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A caulescent species of little beauty. Its flowers are 

 spotted with purple upon a yellowish white ground ; the lip 

 is dark purple. Our specimen is from Messrs. Loddiges, 

 who imported it from Oaxaca. We have also received it from 

 Mr. Brocklehurst's garden at the Fence. 



10. TROCHETIA grandiflora. 



Bojefs MSS. ? 



This is a very handsome stove shrub which was received, 

 under the name it now bears, from the Mauritius in 1839, by 

 His Grace the Duke of Northumberland. It has oblong dark 

 green leaves covered over on the under side with brown 

 hairy stars. The flowers are large, white, quite pendulous, 

 and appear in threes. We regard it as a great acquisition. 

 The name is probably one of M. Bojer's ; for we do not find it 

 in the most recent compilations of species. A figure of it will 

 soon appear in our pages. 



11. ONCIDIUM oblongatum. 



0. oblongatum ; facie et structura 0. reflexi ; sed petalis oblongis obtusis 

 apiculatis patulis planis, labello alte bilobo, columuse alia rotundati* 

 crenulatis dimidiatis. 



It is almost impossible to find words that will w^ell dis- 

 tinguish the Oncidiums allied to O. reflexum ; and yet they 

 appear to merit distinction. This, which is from Messrs. 

 Loddiges, has very much the appearance of O. Wentworthia- 

 num, with the same clouded pseudo-bulbs and speckled 

 flower-stem ; but its petals are perfectly flat, not at all reflexed 

 or wavy, obtuse with a little point and clear yellow, with a 

 few reddish brown bars near the base. It is a very hand- 

 some species, on account of its flowers having as much yellow 

 in them, and being as large, as the best variety of O. sphacela- 

 tum. 



12. MAXILLARIA concava. 



M. concava; acaulis, racemosa, pseudobulbis oblongis alt^ sulcatis, foliis 

 gesmiui 3-costatis nitidis in petiolum angustatis, bracteis setaceis, sepalis 



