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116. MAXILLARIA vitelline 



M. vitellina : pseudobulbis ovatis obtuse angulatis monophyllis, foliis lanceolatis 

 in petiolum canaliculatum angustatis, racemo cernuo radicali foliorum longi- 

 tudine, labelli cuneati trilobi lobis lateralibus acutis antice crenulatis inter- 

 medio bilobo rotundato cordato crenulato, tuberculo disci trilobo obtusissimo, 

 ungue pubescente. 



I am unwilling to delay noticing this pretty yellow Max- 

 illaria till a figure can be published. It is a native of 

 Brazil, whence it was imported by Messrs. Loddiges, and is 

 remarkable for having a rich deep brown spot in the middle 

 of its yellow lip. 



117. POLYGONUM amplexicaule. 



Don prodr.fi. nep. 70. 



This charming herbaceous plant, inhabiting the moun- 

 tains in the North of India, with long graceful racemes of 

 the most brilliant ruby-coloured flowers, has lately made its 

 appearance among some plants obtained from seeds sent 

 from India by Dr. Hugh Falconer, of the Botanic Garden, 

 Saharunpur. 



It flowers in July and August, and will soon be figured 

 in this work. 



118. AMPELYGONUM chinense. 



Under the name of Polygonum Chinense, auriculatum, 

 and various others, a plant is found in the herbaria of Indian 

 Botanists, which is sometimes also referred to the genus 

 Coccoloba, but which Professor Meisner, in his revision of 

 Polygona, in Dr. Wallich's Plantse Asiaticee rariores, un- 

 hesitatingly included in that genus. This plant has lately 

 flowered in the garden of the Horticultural Society, where 

 it has been raised from seed received from Dr. Falconer, of 

 Saharunpur. It forms a spreading herbaceous plant, from 

 If to 2 feet high, with ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, stalked 

 leaves, coarsely bearded along the midrib on the under- 

 side, and with small heads of yellowish-white fleshy flowers, 

 which are succeeded by a black succulent fruit. This 



