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flowers are smaller, its raceme shorter, and its downy lip is 

 quite different. A figure wdll appear in this work. 



178. CCELOGYNE Cumingii; pseudobulbis ovatis, foliis geminis lanceolatis 

 5-nerviis utrinque acuminatis racemo paucifloro longioribus, scapo basi 

 nudo, bracteis convolutis floribus longioribus, petalis liueari-lanceolatis 

 patentibus, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus rotundatis intermedio ovato 

 acuto revoluto basi crispo, lamellis 3 crispis contiiiuis. 



A beautiful Orchidaceous plant found at Sincapore, and 

 brought home by Mr. Cuming. It has white flowers, with a 

 lip yellow in the middle. It is allied to C. trinervis. Messrs. 

 Loddiges have communicated specimens, of which a figure is 

 in preparation. 



179. CATASETUM saccatum; sepalis lanceolatis patentibus dorsali peta- 

 lisque fornicatis, labello subrotundo abrupte acuminate fimbriato medio 

 saccate : ostio centracto reniformi postice dentato, celumna cirrbata. 



Of all the strange forms presented by the various species 

 of Catasetum this is one of the most extraordinary. It has 

 very large flowers, with rich purple-spotted sepals and petals, 

 and a bright yellow lip covered closely with crimson dots. 

 The latter is pierced in the middle by a narrow aperture, 

 which leads into a conical chamber or bag, which is not ob- 

 served till the back of the lip is turned up. Messrs. Loddiges 

 obtained it from Guayana. A figure of it is destined for the 

 Sertum Orchidaceum. 



180. VALERIANA Napiis; radice maxima tuberosa, caule glabro herbaceo, 

 foliis pinnatisectis, segmentis liucaribus acutis dentatis integrisque, flo- 

 ribus capitatis vol corymbose -paniculatis^ genitaUbus exsertis, fructu 

 pubescente. 



A half-hardy species of Valerian, with tuberous roots as 

 large as a full-sized field Turnip, said by Mr. Hartweg, who 

 sent it to the Horticultural Society from Mexico, to be used 

 medicinally in that country. No information is however pos- 

 sessed as to the purposes for which it is administered. It is 

 a perennial herbaceous plant, with narrowly pinnated leaves, 

 and small white flowers of no beauty. It is very closely allied 

 to V. ceratophylla, found near Chapoltepec by Humboldt and 

 Bonpland ; but its leaves are not in any degree hastate at 

 the segments. 



181. SOLANUM macrantherum. Mec. et Sess. Benth. pi. Hartw. n. 367. 



Of this beautiful half-hardy herbaceous plant specimens 



