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mottled pseudo-bulbs at once distinguish it from every other 

 species ; it has flowered here, and I have had it drawn for 

 the Orchidacese of Mexico and Guatemala. In habit it is 

 never half the size of O. Baueri and O. altlssimiim, though 

 it rivals them in the length of its stems ; neither does it ever 

 form compound lateral branches from the spike." 



195. BOLBOPHYLLUM flavidum ; pseudobulbis oblongis compressis vaginis 

 2 membranaceis vestitis, folio basi angustato spicis laxis longiore, sepalis 

 acuminatis, petalis oblongis obcordatis acutis, labello bicarinato recurve : 

 lobis lateralibus undulatis obsoletis, columua bicorni. 



A pale yellow-flowered Orcliidaceous plant, imported from 

 Sierra Leone by Messrs. Loddiges (107). It has flowers in 

 size and form like those of B. cocoinum, but they are arranged 

 in a lax spike. 



196. ERIA nutans; caule tereti folioso, foliis oblongis undulatis substriatis 

 basi canaliculatis, flore campanulato solitario terminali nutante glabrius- 

 culo, bractea plana patente carnosa subrotundo-ovata, sepalis lateralibus 

 duplo latioribus basi rotundatis apice petalisque obtusis, labelli trilobi 

 lobis lateralibus erectis intermedio transverso carnoso apiculato : linea 

 una per axin producta infra apicem interrupta et magis elevata duabus 

 lateralibus abbreviatis prope sinus. 



A pretty species of Orchidaceous Epiphyte, with a single 

 large nodding terminal white flower, beneath which is a 

 roundish- ovate flesh-coloured thick bract. The tip of the 

 petals and labellum is yellow. Collected at Sincapore by 

 Mr. Cuming, and flowered by Messrs. Loddiges (129). 



197. GROBYA gcdeata ; petalis oblongis obliqu^ rhonibeis apice rotundatis 

 cum sepalo dorsali breviore in galeam dispositis, sepalis lateralibus 

 deflexis basi connatis, labeUi tripartiti laciniis lateralibus linearibus in- 

 termedia cuneata truncata : disco basi 4-dentato tuberculis nitentibus 

 verrucoso. 



A Brazilian Orchidaceous plant, of which I have received 

 specimens from both Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co. of 

 Exeter, and Mr. Barker. Its habit is quite that of Grobya 

 Amherstise, but the flowers are difl^erent. They are dull green, 

 stained a little with purple ; and the lip is indistinctly banded 

 with the same colour. The petals are much larger than the 

 dorsal sepal, beneath which they are so placed as to resemble 

 a helmet overshadowing the lip. This species indicates the 

 affinity of the curious genus Malachadenia, which is appa- 

 rently allied to Grobya. 



