11. CENTRANTHERA punctata. 

 Scheidweller I. c. p. 293. 



" Centranthera. Sepala lateralia comiata, supremum galeatum ; petala 

 minora cuueiformia. Labellum cum columna articulatum, 3-lobum, lobis 

 lateralibus minimis acutis, intermedio ovato obtuso. Columna alata, 

 sub-membranacea apice lacerata. Anthera apiculata, unilocularis, pollinia 

 2 materie pulverea cohserentia. 



" C jninctata (Scheidw.) ; folio ovato, obtuso, glauco, utrinque fusco punc- 

 tate. Sepalis extus villosissimis, intus fusco-ocellatis ; labellum purpu- 



reum, Fiores racemosi, racemi radicales cernui. Planta epiphyta 



brasiliensis, caule semiunciali, folio carnoso unciale exacte ovato." 



Another new genus of Orcbidacese, according to Mr. 

 Scheidvveiler, found in Brazil, and cultivated in the German 

 gardens. It, like the last, is represented to be very like a 

 Pleurothallis ; its leaves are glaucous with brown pits. 



12. LIPARIS alata. 

 Scheidweller I. c. p. 293. 



" L. alata (Scheidw.); foliis 6, oblongo-ovatis, acutis, plicatis, petiolatis, 

 spica erecta multiflora brevioribus. Scapo alato, squamoso, purpureo ; 

 alis 6, membranaceis. Sepalis petalis linearibus latioribus ; labello mu- 

 cronato revoluto atropurpureo. Gynostemium viride; flores ante an- 

 thesin pui'purei." 



A Mexican plant, which has flowered at Lacken, in the 

 garden of His Majesty the King of the Belgians. It is 

 stated to be rather prettier than the majority of its race, with 

 a spike of flowers six inches long, and purple flowers half an 

 inch long, with a crimson lip. 



13. MAXILLARIA galeata. 

 Scheidweller I. c. p. 309. 



" M.. galeata (Scheidw.); pseudobulbis ovatis compressis diphyllis ; foliis 

 ovato-oblongis, acutis, plicatis ; scapis radicalibus unifloris ; sepalo su- 

 premo petalisque lateralibus conniventibus subgaleatis, sepalis lateralibus 

 patentibus, omnibus lanceolatis acutis, labelli trilobi lobo intermedio 

 lingulato, lateralibus parvis acutis ; anthera galeata, loculorum valvulis 

 membranaceis transversim debiscentibus ; pollinia -4, per paria in glan- 

 dulam hyalinam transversam sessilia. 

 " Scapus duo poUices longus, purpureas ; bractese quatuor, ventricosse, 

 acut£e, margine purpureee. Flores purpurei, striato-punctati ; labellum 



