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17. HUNTLEYA violacca. Sertum Orchid, t. 26. hied. 



Of this superb plant a specimen has flowered with Messrs. 

 Loddig'es, which will be fig'urcd in tlie Sertum in the course 

 of a few months. The flowers are a deep rich violet, darker 

 than the darkest part of Zyzopetalum Mackaii ; they are 

 between two and three inches in diameter, and are tipped 

 with greenish yellow, melting downwards into white, which 

 soon confounds itself with the general tint of rich violet. 



18. JUNIPERUS squamosa {WaUich). 



This fine species of Indian Juniper has been raised in the 

 garden of the Horticultural Society. It has remarkably 

 rigid leaves, curved inwards at the point ; is described by 

 Dr. Royle as extremely common on such mountains as Choor 

 and Kedarkanta, at the height of 11,000 feet, and elsewhere; 

 and is no doubt quite hardy. 



19. HOVEA crispa ; ramls gracilibus pilosis, foliis ovato-oblongis mucronatis 

 margiiie crispis utrinque pilosis, peduiiculis subternis petiolorum longitu- 

 dine, bracteolis sub calyce setaceis, calyce villoso, ovario pedicellate glabro 

 4-spermo. 



A native of the Swan River Colony, raised two years ago 

 in the garden of R. Mangles, Esq. at Sunning Hill ; it forms 

 a bush two feet high, with small purple flowers, usually 

 growing in threes, and producing a pretty effect. It flowers 

 in February. I do not find it among the dried collections 

 from this colony. 



20. CHEIROSTYLIS parvifolia; foliis ultra vaginam petiolatis ovatis acutis 



undulatis, labelli apice subrotundo 4-dentato callis baseos bipartitis, columna 

 minima processibus rectis liberis ipsi asqualibus. 

 Herha tenera, zeylanica, 3-pollicaris ; caule stricto, tereti, retrorsuin piloso apice 

 nudo bracteato. Folia 4, distarttia, superne sensim minora ; vaginata, 

 glabra, ultra vaginam petiolata ; limbo ovato, undulato, acuto, rubro-viridi, 

 4 lineas longo. Flares 3, terminales, minuti, albi, pcdicellati, corymbosi ; 

 bracteis linearibus acuminatis rufis, pedicellis longioribus. Ovarium ob- 

 pyramidale, piloso-glandulosum. Sepula clausa ultra medium connata, 

 glabra, basi paulo ventricosa, obtusiuscula, apice virentia. Petala rctror- 

 sum falcata, retusa, sepalo supremo agglutinata. Lahclltim sepalis paruni 

 longius, liberum, canaliculatum, versus apicem constrictum, apice subro- 

 tundum, concavum, trilobum : lobis lateralibus emarginatis; callis baseos 

 incurvis, lucidis, subvirentibus, bipartitis. Ante columnam processus duo, 

 liberi, erecti, carnosi, stigmatislongitudine, eique omnino paralleli. Columna 

 minima, libera, basi labelli fere abdita, 5/?V/7;2a/e bipartito. Pollinia 1, pul- 

 verca, glandula; lineari acutoe inter brachia stigmatis prominent!, agglutinata. 



C. March, 1839. d 



