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frozen appearance, so as to shew a numberof pale-coloured lon- 

 gitudinal veins, of which four or five on each side of the midrib 

 are more conspicuous than the rest. Above the leaves 

 are smooth and of a rich shining green ; beneath they are 

 rather paler, and covered with brownish, short pubescence, 

 the edges being fringed, or ciliated, with the same. Flowers 

 numerous, surrounded by the leaves, and opening in succes- 

 sion in bunches of six or eight at a time. In cloudy weather 

 they continue expanded all day, but when exposed to bright 

 sunshine they close up and decay before noon. Pedicels 

 rather more than half an inch long, round, and of a pale 

 green, together with the three sepals, which are ovate 

 oblong, and clothed with numerous small white hairs. 

 Petals three, larger and spreading, roundish ovate, tapering 

 a little towards the base, and of a bright reddish purple. 

 Filaments about half the length of the petals, of a deeper 

 purple, and hairy at the base. Anthers large, deep yellow. 

 Style not quite so long as the filaments, with a round greenish 

 stigma. 



" It has been hitherto kept in a warm greenhouse, but 

 it will probably endure the open air, and ultimately become 

 a half-hardy herbaceous plant." 



161. MAXILLARIA Colleyi. 

 Bateman in litt. 



M. Colleyi ; pseuclobulbis spbasricis, pedunculis radicalibus multifloris, labello 

 postico oblongo apice triangulari obtuso medio 1-dentato. 



This species, although no doubt new, is very near 

 M . squalens, from which it differs in the form of the pseudo- 

 bulbs and labellum. Its dingy flowers have a disagreeable 

 smell, like that of an over-ripe melon. 



162. IPOJVOEA tyrianthina. 



I. tyrianthina ; radice tuberosa, caule volubili fruticoso verrucoso, foliis subro- 

 tundis cordatis acuminatis molliter villosis, pedunculis multifloris foliis lon- 

 gioribus, corolla infundibulari calyce villoso 4-plo longiore. 



This is a most beautiful plant, for which our gardens are 

 indebted to George Frederick Dickson, Esq. who obtained 



