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places in the Barranca de Tioselo, by Scliiede, whose MS. de- 

 scription, together with a specimen, has been obligingly commu- 

 nicated to me by Prof. Schlechtendahl, and is here subjoined. 



Fol. cahjcina omnia libera, 5, patentia, obscure flavescentia, lineis atropurpureis 

 percursa, oblonga; 3 galeam formantia conniveutia, 21ateralia externa ob- 

 liquiuscula deflexa. Labellum liberum erectiusculum, basi parum angus- 

 tatum, reliquis calycinis foliolis multo brevius, trifidum, lobo intermedio 

 niulto longiore, apice reflexo, atropurpureum, in medio laminee trituber- 

 culatum. Gxjnostemium labello paulo brevius, erectiusculum, paulo an- 

 terius curvatum, non alatum. Anthera termiualis anticam partem apicis 

 truncati occupans. Operculum univalve transverse sese solveus, valde 

 deciduum. Corpuscula poUinifera 4, 2 anteriora labello propriora ma- 

 jora, posteriora minora, omnia membranulse lunatae insidentia, sine pedi- 

 cello; membranulse cornua in anteriore parte gynostemini affixa sunt. — 

 Schiede mss. 



122. EPIDENDRtJM (Encyclia) hractescens ; pseudobulbis ovatis cpespitosis 

 3-4-pbyllis, foliis linearibus, scapo debili 3-4-floro, bracteis infimis foli- 

 aceis floribus longioribus supremis obsoletis, floribus nutantibus longe 

 pedunculatis, sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis discoloribus 

 labello longioribus, labelli liberi lobis lateralibus apice recurvis obtusis 

 subdentatis intermedio unguiculato subrotundo-ovato multo longiore 

 secus unguem elevato svilcato pubescente. 



This is one of the prettiest of the small species of Epiden- 

 drum, and is quite distinct from all hitherto described. Mr. 

 Hartweg found it in Mexico in the vicinity of Oaxaca. The 

 pseudobulbs are exactly ovate, closely clustered, and about as 

 large as a pigeon's egg. The flowers have a beautifully but 

 delicately painted white lip, the gay effect of which is height- 

 ened by the contrast with the dingy purple of the long narrow 

 sepals and petals. Its nearest affinity is with E. papillosum 

 and JE. pastoris of Link and Otto, the .E. Linkianum of 

 Klotzsch. The flowers have no smell. 



123. SARCANTHUS oxijphyllus. Wallicb mss. 



This plant, which has been lately received from Calcutta 

 by several persons, has flowered in the garden of the Horti- 

 cultural Society, and proves to be nothing more than a narrow- 

 leaved variety of Sarcanthus rostratus, a species of no beauty, 

 long since introduced by the Horticultural Society from China. 



y. 124, SEDUM multicaule (Wall, mss.) ; caulibus plurimis erectis glabris ra- 

 mosis apice 3-partitis, floribus secus ramulos sessilibus unilateralibus, 

 foliis linearibus adnatis acuminatis apiculatis carnosis, sepalis 5 foliaceis 

 petalis luteis longioribus, squamulis liypogynis retusis. 



This native of the Himalaya Mountains, where it appears 



