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to be very common, has been obtained by the Horticultural 

 Society from seeds presented by the Honourable Court of Di- 

 rectors of the East India Company. It is a perennial with 

 deep green fleshy leaves and pretty starry yellow flowers, and 

 if hardy, as appears probable, will make an excellent plant for 

 rockwork. The branches are about a foot or more long-, but 

 in consequence of their spreading habit they do not appear 

 more than 6 or 9 inches high even in rich soil. 



125. STANHOPE A graveoletis ; petalis ovato-lanceolatis undulatis basi car- 

 nosis, labelli hypocliilio sub-compresso saccato intus glaberrirao antice bi- 

 dentato et inter denies profunde sulcato, nietacbilii cornubus acuminatis- 

 simis incurvis, epichilio subrotundo-ovato integerrimo, columnse apice 

 truncato-bilobse alls latissimis subquadratis. 



This is a noble species with the habit and general appear- 

 ance of ^S'. saccata, but far handsomer. The sepals and petals 

 are of the most delicate straw colour ; the lip at the base, and 

 the central parts of the flower generally, are of a deep rich 

 apricot yellow, while the horns and upper end of the lip are 

 like ivory turning yellow. It differs from S. saccata in its 

 hypochilium being much deeper from front to back, the petals 

 smaller, the epichilium entire, and the column much more 

 broadly winged. It was purchased from Mr. Tate who im- 

 ported it from Peru, by the Hon. and Rev. W. Herbert, who 

 informs me that its leaves are 4 inches wide, and I7 inches 

 long besides the petiole, which is ^J inches long, acute with 

 seven strong ribs. Its odour is so powerful that it communi- 

 cates itself to the fingers after touching the flowers, and like 

 many other smells, though agreeable in itself, is offensive from 

 its intensity. 



126. APORUM Leonis; (A indivisum Gen. 8f Sp. Orch. j^. 70. nee Bliimii) 

 foliis coriaceis ovatis v. brevissim^ cultratis obtusis,'floribus solitariis ter- 

 minalibus, labello liueari-oblongo emarginato ecristato apice ciliato-den- 

 tato et minutissime pubescente. 



A native of Sincapore, where it was originally found by 

 Mr. Prince, who communicated it to Dr. Wallich with a rude 

 drawing, upon which it was admitted by me into the Genera 

 and Species of Orchidaceous j)laiits as synonymous with the 

 A. indivisum of Dr. Blume. It having lately been brought 

 home from the same place in a living state by Mr. Cuming, 

 under the name of " Lion's mouth," and Messrs, Loddiges 

 having sent it to me in flower, I am now able to state that 



