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open air by the end of May, would, 1 think, be the best 

 way of getting it into fine bloom. Last season a dry root 

 from Xalapa was planted out of doors about the beginning 

 of June, and by the end of September about two dozen 

 flowers were ready to expand, but being in the open garden 

 it was then too cold for them to open." 



137. SPECKLINIA obovata; folio coriaceo obovato emarginato basi angus- 

 tato canaliculato caule longiore, spiels brevibus fasciculatis, floribus glaber- 

 rimis, sepalis petalisque linearibus acuminatis, labello lineari abrupt^ acuto 

 medio pauluknn constricto, colurana cuculiata alata subdentata. 



A small Brazilian plant, with the appearance of a Pleuro- 

 thallis. The leaves are obovate and very thick ; the flowers 

 are small, pale yellow, scentless, and in numerous fascicled 

 short spikes. 



138. RODRIGUEZIA laxiflora; pseudobulbis ancipitibus ovalibus, foliis 

 lincciri-lanceolatis acutissimis, racemo laxo cernuo, bracteis ovario subtequa- 

 libus, labelli recurvi obsolete bicristati appendice ungui sequali, sepalo an- 

 tico angusto cuneato bifido postico petalisque planis. 



I received this plant as long since as the year 1834, from 

 Mr. Bateman, who first distinguished it from R. planifolia 

 and recurva ; since that time it has been found in the Organ 

 mountains of Brazil by Mr. Gardner, of whose herbarium it 

 is no. 654 ; and I have recently observed it in the collection 

 of Messrs. Loddiges. It is a pale green-flowered species, 

 much smaller than those just mentioned, with a very lax 

 nodding spike, on which the flowers are generally arranged 

 at considerable intervals ; not always however, for I have 

 specimens with the inflorescence as compact as that of R, 

 secunda. 



139. RODRIGUEZIA crispa ; sepalis omnibus liberis petalisque undulato- 

 crispis, labelli bicristati appendice ungue mult6 breviore. 



This is the finest of the green-flowered species, and is 

 remarkable for the crisped appearance of its flowers, which 

 are sea-green bordered with yellow. Their fragrance is deli- 

 cious, resembling that of Primroses. It is a native of Brazil. 



140. CATASETUM prohoscideum ; labello deflexo multifido : laciniis filifor- 

 mibus laceris, columna apice proboscidiformi : cirrhis deflexis columna 

 longioribus. 



For this novelty I am obliged to George Wailes, Esq. of 

 Newcastle, who received it from Mr. Gardner, marked 

 *' No. 2, new, found growing on a small species of Palm, 



