown. It flowered in April last with Mr. Harris. 

 The native country is unknown. 



106. CIRRHOPETALUM picfuratum (G. Loddiges); pseudobulbis oblongis 

 angulatis, folio oblongo convexo emarginato, floribus umbellatis, sepalo 

 supremo ciliato setaceo-acuminato lateralibus oblongis obtusis, petalis 

 acuminatissimis ciliatis villosis, labello lineari recurvo secus medium 

 elevato, columnse auriculis obtusis integris. 



A pretty little Indian plant with purple flowers, growing 

 in flat umbels, and deeply stained with dark red. Its 

 habit is that of a Bolbophyllum, its scape from 5 to 6 inches 

 high. Communicated by Messrs. Loddiges. 



F. July, 1840. g 



