42 



48. LYCASTE gigantea. 



Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843. misc. p. 16. 



This very fine plant, formerly described from Mr. Flart- 

 weg's dried specimens, has just flowered with Mr. Barker. 

 It proves to have a very different aspect from any of the 

 species associated with it ; its flowers, whose sepals are S^ 

 inches long, being of a warm yellowish olive, and its lip a 

 deep rich morone, bordered with orange, and looking like 

 the finest velvet. As we shall soon figure it, a more particular 

 account is deferred. 



49. ASPASIA lunata. 



Lindl. i7i Bot. Reg. sub t. 1907- 



We have received this curious Brazilian epiphyte from 

 J. C. Lyons, Esq. of Ladiston near Mullingar, by whom it 

 was obtained from the country about Rio. It has exactly the 

 structure of the other Aspasias, and not a double caudicula, 

 as appeared from the drawing of M. Descourlitz, on which the 

 species was founded. The flowers have long narrow sepals 

 and petals, yellowish blotched with brown ; the lip is large 

 and white, and is stained in the middle with pale purple, 

 which had not, in the specimens sent us, that distinct 

 crescent form from which the name has been derived. The 

 anther has a large tumour in front, and a serrated sharp- 

 ridged crest, which gives the column much the appearance 

 of a parrot's head. 



50. MYOPORUM ascendens. 



R. Brown Prodromus, p. 371. 



We have received from an anonymous correspondent a 

 flowering specimen of this very pretty shrub, which he states 

 that he purchased in a nursery under the name of Anthocercis 

 multiflora. It forms a compact evergreen bush, w^ith obovate 

 serrated leaves, from amongst which appear multitudes of 

 white flowers delicately spotted with violet, and as large as 

 those of a Leptospermum. It is quite an acquisition to our 

 gardens. Being a native of the mountains of Tasmannia, 

 (Van Diemen's Land), it is not impossible that it may prove 

 hardy. 



