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flowers, with a deep brown spot in the middle of the lip. 

 It is rekited to D. chrysantlmm, from which it differs in 

 having the petals serrated, and in the surface and margin of 

 the labellum. It was found at Pundua, at the foot of the 

 Khoseea hills of India, by Mr. John Gibson, at that time 

 employed as collector to His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, 

 and at whose request it was named after Mr. Paxton. It 

 was sent me from Chatsworth in April last. 



57. PHOLIDOTA articulata; Gen, et Sp. Orch. p. 38. 



This plant has been introduced to Chatsworth by Mr. 

 Gibson. It is of no beauty ; its flowers are small and dirty 

 white, with a little yellow. It is different in habit from the 

 common Pholidota imhricata^ the stem being jointed like an 

 Otochilus, and not pseudo-bulbous. 



58. PHAIUS Waliichn. Lindl. in Wall.pl. as rar. t. 158. 



Another addition to the Chatsworth collection, made by 

 Mr. Gibson during his stay in India. The specimen sent 

 me was a good deal damaged, but it appeared to be as stately 

 and beautiful a plant as the common P. grandifol'ms. 



59. TRIGONIDIUM UinVe (Lodd. cat. no. 582.) ; pseudobulbis ovallbus 



compressis monophyllls, folio ensiformi acutissimo scapo erecto tenui Ion- 

 giore, sepalis reflexis acutissimis, labello oblongo obtuso trilobo glabro apice 

 reflexo medio appendice piano obovato eniarginato adnato acuto. 



A brownish purple species with a slender habit, intro- 

 duced from Demerara by Messrs. Loddiges, with whom it 

 flowered in May. 



60. SCAPHYGLOTTIS stelfata ; (Loddiges in litt.) pseudobulbis fusiformi- 

 bus, foliis linearibus canaliculatis obtusis emarginatis, fasciculis sessilibus 

 terminalibus, sepalis linearibus secundis patentibus petalis conformibus an- 

 gustioribus, labello cuneato trilobo lobis lateralibus rotundatis intermedio 

 acutiusculo. 



This species nearly resembles Scaphy glottis violacea, 

 (Bot. Reg. t. 1901) from which it differs in having larger 

 flowers with spreading segments, and the lateral lobes of the 

 lip as large as the middle lobe. It is a native of Demerara, 

 whence it was obtained by Messrs. Loddiges. 



61. ISOTROPIS striata. (Bentham in Angel's Enum. pi. p. 28.) 



This is a very pretty little greenhouse shrub. The stem 

 is soft, and slightly downy, the leaves oval, apiculate, convex 



