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it is in reality a species distinct from that of Blume, in its 

 labellum not having a transverse crest, and probably in other 

 circumstances. It has therefore received a name in allusion 

 to that just mentioned, which has arisen from a fancied re- 

 semblance between the reddish brown ringent flower and the 

 narrow blunt undivided lip, which are compared to the jaws 

 and tongue of a lion. However, notwithstanding this high 

 sounding comparison, the plant is of no beauty. 



127. CLEISOSTOMA latifoiium ; foliis oblongis obtusis apice subaequalibus 

 bilobis, floribus paniculatis : ramis simplicibus rigidis, petalis sepalisque 

 linearibus obtusis, labelli calcare ventricoso lamina reniformi dente mem- 

 brauaceo bilobo. 



A Vanda-like Orchidaceous plant from Sincapore, for 

 which I am indebted to Messrs. Loddiges. It is very like 

 C. maculosum, but has broader leaves, and there are diffe- 

 rences in the form of the labellum, &c. Its flowers are yellow 

 bordered with red, small and densely arranged. It is pretty, 

 but not strikingly so. 



128. EPIDENDRtJM (Amphiglottis) Trinifatis; caulibus foliosis ancipitibus, 

 foliis lineari-lanceolatis glaucescentibus apice obtusis oblique emarginatis, 

 racemo terminali nutante peduiiculato basi vaginis herbaceis equitantibus 

 imbricato, sepalis petalisque lineari-lanceolatis, petalis piliformibus, la- 

 belli .lobis lateralibus concavis denticulatis intermedio lineari-lanceolato 

 acuminato basi 3-calloso. 



Flowers small, in a long raceme, pale greenish yellow, 

 with a deep apricot-yellow lip. Not very ornamental, but 

 pretty. I owe my knowledge of it to Messrs. Loddiges, who 

 imported it from Trinidad. 



129. TRTPTILION spinosmn. Fl. Peruv. syst. 1, 18.5. 



It is probable that the most beautiful herbaceous plants 

 in Chile are a blue TropcBolum (azureum) and this Triptilion 

 spinosu7n, another blue-flowered perennial, whose intense co- 

 lour more resembles that of Lapis Lazuli than any flower that 

 I remember. It belongs to the Composite order, among the 

 Labiate series, grows about six inches high, has hairy stems 

 divided into numerous branches, which are disposed in a 

 corymbose manner, and terminated by small heads, each con- 

 taining five florets, the scales of whose receptacle, long, fea- 

 thery, and snow-white, form a bed of down, upon which the 

 brilliant corollas repose. A figure of this species, for which 



