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from Ceylon by the Rev. J. Clowes, to whom I am obliged 

 for a specimen. It has something the appearance of Eulophia 

 macrostachya ; the flowers are green except the lip which is 

 bright yellow. 



32. ERiA acutifolia. 



E. acutifolia (Tonsse) ; caulibus oblongis abbreviatis, foliis lanceolatis cori- 

 aceis acutissimis scapi longitiuline, racemo erecto paucifloro pubescentes 

 bracteis oblongis refiexia floribusque glabris, labelli lobis lateralibus, 

 acutissimis erectis intermedio oblongo obtuso concavo glabro : venis 

 tribus elevatis camosis, clinandrio profunde excavato. 



A small unattractive species, imported from India by 

 Messrs. l^oddiges, (no. 209). Its leaves are fleshy, deep 

 green, very acute, and between two and three inches long ; 

 the raceme is erect, composed of five or six distant flowers, of 

 a dirty white, with violet veins. The lip has a purple base, 

 and a dull yellow tip. It must be classed near E. clavicaulis. 



33. ERIA paniculata. 



Lindl. in Wall. Plant. Asiat. rar. vol. 1. p. 32. t. 36. 



Specimens of this plant have flowered with Messrs. Lod- 

 diges. They have exactly the appearance of Dr. WalHch's 

 figure, with long narrow taper-pointed leaves, and panicles of 

 small greenish flowers slightly freckled with purple. They 

 have a line of fine white powder formed all along the middle 

 of the lip, and burying the tubercle which occurs at the base. 

 This powder consists of a vast multitude of pyriform bodies 

 visible only under a microscope, and of the same nature as 

 those which occur on Polystachya. They are in fact extremely 

 short hairs of one joint tapering to the base ; in appearance 

 they resemble fine powdery dust. 



34. CCELOGYNE testacea. 



C. testacea ; pseudobulbis ovalibus angustis angiilatis, foliis lanceolatis, 3- 

 costatis, racemo pendulo, bracteis ovatis cucullatis ovarii longitudine, 

 sepalis petalisque snbsequalibus, labeUi oblongi lobis lateralibus rotun- 

 datis obsoletis intermedio obtuso : venis 4 papilloso-cristatis. 



An Orchidaceous plant from Sincaporc, introduced by 

 Messrs. Loddiges. The flowers hang down in racemes about 



