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a distance remind one of the^box of Europe. It is exceed- 

 ingly common near Bauanal. From the singular form of the 

 lip he called it Epidendre anthropomorphe, or the Man Epi- 

 dendrum, in allusion to the Man Orchis of Europe. Dr. 

 von Martins also found it in woods near Ilheos. 



148. MAXILLARIA aaitifoUa ; pseudobulbis angustis ovalibus compressis 

 monopliyllis, folio obiongo-lanceolato aciiminato, pednnculis unifloris radi- 

 calibus vaginalis, bractea carinata ovario longiore, sepalis petalisque oblongis, 

 kbello linearl-oblongo retuso emarginato medio pubescente apice glabro 

 utrinque versus basin lacinia brevi acuta incurva aucto. 



A species resembling M. rufescens, and having brownish 

 orange flowers with little beauty. In the collection of Messrs. 

 Loddiges from Demerara. 



149. ONClDIUM Forbesii; Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 3705. 



For a specimen of this rare and handsome plant I am 

 indebted to James W. Buller, Esq. of Downes near Exeter, 

 who observes that it resembles Oncidium crispum more than 

 any of the species he has seen, but is much more beautiful, 

 having the petals gaily edged with bright yellow, and some 

 of the sepals barred with the same colour. The plant has a 

 large panicle and very gay appearance. I must however add, 

 that I find the ground colour of the flowers very much 

 browner than in the figure in the Botanical Magazine, in my 

 copy of which it is brick red ! The bidentation of the wings 

 of the column is a variable circumstance, but the appendages 

 of the base of the lip are constantly as represented and de- 

 scribed by Sir Wm. Hooker. 



150. ONCTDIUM excavatum ; Sertum Orchidaceum, sub t. 25. 



This fine Peruvian plant has flowered with Messrs. Lod- 

 diges ; it has yellow flowers, spotted with brown, and is easily 

 known by the base of the labellum being very convex, a little 

 hollowed out in front, and excavated with a deep pit on the 

 under side. The petals and lower sepals are much more 

 acute than in my wild specimens from Chachapoyas, and it 

 is probable that the specific character will require modifi- 

 cation. 



151. CCELOGYNE data; Genera and Species of Orchidaceous plants, p. 40. 



This fine species has lately flowered in the garden of the 

 Horticultural Society, where it had been received from Dr. 



