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77. SPH^ROLOBIUM acuminatum. 



Bentham in HugeVs Enumeration p, 32. 



A little Swan River shrub, with rush-like stems, and 

 whorls of orange-red papilionaceous flowers. It has been 

 flowered by Messrs. Pope and Sons, of the Handsworth 

 Nursery, Birmingham. 



78. HYPOCALYMNA angustifolium. 



Endlicher in Hug el's Enumeration p. 50. 



A charming sweet-scented greenhouse shrub, raised from 

 Swan River seeds by Messrs. Pope and Sons, of the Hands- 

 worth Nursery, Birmingham. It has the habit of Hypoca- 

 lymna robustum, but the flowers are white, and the leaves 

 narrow and weak. 



79. PLEUROTHALLIS Smithiana. 



P, Smithiana (§ eflfusae pubescentes) folio oblongo coriaceo racemum dimidio 

 excedente, sepalis oblongis lateralibus ad apicem cohserentibus, petalis 

 obovatis et clinandrio denticulatis, labello obovato utrinque dentato 

 medio excavate utriuque callis 2 elevatis. 



"This plant was imported from Rio in December, 1841, 

 by Lieut. Christopher Smith, of H. M. packet " Star," and 

 added to Sir Charles Lemon's collection at Carclew, where it 

 flowered in May, 1843. Like others of this genus it proves 

 to be only interesting as a subject for the Botanist, who, on 

 dissecting the various parts of the flower and examining them 

 through the microscope, cannot fail to be highly delighted 

 with their singular construction, and the beautiful frosted 

 appearance they present. 



" Stem round, erect, from two to three inches high, 

 brownish green, with a single joint about an inch from the 

 root, surrounded and embraced by a brown sheathing bract, 

 which extends nearly to the base of the leaf. Leaves ovate- 

 oblong, slightly curved and hollowed in the centre, about two 

 inches and a half long, and an inch broad, very thick and 

 leathery, of a brownish green colour. Flowers six, sometimes 

 seven, arranged alternately in a close raceme, issuing from a 

 two-valved brown spathe at the base of the leaf, and extending 

 about an inch and a half along the midrib. Sepals fleshy, 



F— 1843. I 



