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frozen may be advantageously employed for food if rapidly 

 dried ; but the still more important consequence is to be de- 

 duced from the observations of M. Pay en, that by killing 

 potatoes by exposure to frost, and then rapidly drying them, 

 the superabundance of a good potatoe harvest may be pre- 

 served to meet the wants of a deficient crop in future years. 



8. OBERONIA recurva ; acaulis, foliis brevibus acutls, racemo recurvo mul- 



tifloro, bracteis ovatis integris, petalis obovatis subdentatis, labello subro- 

 tundo quadrllobo denticulato mucrone interjecto. 



Bombay has produced this curious little plant, which was 

 sent overland to Messrs. Loddiges. It has a pendulous ra- 

 ceme, scarcely more than an inch long, consisting of minute 

 densely imbricated green Mowers. Its nearest affinity seems 

 to be with O. Wightiana, m. an unpublished species from 

 Madras, of which the following is the character. 



9. OBERONIA Wightiana ; acaulis, foliis ensiformibus, racemo erecto multi- 



floro, bracteis ovatis integris, petalis linearibus, labelli quadrilobi lobis late- 

 ralibus rotundatis integris intermediis elongatis truncatis apice denticulatis. 



10. MEGACLINIUM oa'ypferMOT ; pseudobulbis monophyllis acutissime 4-5- 

 gonis oblongis, folio oblongo coriaceo caulis sine rachi longitudine, rachi 

 ensiformi arcuata crispata apice tetragona pyramidali, bracteis reflexis, sepalis 

 lateralibus ovatis intermedio lineari acuminatissimo, petalis nanis linearibus 

 falcatis, labello crasso linguiformi apice recurvo margine pone basin fimbriato. 



A fine species of this very curious genus, obtained from 

 Sierra Leone by Messrs. Loddiges. It is most nearly related 

 to M. maximum, from which its sharp-angled pseudo-bulbs 

 at once distinguish it. 



11. PLEUROTHALLIS hicarinata; folio oblongo coriaceo planiusculo levi- 



ter carniato basi subcordato petiolo acute canaliculato univaginato breviore, 

 sepalis linearibus aequalibus lateralibus carinatis ad apicem fere connatis, 

 sepalis lineari-obovatis minute serratis glabris, labello obovato carnoso medio 

 exarato denticulo inflexo utrinque prope basin. 



A native of Brazil, and imported by Messrs. Loddiges. 

 The leaf is five inches long, the petiole six, with a large 

 withered sheath in the middle. The flowers are dull greenish 

 yellow, not unlike those of P. saurocephala. 



12. SCHOMBURGKIA margm'ata. 



This most beautiful Orchidaceous plant, of which there 

 is a figure in the Sertum Orchidaceum, t. 13, and of which 



