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two caudiculse to the pollen-masses. Its relationship to 

 B> aurcmtiaca is however such as to make me unwilling to 

 separate it at present. The flowers are orange spotted with 

 brown, and in a raceme very like that of the species just 

 mentioned. Messrs. Loddiges imported it from Demerara. 



178. TRICHOCENTRON iridifolmm. 



G. Loddiges in litt. 



T. iridifolium : foliis distichis Jineari-lanceolatis carnosis, labello ovali obtuso 

 indiviso basi bilamellato, columns alis parvis obtusis integris. 



A small species, with pale yellow flowers, having the lip 

 delicately streaked with darker yellow. It was imported by 

 Messrs. Loddiges from Demerara. 



179. ^ETHERIA occulta. 



Goodyera occulta, Thouars orch. afr. t. 28. Platylepis goodyeroides,^4c/i.flicA. 



A specimen of this plant, obtained from the Mauritius, 

 has flowered with Messrs. Loddiges. It proves to belong to 

 the genus iEtheria of Blume : that is to the Goodyeras, with 

 the lip and the column united to each other by their edges. 

 The plant is about a foot high, with a dense oval spike of 

 membranous downy bracts, from among which the small 

 white and green flowers are just protruded. 



180. LIPARIS pendula. 



L. pendula ; pseudobulbis elongatis compressis diphyllis, racemo terminali lon- 

 gissimo pendnlo, sepalis retiesis obtusis lateralibus oblongis intermedio an- 

 tico angustiore et longiore, petalis linearlbus reflexis, labello postico ovato 

 concavo basi 2-calloso. 



A native of the continent of India, whence it was ob- 

 tained by Messrs. Loddiges. The flowers are small, green, 

 and arranged in a pendulous raceme full a foot long. All 

 the parts of the flower abound in compound 5-threaded 

 spiral vessels, and raphides lodged in cubical parcels in the 

 inside of cells larger and more transparent than those sur- 

 rounding them. The latter give the parts the appearance 

 of having transparent dots. The species ranges near L. 

 longipes. 



