8. OBERONIA miniata. 



0. miniata ; caulescens, foliis eqiiitantibus brevibus subfalcatis acutis, spica 

 longissima pendula laxiflora, bracteis linearibus convolutis laceris, pedi- 

 cellis filiformibus glanduloso-pilosis, sepalis ovatis erectis acutis, petalis 

 conformibus minoribus, labello oblongo concavo versus apicem angus- 

 tato retuso. 



A singular epiphyte, belonging to a section of this strange 

 genus, of which O. anceps is the type, and of which there are 

 many species. That now figured was imported from Sinca- 

 pore by Messrs. Loddiges. It has the habit of Aporum 

 anceps ; its flowers are extremely small, very brittle, vermi- 

 lion red, and loosely arranged in a nodding spike sometimes 

 as much as eight inches long. 



9. ANGR^CUM vesicatum. 



A. vesicatum ; acaule, foliis canaliculatis recurvis spicse pendulse eequalibus, 

 floribus distantibus divaricatis, sepalis ovatis, petalis linearibus acutis, 

 labello ovatoacuto, calcare arcuato ovario longiore apice inflato diapliano. 



From the Ashantee country, whence it was obtained by 

 Messrs. Loddiges. It bears white, inconspicuous flowers, 

 whose spurs look like a horn with a semi-transparent bladder 

 at the end. It seems to range next to A. caulescens from the 

 Isle of France. 



10. ACIANTHERA punctata. 



Scheidiveiler in Gartenzeitung, 1842, p. 292. 



" AciANTHERA. Sepala conniventia, lateralibus connatis, supremo galeato. 

 Petala minora cuueiformia, apice dilatata ; labellum cum column a arti- 

 culatum, 3-lobum ; lobis lateralibus acutis, intermedio piano obtuso ; 

 Columna alata membranacea apice lacerata ; anthera apiculata, unilocu- 

 laris ; poUinia 2, materie pulverea ad basin coliserentia. 



" k. punctata (Scheidw.) ; foliis solitariis, ovatis, obtusis, glaucis, utrinque 

 purpureo-punctatis ; sepalis extus villosis, intus purpureo-punctatis vel 

 oceUatis ; labello purpureo, petalis punctatis. Flores racemosi, racemi 

 pauciflori cernui, basi spathacei." 



An orchidaceous plant, stated in the work above quoted to 

 be a native of Brazil, and to belong to the Malaxeous divi- 

 sion. It is described as resembling, at first sight, a Pleuro- 

 thallis ; very small ; with oval leaves, and five or six greenish 

 grey flowers on a common flower-stalk. 



