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A native of Japan, whence it was brought to Europe by 

 Dr. Siebold. It flowered in April in the nursery of Messrs. 

 Rollissons of Tooting. It has greenish sepals and petals, 

 about an inch and half long, and a pale dull yellow lip 

 slightly blotched with dull red. I did not remark any smell. 

 No doubt this will prove a greenhouse species. 



60. CH^ENANTHE Barken. 



ChjENAnthe, G. n. {Nat. ord. Orchidaceaa, § Vandea?). Perianthium ringens. 

 Sepalum superius erectum ; lateralia connata, basi productae columns ad- 

 nata, saccata, porrecta. Petala basi vald& obliqua, et coluinnae productae 

 adnata, revoluta, sepalis majora et magis membranacea. Labellum cum 

 columna connatum, basi in calcar cum basi columnse productum, trilobum. 

 Anthera antice truncata. Pollinia '2, pyriformia, in caudiculam linearem 

 deflexa. 



ChcEnanthe Barkeri. 



This most singular plant is a native of Para, whence it 

 was imported by Geo. Barker, Esq. of Birmingham, who 

 sent me specimens in April last. In no plant that I am ac- 

 quainted with is the obliquity of the flower more striking 

 than in this. In the first place the lateral sepals are length- 

 ened into a bag, which hangs down in front of the ovary ; 

 then the petals are stretched out at their base to adapt them- 

 selves to this ; further, the labellum is connate with the 

 column for nearly all its length, the latter being lengthened 

 so as to fill up the bag of the sepals ; and, finally, the anther 

 is abruptly truncated in front, and the two pollen-masses are 

 bent down upon the caudicula so as to lie almost parallel 

 with it. The genus is nearest allied to Notylia, in natural 

 affinity. 



61. EPIDENDRUM altissimum. Bateman in litt. 



E. altissimum ; pseudobulbis elongatis teretibus 2-3-pbyllis, scapis ramosis 

 longissimis, sepalis lineari-oblongis acutis, petalis conformibus basi angus- 

 tatis, labelli liberi lobis lateralibus dimidiatis erectis tortis obtusis intermedio 

 dilatato undulato recurvo apiculato basi bicostato. 



Communicated by Mr. Bateman with the following note : 

 " Found in rocky parts of the Bahamas by the indefa- 

 tigable Mr. Skinner, from whom I received it in the sum- 

 mer of 1837. This and other pseudo-bulbous Epidendra 



