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celatum or some sucli plant The flowers are yellow spotted 

 with brown, except the lip which is white stained with violet. 

 We have received it from Mr. Rucker, who first flowered it, 

 and from Broughton Hall. 



26. CYCNOCHES pentadactylon. 



C pentadactylon ; racemo brevi stricto, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis reflexis 

 supremo incurvo, labelli unguiculati margiue revolato clorso adnato liy- 

 pochilio cornu recto incurvo aucto, metachilio 4-lobo medio foveato la- 

 ciniis 2 posticis obtusis carnosis incurvis anticis subulatis, epichilio lin- 

 guiformi acuto Isevi. 



This singular species has in some respects so much the 

 appearance of C. maculatum, that when I first received it 

 from Mr. Veitch of Exeter, in March last, I hesitated whether 

 to regard it as a variety or a distinct species. A plant, ob- 

 tained from Brazil direct by Messrs. Loddiges (Cat. no. 890) 

 has decided me in reg-ardin^ it as the latter. It has a short 

 raceme of much larger greenish yellow flowers with broad 

 chocolate-brown blotches, and its lip is quite remarkable, 

 having 5 finger-like lobes, and no more, instead of the lateral 

 comb-like fringes of C. maculatum. It is a very curious thing. 



27. PITTOSPOKUM bicolor. 



Hooker in Journ. of Botany^ vol. 1. p. 249. 



This small shrub requires the greenhouse, being a native 

 of Van Diemen's Land, w^hence its seeds were sent by Mr. 

 James Backhouse. It has lately flowered in the collection of 

 John W'illmore, Esq. of Oldfield near Birmingham, and 

 proves to be a plant of little beauty, with small dingy choco- 

 late coloured flowers, and deep green leaves silvery underneath. 



28. BERBERIS pallida. 



Hartweg in Bentham PL Hartweg. p. 34. No. 271. 



"This beautiful addition to our collection of half-hardy 

 evergreen shrubs was raised in the garden of Sir Charles 

 Lemon, Bart. M.P. at Carclew in 1831, from seeds received 

 from Mr. John Rule of the Real del Monte Mines, Mexico, 

 and flowered for the first time in January 1843. It has been 



