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before me, to form in great abundance when the plant is 

 vigorous. Upon one branch 18 inches long I count seven 

 clusters, each of which has on an average forty blossoms. 

 It was received under the name of I^. canescens. 



50. EPIDENDRUM glumaceutn ; pseudobulbls ovatis apice angustatis di- 

 phyllis, foliis anguste oblongis patentibus, racemo terminali cylindraceo e 

 squamis glumaceis acuminatissimis pedunculo longioribus erumpente, sepa- 

 lis linearibus petalisque lineari-lanceolatis acuminatissimis, labello obovato 

 acuminate convexo integerrimo basi unicalloso. 



A Brazilian plant very near E. fragr^ans, from which it 

 differs in the form of the lip, and in the colour of the 

 flowers, which are white delicately striped with pink. It 

 is a pretty species, with a raceme about five inches long. 



51. GOVENIA Gardnerl (Rooker in Bot. Ma?, t. 3660) ; scapo obtus^ tetra- 



gono medio vaginato, racemo elongate floribus post anthesin refractis, brac- 

 teis oblongis herbaceis ovarii dimidio longitudine, sepalis petalisque ovatis 

 obtusiusculis, labello ovato acuto nudo apice maculis 5 marginalibus notato 

 lineis duabus convexis convergentibus in medio, anthera cornu brevi inflexo. 



The figure of this plant in the Botanical Magazine seems 

 to have been taken from a specimen out of health, for the 

 colour of the flowers and their markings are by no means 

 such as I find them in a specimen now before me, for which 

 I have to thank my friend John Miers, Esq. F. L. S. of 

 14, Hans Place, Chelsea. The flowers are pure white ; the 

 petals are delicately spotted with violet dots inside ; the lip 

 is downy at the base, and yellowish-green, except at the 

 point, where it is white, with five small equidistant spots, of 

 which the three in the middle are bright orange colour, and 

 the two side ones, which are much more indistinct, dull 

 purple. Mr. Miers tells me that he found it flowering in 

 the month of February on the Organ Mountains, at two 

 distant intervals from 3000 to 3500 feet above the level of 

 the sea ; at the lower one in an exposed situation on a bank, 

 at the higher, in a wood upon a quantity of rich mould in 

 the hollow of a decaying tree. 



52. SACCOLABIUM micranthum (Gen. et Sp. Orch. p. 220.) 



This curious little plant has flowered with Messrs. 

 Loddiges. Its flowers are pale violet, with the limb of the 

 labellum much darker. It should rather be referred to the 

 genus Cleisostoma, 



