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has rather large flowers, with a greenish yellow ground colour, 

 blotched with deep rich purple, and a whitish lip, with a few 

 stains of dull red. I have also received it from Messrs. 

 Rollissons. 



40. SPECKLINIA ciliaris. 



S. ciliaris ; folio anguste lanceolato obtuso cauli subaequali, spicis secundis 

 fasciculatis folio duplo brevioribus, sepalis carinatis ciliatis inferiore bifido, 

 petalis ellipticis obtusis apice ciliatis, labello obovato obtuso ciliato trinervi, 

 columna apice fasciculatim ciliata. 



A small plant, resembling a Lepanthes, with purplish 

 green leaves, and dull green purple-spotted flowers ; im- 

 ported from Mexico by Messrs. Loddiges. 



41. SPECKLINIA orbicularis. 



S. orbicularis ; folio subrotundo-ovato emarginato caule breviore, floribus fasci- 

 culatis, sepalis lineari-oblongis glabris inferiore bipartito, petalis ellipticis 

 acutis serratis, labello ovato rostrato basi concavo apice ciliato obtuso, 

 columna apice serrata. 



A small plant, resembling the preceding in habit, but 

 with both the leaves and flowers more purple. It was im- 

 ported by Messrs. Loddiges from Demerara. Both these 

 have the loose sheaths on the stem, such as are characteristic 

 of Lepanthes, but neither of them offers the slightest transi- 

 tion to that curious genus. 



42. EPIDENDRUM pachyanthum. 



E. pachyanthum; pseudobulbosum, foliis lato-ligulatis subundulatis apice ob- 

 lique obtusis dorso rotundatis, perianthio carnoso herbaceo, sepalis lanceo- 

 latis, petalis obovato-lanceolatis apice complicatis, labelli liberi trilobi laciniis 

 lateralibus ascendentibus truncatis intermedia spathulata acuta basi callosa 

 convexa inappendiculata multo brevioribus. 



A large green-flowered species, sent to Messrs. Loddiges 

 from Guayana, by Mr. Schomburgk. Its leaves are thinner 

 and broader than is usual among the pseudobulbous Epiden- 

 dra, and a little wavy at the margin. The flowers are fully 

 two inches in diameter, thick and fleshy, dull green, stained 

 with a dirty reddish brown towards the ends of the sepals 

 and petals. The labellum is a pale straw-colour, streaked 

 along the middle with violet. 



