Originally sent from Mexico, by Dr. Deppe, to the Royal 

 Garden of Berlin, about the year 1828. The plant before me 

 came from the garden of Richard Harrison, Esq. having 

 been sent from Mexico by Mr. Bates to Mr. Tayleure, of 

 Parkfield, near Liverpool. April 8, 1837. 



4. STANHOPEA Lindleyi. Zuccar. 



A Mexican plant of this supposed species flowered in 

 August last, in the collection of the Earl of Derby. It does 

 not appear to be distinct from S. oculata, differing princi- 

 pally in the colour of its flowers, which are a dull pale 

 brownish red on the sepals and petals, while the spots on 

 those parts are comparatively inconspicuous. The bright 

 yellow, so great an ornament of the lip of the original S. 

 oculata, is wanting, and is replaced by the dull vinous (port- 

 wine) stain of the other parts. The flowers are perhaps a 

 little smaller than in S. oculata. 



5. SACCOLABIUM bifidum. 



S. bifidum ; racemo pendulo gracili multifloro, petalis basi obscure hastulatis, 

 labello recurvo hastate- apice setaceo fisso : laciniis basi linearibus obtusis 

 erectis. 



A pretty species of this interesting genus of epiphytes, 

 with the habit of a small Vanda, small oblong, flat, disti- 

 chous leaves, and a slender pendulous raceme, about four 

 inches long, of pale pink and yellow small flowers, in the 

 form of their lip not unlike our wild Man-Orchis. It was 

 received by Messrs. Loddiges from Manilla, where it had 

 been collected by Mr. Cuming, and flowered in December. 



The following is a technical description of the plant. 



Flores parvi, Ribesios rubri magnitudine. Perianthium explanatum, ochraceum, 

 sepalis linearibus obtusis ; petalis minoribus, basi obsolete hastulatis. La- 

 bellum albidum, subrecurvum, subtriangulare, apice setaceo-bifidum, basi 

 hastatum : lobis linearibus, obtusis, apice purpureis, erectis, columna longi- 

 oribus ; calcare intus nudo, cylindraceo, ochraceo, apice compresso, pen- 

 dulo, ovario dupl5 breviore. Columna nana, alis duabus linearibus obtusis 

 porrectis stigma marginantibus. Anther a hemispheerica, mutica, pellucida, 

 antice truncata. Pollinia 2, postice excavata, ab apice brevi glandulse 

 tenuis cuneatae acuminatse pendula. 



