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margine 6-fido, revoluto : laciniis irregulariter tridentatis, dente intermedio 

 productiore. Stamina 6, declinata, subaqualia ; filamentis subulatis, gla- 

 berrimis, perianthio subsequalibus ; antheris linearibus, irregulariter cobaeren- 

 tibus. Stylus filiformis, declinatus, glaber ; stigmate simplici, haud dila- 

 tato, vix papillose 



To the cultivators of bulbous plants this fine species will 

 form a welcome addition. It is very nearly related to the 

 Pancratium ringens of the Flora Peruviana, out of which Mr. 

 Herbert has formed his genus Elisena, and like it is a native 

 of Peru. It was obtained from Lima by Richard Harrison, 

 Esq. of Aighburgh, near Liverpool, and it blossomed in the 

 stove of that gentleman in May 1838. The leaves are much 

 like those of an Amancaes ; the flowers are of a delicate 

 semi-transparent white, and are remarkable for their long 

 weak sepals, which are rolled up, and in that state scarcely 

 wider than the long white declinate stamens. The technical 

 description given above will enable the Botanist to see how 

 very distinct this genus is from Pancratium. 



80. GRAMMATOPHYLLUM multiflorum. 



G. multiflorum ; racemo erecto longissimo multifloro, bracteis ovato-oblongis 

 obtusis squamiformibus dorso convexis, sepalis oblongis obtusiusculis planis, 

 sepalis acutis subconformibus angustioribus, labelli trilobi pubescentis medio 

 birsuti lobo intermedio piano oblongo rotundato lateralibus erectis subfalcatis, 

 jugo carnoso elevato in medio basi lobi intermedii interrupto cis apicem 

 evanescente, columnar margine supra basin elevato flexuoso incurvo foveam 

 altam obconicam circumdante. 



This fine plant was sent home in 1837, from Manilla by 

 Mr. Cuming; and was believed to be the famous Letter- 

 plant of the Malayan Archipelago. It, however, appears 

 from a noble specimen of the flowers sent me from Knypers- 

 ley, by Mr. Bateman, that, although belonging to the genus 

 it is a very different species, far inferior in beauty to the 

 Letter-plant. Such remarks as I may have to make upon it 

 are reserved until the publication of a figure which has been 

 prepared for that purpose. 



81. EPIDENDRUM tridactylum. 



E. tridactylum ; caule fusiformi gracili apice disticbe folioso, foliis anguste ob- 

 longis apice paulo angustatis obtusis cum mucronulo, spica terminali tri- 

 partita multiflora foliis longiore, sepalis subrotundo-ovatis patentibus in- 



