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across, according to Mr. Skinner. It is in gardens, and 

 has long white roots proceeding from the sides of the 

 stem ; but it has not flowered. 



21. E. cinnabarimim (L. p. 1U6. Bot. Reg. 1842, t. 25.) ; foliis 

 distichis oblongis apice sub-recurvis, sepalis petalisque 

 lanceolatis subaequalibus, labello trilobo carinato basi 

 bituberculato : laciniis lateralibus inciso-laceris interme- 

 dia basi obcuneata sub apice constricta apice cuneata trun- 



cata angulis acuminatis simplicibus fissisque. Brazil. 



In this section of Amphiglottium are three species 



of great beauty, so nearly related to each other that their 

 limits are with difficulty determined. They all have 

 bright scarlet or crimson flowers, a pair of tubercles at 

 the base of the labellum, and a ridged line running from 

 between the tubercles to nearly the apex of the lip. They 

 however diflfer thus : E. radicans has the lateral lobes of 

 the labellum rounded and toothletted only, not lacerated, 

 and it produces coarse pale green roots from its stems ; 

 -£J. cinriabarinum has the lateral lobes of the labellum 

 deeply lacerated, while the central lobe is contracted in the 

 middle, and then suddenly wedge-shaped, with its angles 

 prolonged into one or two fine teeth ; E. Schomhurgk'd 

 has the lateral lobes only toothed, with the centre lobe 

 gradually widened to the point, and there toothletted, 

 without being at all truncate ; the lobes of the lip are 

 confluent in what I take to be a variety of that species. 



22. E. Schomburgkii (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838, misc. no. 



16. t. 53.) ; foliis distichis oblongis obtusis margine san- 

 guineo-punctatis, caule simplici apice aphyllo, sepalis 

 petalisque lineari-lanceolatis acutis sequalibus patentis- 

 simis, columna clavata elongata, labelli trilobi carinati 

 basi bicallosi lobis lateralibus latis rotundatis laceris : 

 intermedio cuneato apice triangulari crispo medio et 



utrinque acuminato. Demerara. Flowers rich 



scarlet. Leaves sometimes bordered with crimson. Very 

 handsome. I have a dried specimen of what I suppose 

 to be a variety of this plant, with all the lobes of the lip 

 run together into one, a little toothed at the edge, and 

 more so at the point. It may however be distinct. 



23. E. ? flexuosum, (Meyer Fl. Essequeb. p. 260. L. no. 34.) ; 

 foliis distichis carnosis lanceolatis emarginatis, caule 



