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neatly dotted with brown. Honey is secreted by the lip at 

 the base of the lateral lobes next the column. Young plants 

 are very like O. pumilum, for which they may be mistaken : 

 but they have much thicker leaves. 



64. MASDEVALLIA infracta. 



Gen. fy Sj). Orch. p. 193. 



This curious plant has just flowered with Messrs. Lodcliges, 

 who imported it from the Brazils. It has pale, whitish- 

 yellow flowers, slightly tinged with pink, and yellow cirrhi ; 

 and it proves that my conjecture was right, that the genus 

 would belong to Malaxideae and not to Vandeae. I find the 

 pollen-masses to be two, half-pyriform, without any gland. 

 It seems to be an abundant flowerer. M. Descourtilz found 

 it on the cold wooded mountains which separate Canta Gallo 

 from the province of Rio Janeiro, with bright purple flowers. 

 Sir W. Hooker received it from the Organ Mountains ; and 

 I find it in a collection of dried plants gathered near Rio 

 Janeiro by Mr. Gardner, (No. 647.) 



65. SPIR^A barbata. Bot. reg. t. 2011. 



In publishing this plant I overlooked two of its syno- 

 nyms, which have been pointed out to me by their respective 

 authors. One is the Astilbe rivularis of Professor Don ; the 

 other is the Hoteia japonica of M. Decaisne {Ann. sc. 2. ser. 

 ii. 317- t. 11.) In both these cases the plant has been con- 

 sidered to belong to Saxifragaceae and not to Rosaceae. How 

 far that opinion is correct will be determined by the structure 

 of the seeds, which have not yet been examined. If they 

 have no albumen, the plant will remain a Spiraea ; if albu- 

 men is present, the name Hoteia will be retained : for cer- 

 tainly the species is no Astilbe. 



66. EPIDENDRUM selligerum. Bateman in litt. 



E. selligerum ; pseudobulbis 2-3-pollicaribus, scapo subramoso, sepalis paten- 

 tissimis obovatis concavis obtusis, petalis unguiculatis spathulatis acutis, 

 labello semilibero laciniis lateralibus obtusis recurvis planis intermedia ovata 

 acuta crispatula : disco elevato carnoso, anthera biloba terminali. 



