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included, and its stem is covered densely with a crowd of 

 long, slender, dark purple prickles. The flowers are small, 

 pale greenish-yellow, and of no beauty. The leaves are dark 

 green, with a stain of deep purple on the veins. 



138. CIRRHOPETALUM cornutum. 



C. cornutum ; pseudobulbis ovatis angulatis scapo paulo brevioribus, sepalis 

 lateralibus in cornu connatis superiore petalisque ovatis ciliatis, labello an- 

 gusto triangulari supra sulcato subtus carinato. 



A remarkable species of this genus, with the lateral 

 sepals united above their base into a kind of horn. The leaves 

 are six or eight inches long, and the flowers dull purple. 

 It was found by Mr. Gibson at Nungclow, on the Khoseea 

 hills, growing upon rocks, and flowered at Chats worth in 

 August last. 



139. SACCOLABIUM calceolare. 



Gen. ct Sp. Orch. p. 223. 



This plant has flowered at Chatsworth, having been found 

 by Mr. Gibson at Chirra, on the Khoseea hills, at an eleva- 

 tion of 400 feet, growing on trees. It has small yellow 

 flowers, blotched with reddish brown. 



140. LAVATERA maritima. 



Gouan Illustr. p. 46. t. 21. f. 2. 



This plant, which inhabits the cliffs of the south of France 

 and of Spain, has lately been re-introduced by Mrs. Marryat, 

 and forms a pretty half-shrubby greenhouse plant, producing 

 during summer an abundance of large pale flowers, the 

 ungues of whose petals appear like five bright purple rays. 

 It was cultivated so long since as 1597 in Gerardes Garden, 

 but has long been lost. Although called a Lavatera it is 

 in fact a Malva, according to the present definition of that 

 genus, and its name consequently should be altered, if it 

 were worth while to make changes among genera so badly 

 limited, that they must of necessity be wholly remodelled 

 by the first monographist who undertakes their examination. 



