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which stands up something like the collar of a coat. It is 

 not pretty. 



86. TURRiEA lobata. 



T, lohata ; foliis rhombeis apice trilobis dentatisqne subtus pubpsccntibua, 

 floribus solitariis axillaribus, calycibus 5-dentatis, petalis spathiilatis 

 columnse longitudine, columna viginti-dentata, laciniis subulatis, anthe- 

 ris 10 exsertis, ovario 5-loculari. 



A very curious stove shrub, of the Meliaceous order, re- 

 ceived by His Grace the Duke of Devonshire from Mr. Whit- 

 field, who collected it at Sierra Leone. It has white axillary 

 flowers, about as large as orange blossoms. It is near Turrsea 

 heterophylla of Smith, a plant from the same coast of Africa. 

 We shall take an early opportunity of figuring it. 



87. CALATHEA vlllosa. 



C. Vlllosa ; foliis subtus glaucis pilosis, scapo elongate bracteisque cuspida- 

 tis laxis villosis, petalis obovatis bilobis. 



A Demerara plant, sent to Messrs. Loddiges by Mr. Schom- 

 burgk. It has thin pale green leaves, glaucous underneath, 

 and hairy. Its flowers are large, yellow, showy, in a loose 

 spike, consisting of cuspidate shaggy bracts. It is a tender 

 stove plant, with the habits of a perennial Canna. 



88. EARINA suaveolens. 



E. suaveolens; spica oblonga densa basi subcomposita, labello transverse 

 rliombeo versus basin bicalloso obsolete trilobo lacinia intermedia rotun- 

 data undulata emarginata. 



This extremely rare Orchidaceous plant was sold the 

 other day among a collection of New Zealand varieties, brought 

 to this country by Mr. Bidwill, and is now in the possession 

 of Messrs. Loddiges. It is a tufted species, with stems four 

 to twelve inches hiffh, clothed with narrow distichous some- 

 what rigid leaves, about three inches long. The stems are 

 terminated by dense oblong spikes of white flowers, havmg 

 a double yellow spot on the lip. In a memorandum now 

 before me from Mr. Bidwill, I learn that it grows near 

 Roturoa in New Zealand, on trees not very densely covered 

 with leaves ; that it is very rare even there, exceedingly beau- 

 tiful, and most deliciously perfumed. From Earina mucro- 



J— 1843. m 



