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Very nearly related to this is a species, inhabiting the 

 same country, but not yet introduced, of which I have spe- 

 cimens gathered by Mr. Mathews (No. 1026), the character 

 of which is the following : 



175. MAXILLARIA costata. 



M. costata ; foliis lanceolatis plicatis scapo unifloro ascendente laxe vaginato 

 longioribus, bractea herbacea cucullata acuta, ovario multo longiore, sepalis 

 petalisque M. macrophyllas similibus, labello trilobo concavo lacinia inter- 

 media, rotundata. serrata, appendice carnoso emarginato adnato 5-costato 

 inter lacinias laterales, anthera. glabra. 



176. MORMODES pardina. Bateman in litt. 



M . pardina ; pseudobulbis turbinatis foliis strictis 4-plo brevioribus ; racemo 

 nutante multifloro foliis breviore, sepalis petalisque subasqualibus ovato-lan- 

 ceolatis acutis conniventibus, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus acutis decurvis 

 intermedio elongato acuminato. Orchid. Mex. et Guatemala, tab. 14. 



" A fine new species of this remarkable genus, dis- 

 covered by Baron Karwinski in Oaxaca, and by him com- 

 municated some years since to my collection at Knypersley, 

 where it flowered in July last. Its flowers are of a primrose 

 colour, spotted with reddish purple in every part, and they 

 exhale a most delightful perfume. Its habit is very robust, 

 being at least three times as large as that of the old M. atro- 

 purpurea. 



" Shortly after M. pardina flowered with me, I received 

 from Mr. Barker specimens of a remarkable variety of it, 

 the flowers of which were entirely self-coloured." Note from 

 Mr. Bateman. 



111. BIFRENARIA? longicornis. 



B. longicornis ; pseudobulbis elongatis tetragonis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis sub- 

 plicatis nitidis, racemo laxo multifloro, sepalis lateralibus ovatis acutis basi 

 connatis in calcar longum clavatum productis, petalis ovatis acutis, labello 

 longe unguiculato spathulato apice trilobo laciniis rotundatis medio pube- 

 scente disco elevato calloso, polliniis sphaericis subsessilibus glandulis dua- 

 bus discretis. 



If this plant is really to be referred to Bifrenaria, it will 

 be necessary to modify the character of that genus very 

 considerably ; for the lateral sepals are extended into a long 

 slender clavate spur, and there are two glands as well as 



