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basin spina tripartita infra apicem spina magna dentata 

 porrecta, crista) pilis opacis subulatis apice sa3pc bilidis 



per paria tria quatuorve basi connatis. Brazil, 



Demerara. Sepals and petals narrow, green, blotcbed 



witb purple. Lip green or pink, with narrow delicate 

 fibres arising from its margin. No doubt the supposed 

 species quoted above are mere varieties of the same 

 natural form. 

 27. C. cristatum (Lindl. in liot. Reg. t. 906.) ; foliis oblongo- 

 lanceolatis perianthiis explanatis, sepalo supremo peta- 

 lisque conniventibus, labello fimbriato cristatoque ex- 

 panse crista} pilis crassis lucidis compressis obtusissimis 



emarginatisque simplicibus. Brazil. Both this 



and the last have a strong smell of Tarragon ; they arc 



probably varieties of each other. Monstrous State. 



— Has been found to sport into C. tridentatum ; see 

 Botanical Reg. t. 19-51. 



41. LYCASTE crinita. 



L. crinita ; sepalis petalisque intus crinitis, labello intus villoso alte trilobo 

 laciniis augustis obtusis intermedia ovali, appendice lincari adnato ; 

 facie L. cruentse. 



This plant is much like L. cruenta, and has flowers of 

 nearly the same colour ; but it differs in being smaller, with 

 the interior clothed with very long silky hairs, and in the 

 very different form of the lobes of the lip ; which is more- 

 over destitute of the crimson stain that gives its name to 

 L. cruenta. The appendage of the lip is moreover long and 

 elevated, not very short and inconspicuous. We have received 

 a specimen from Messrs. Loddiges. 



42. VANDA furva. 



Y.furva (Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. p. 215. F. Roxhurffhii unicolor, Hooker 

 in Bot. Mag. t. 34 1 G. AngrcEcum furvum, Eunipli. Amb. 6. t. AG. f. 1. 

 Epidendrum furvum, Linn. sp. pi. 1348. Ci/nioidium funmm, \\'\M. 

 Sp. PI. 4. 103.) ; caule alto, foliis laxis membra)iaceis apice obliqu6 

 tridentatis, racemis lateralibus pliirifloris, floribus distantibus, sepalis 

 petalisque oblongo-obovatis undulatis unicoloribus obtusis, labcUi trilobi 

 lobis lateralibus obtusis intermedio cuneato bilobo. 



I am indebted to Mr, Loddiges for suggesting that this is 

 in all probability the Vanda furva about which there has been 

 so much uncertainty. It certainly corresponds very closely 



