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name it after Sir P. de M. Grey Egerton, Bart. It ap- 

 proaches nearest to T. obtusum, from which its acute petals, 

 and narrow leaves (frequently fully a foot and a half long), 

 and clustered pseudo-bulbs abundantly distinguish it. Its 

 flowers are of a pale liver-colour, dashed and veined with 

 brown, and from a resemblance which they are supposed to 

 bear to a "Dragon's mouth," the plant has received that 

 appellation from the inhabitants of Honduras. It is of the 

 easiest cultivation." — J. B. 



136. TRIGONIDIUM acuminatum. 

 Bateman in litt. 



T. acuminatum ; pseudobulbis ovatis sulcatis monopbyllis, foliis linearibus pe- 

 dunculis longioribus, sepalis acuminatis apicibus recurvis, petalis ovali-lan- 

 ceolatis mucronatis, labelJo trilobo petalis daplo breviore. — J. B. 



" Found in Demerara by Mr. Colley and other collec- 

 tors. It is a small though interesting species. The flowers 

 are of a dull straw-colour externally, but are most elegantly 

 pencilled on the inside with a rich brown. The petals in 

 this, as in all the other species, have each a dark-coloured 

 callosity at their apex, which is placed in such a manner 

 near the entrance of the triangular cup which the sepals 

 form, that the appearance of a pair of eyes peeping out is 

 produced." — J. B. 



137. SOLANUM vernicatum. 



S. vernicatum ; undique glabrum et quasi vernice obductum, caule berbaceo 

 aculeatissimo, foliis pinnatifidis ciliatis petiolo costisque aculeatis ; lobis ob- 

 loncns sub?inuatis acutis, umbellis infra-axillaribus nutantibus, antberis 

 tequalibus. 



An perenne annuumve ncscio. Caulis pone terram bispidissimus, versus fasti- 

 o-iura aculeis rarioribus longis gracilibus incequalibus atropurpureis borridus. 

 Folia cum petiolo pedalia, nunc palmata, ssepius pinnatirida aculeis costa- 

 rum longis rectis gracilibus subasqualibus distantibus viridibus apice purpu- 

 ras. Pedicelli et calycis tubus aculeati. Corolla viridi-flava, stellata, 

 a;qualis ; antheris luteis. 



Apparently an annual or perennial, raised in the Garden 

 of the Horticultural Society, from Buenos Ayres' seeds, in- 

 troduced by the Hon. W. F. Strangways. It looks as if some 

 kind of varnish had been laid over every part, the corolla 



