2. MAXILLARIA foveata ; follis lanceolatis iindulatis plicatis racemo tripI6 

 lono-ioribus, bractcis linearibus sphacelatis ovario longioribus, sepalis peta- 

 lisque lineari-oblongis obtusiusculis, labello postico oblongo apice trilobo : 

 lacinia media rotundata carnosa excavata, disco ter aut quiiKjuies sulcato. 



A new species from Demerara, for which I am obliged 

 to Messrs. Loddiges. It is very near M. squalens, but has a 

 different lip, and its flowers are of a pale uniform dull straw 

 colour. They have a faint, and not unpleasant, smell. 



/ 3. PLEUROTHALLIS strupifolia ; folio longissimo coriaceo obtuso lorato 

 piano, racemis brevibus fasciculatis pendulis, floribus hiantibus pubescenti- 

 bus, sepalo intermedio oblongo apice carnoso revoluto lateralibus semicon- 

 natis majoribus porrectis intus maculis pilosis (!) notatis, petalis rhombeo- 

 linearibus acutis, labello oblongo obtuso concavo nudo. 



This is the most remarkable species of the genus I have 

 yet seen. Its leaves are like leather thongs, and full eighteen 

 inches long. The flowers are dull purple and white, with 

 patches of short deep purple hairs on the inside of the lower 

 sepals. It was imported from Rio by Messrs. Loddiges. 



4. L-^LIA albida ; pseudo-bulbis ovalibus diphyllis, foliis linearibus acutis 

 spica multiflora 4-pl6 brevioribus, sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis vel sub- 

 acuminatis petalisque latioribus acutis, omnibus apicibus reflexis fortiter 

 mucronulatis ; labelli alte trilobi, tricostati lobis lateralibus erectis rotundatis 

 intermedio duplo majore subrotundo obscure apiculato reflexo. Bateman 

 in litt, 



" A native of the environs of Oaxaca, whence it was 

 sent to me this spring by the Messrs. Sadler of that place. 

 Its colour is quite a novelty in the genus, all the other 

 species bearing rose-coloured or lilac flowers. It has the 

 graceful appearance of L. autumnalis, from which it can 

 scarcely be distinguished in habit. Its flowers are very 

 different in their form (as well as colour) from all the other 

 species ; they are about two inches across, sweet-scented, and 

 excepting a bright yellow streak down the centre of the lip, 

 and a few crimson dots at its base, are of a uniform semi- 

 transparent white. It appears to be of easy cultivation, and 

 the most free flowering individual of the genus." The fore- 

 going memorandum has been communicated to me by Mr. 

 Bateman. I have also received the plant from Mr. Harris. 

 It will be figured hereafter in this work. 



