10. LJELIA peduncularis. 



L. peduncularis ; pseudobulbis subrotundis compressis linea utrinque elevata, 

 foliis oblongis obtusis scapo tereti vaginato brevioribus, corymbo 4-floro, 

 bracteis pedunculo pluries brevioribus, sepalis linearibus obtusis pedun- 

 culo brevioribus, petalis oblongis obtusis planis, labelli lobis lateralibus 

 rotundatis intermedio oblougo rotundato piano glabro multo breviori- 

 bus ; lineis duabus elevatis. 



A Mexican species of great beauty, with the habit of 

 L. rubescens (Bot. Reg. 1840, t. 41), but with rich violet 

 whole coloured flowers. The peduncles are 1| inch long, 

 and the flowers themselves are nearly of the same length 

 when closed. The species is very near both L. rubescens 

 and L. acuminata (Bot. Reg. 1841. t. 24), but the flowers 

 are much larger, the flower-stalks much longer in proportion, 

 and the labellum quite round at the point and flat. The 

 pseudobulbs are not at all tetragonous, but are compressed, 

 with only a slight line in the room of the intermediate angle. 

 For specimens I am indebted to Geo. Barker, Esq. of Bir- 

 mingham. Probably it is the same as a supposed variety of 

 L. acuminata, mentioned at t. 24 for 1841. 



11. DENDROBIUM junceum. 



D. junceum ; caulibus fiisiformibus erectis apice ramosis, foliis teretibus 

 acutis pungentibus, pedunculis termiualibus bifloris, sepalis obtusis, 

 labelli trilobi lobo medio rotundato emarginato subundulato disco 

 scabro. 



Another addition to the set of Dendrobia with terete 

 leaves, imported from Sincapore by Messrs. Loddiges, of 

 whose catalogue it is 356*. It has rather large green flowers, 

 with faint purple veins on the side lobes of the labellum. The 

 stems are fusiform, erect, and branched above the swelling ; 

 many of the ramifications being terminated by a pair of 

 flowers. 



12. STELIS crassifolia. 



S. crassifolia ; folio angusto carnoso semitereti spica breviore, bracteis mem- 

 branaceis cucullatis truncatis, floribus cernuis, sepalis subi-otundo-ovatis 

 omnino liberis trinerviis, petalis oblatis membrauaceis, labello subtrilobo 

 carnoso concavo lacinia intermedia elongata acuminata. 



A singular little plant, imported from the West Indies in 

 August 1841, by Sir C. Lemon, Bart., in whose collection at 

 B.— February, 1842. c 



