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71. CAMAROTIS obtusa. 



Cobtusa; labello calceiforrai lobulo terminali truncate obsolete tridentato 

 inflexo intus appendice biloba canaliculata. aucto, columna torta, rostt41o 

 ungue labelli vix longiore. 



I have only seen a few flowers of this, which was given 

 by Mr. Bateman to Messrs. Loddiges. It is of Indian origin, 

 and has dull dirty rose-coloured flowers, with a yellow lip. 

 They are much larger than in C. purpurea, but by no means 

 so handsome. The little lobe at the end of the lip is fleshy, 

 slightly 3-lobed, and furnished with a singular 2-lobed chan- 

 nelled appendage. The column is twisted half round, as in 

 M or modes. 



72. ARALIA macrophylla. 



A. macrophylla ; Isevis, inermis, herbacea, foliis tripinnatis, foliolis petiolatis 



cordatis oblongis serratis acuminatis nunc trilobis, umbellis composito- 

 racemosis. 



This is an herbaceous plant from the North of India, 

 looking like A. racemosa, but much larger in all its parts. 

 The flowers, which are greenish-yellow, have been produced 

 in the garden of the Horticultural Society, where the plant 

 has been raised from seeds presented by the East India Com- 

 pany. 



73. BOLBOPHYLLUM pileatum. 



B. pileatum ; floribus solitariis glabris, sepalis oblongis obtusis late- 



ralibus convexis longioribus, petalis conformibus duplo angustioribus, 

 labello linguiformi obtuso Isevi pone basin bijugato inter juga subaspera 

 nectare lucido obducto, columna tereti niutica, anthera conica cum dente 

 postico columnse subulato articulata, poUiniis 4 insequalibus. 



A native of Sincapore, and No. I78 of Messrs. Loddiges' 

 last catalogue, by whom it was received from Sincapore in the 

 year 1840. It has a large yellow-ochre-coloured flower, with 

 a nearly flat moveable labellum stained with two purple 

 ridges near the base, between which is a little bright yellow 

 valley, secreting a mucilaginous matter along its whole length. 

 The anther is conical, like an old-fashioned high-crowned 

 hat. 



74. PILUMNA laxa. 

 Among the curious plants that have flowered this year with 

 Mr. Barker is the present, which is said to have been pur- 



