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curvis lateralibus majoribus, petalis spathulatis linearibus apice incurvis, 

 labello ascendente tripartito basi bicalloso : laciniis linearibus camosulis 

 lateralibus margine involutis intermedia, breviore plana, columna brevi crassa 

 cuneata labello omnino adnata. 



A curious Brazilian Orchidaceous plant, with smaller 

 flowers than any other species of the genus yet in the 

 gardens ; I am obliged for it to Stephen Cannon, Esq. of 

 Stratford Green. The flowers are a pale brownish yellow, 

 except the column which is green, short, thick, and wedge- 

 shaped. Flowered in the stove in May, for the first time. 



82. EPIDENDRUM cauliflorum. 



E. cauliflorum ; caule tereti, foliis ovato-oblongis planis acuminatissimis, co- 

 rymbis brevibus axillaribus e latere caulis erumpentibus, sepalis angustis ob- 

 longis patentissimis subsequalibus concavis, petalis linearibus apice cuneatis 

 acutis reflexis, labello columnar arcuatas clavatae omnino accreto cuneato- 

 subrotundo trilobo; lobo intermedio truncato tridentato lateralibus rotun- 

 datis repandis, callis tribus linearibus in medio labelli lateralibus majoribus. 



A native of Rio Janeiro, whence it was obtained by 

 Messrs. Loddiges. The flowers are about the size of those 

 of E. nutans, of a pale straw-colour, and are remarkable 

 for appearing from the side of the stout cylindrical stem, 

 bursting forth from among the dry sheaths with which it is 

 closely invested. 



83. PAN^TIA fulva. 



P. fulva; foliis oblongis acutis sessilibus arachnoideo-incanis integerrimis, capi- 

 tulis corymbosis, squamis involucri lineari-lanceolatis acutis obsolete serru- 

 latis medio plumosis, setis pappi radialis 5-6 discoidalis 9-10. 



A beautiful little annual plant, with the habit of a Gna- 

 phalium, introduced from Swan River by R. Mangles, Esq. 

 It flowered in May 1838, and proved to differ from P. Les- 

 sonii in the shape of the involucral scales, in the number of 

 setae of the pappus, and in being a larger plant covered 

 with a cobweb-like hoariness. The flower-heads are of the 

 red-gold colour of Helichrysum bracteatum, dry like many 

 everlasting-flowers, and although small, very pretty. 



