8PECKLINIA. 



To this genus is to be added the following : — 



S. atropurpurea ; vaginis caulis 2-3 ventricosis, folio oblongo piano 7-9- 

 ve-nio, flore solitario suLsessili, potalis 3-cuspidatis, labelli laminri sagittata. 



in Jamaica. {Exam. s. cult, in herb. Hooker, ex horto Liverp.) Folium 

 t2i poll, longuni, basi angustatum. Vaginae infundibularcs, pollicem longse, in 

 «aulem 2-pollicarem. Flores atropurpurci. Ovarium lineam longum, hcxapte- 

 Tum; alis apice tmncatis petalinis minoribus. Alabastrus qucm tantum vidi 

 •semunciam longus, angustus, falcatus. Sepala anteriora basi gibbosa, oblongo- 

 iinearia. Pctala nana, vix 2 lineas longa, ovata, 3-cuspidata, obliqua, saepiils 

 vena altera excurrcnte, altera in dimidio majore petali abbrcviata. La- 

 bellum ungulculatum, in columnam pronum, cum ejus basi articulatum ; ungue 

 lineari, 3-venio axi cristato, lamina sagittata apicibus posticis obtusis. Columna 

 petaloideo-alata, apice tridentata, basi paulo producta ; pedis marginibus carnosis 

 rotundatis medio unidentatis. Anthera parva 1-locularis. Pollinia 2, pjTiformia, 

 atropurpurea, apice materie diapbana granulosa stigmati adba^rentia. 



And probably several spurious Dendrobia of authors, especially — 



S. retusa = Dendr. retusum. La Llave. 



S. scariosa = Depdr. scariosum, Do. 



S. pusilla = Dendr. pusillum, Humb. et Kunth. 



S. acuminata = Dendr. acuminatum_, Do. 



S. elegans = Dendr. elegans. Do. 



