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 66. MORMODES luxatum. 



M. luxatum; foliis longissimis angustis subtus glaucis racemo multifloro 

 pluries longioribiis, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis petalisque oblongis margine 

 subscariosis carnosis incurvis, labello hemispbaerico concavo obsolete tri- 

 lobo apiculato supra columnam cucuUato, polliniorum glandula antice 

 cornuta. 



When Mr. Ross, the collector to George Barker, Esq. of 

 Birmingham, was in the neighbourhood of Valladolid, in 

 Mexico, there was brought to him some masses of a plant 

 reported to be of great beauty. They arrived safely in Eng- 

 land, and one of them has at last flowered, proving to be this 

 species ; a most extraordinary plant, of large size, of a stately 

 habit, with a very delicious fragrance, although powerful, but 

 with no brilliant colours to render it what we call handsome. 

 Its flowers are three inches in diameter, pale lemon-colour, 

 fleshy, rather globular, but so distorted by the complete dis- 

 location of all the parts, that it would be difficult to ascertain 

 their real nature, if it were not for the token given by the 

 labellum. The latter has a deep brown streak drawn down 

 its middle, and covers over the column like a hood. The 

 leaves of this plant are about three feet long, narrow, deep 

 green, with a very fine glaucous bloom upon their underside. 

 It is worthy to be associated with even Sobralia macrantha in 

 the choicest of all collections of these plants. 



67. CYMBlDIUM pendulum ; var. brevilabre. 



In the Register for 1840, t. 25, was published a figure of 

 this plant, obtained from Bengal by the Dean of Manchester. 

 Another variety of it has lately appeared in the collection of 

 Messrs. Loddiges, derived from Cuming's Sincapore collec- 

 tions ; it differs materially in having a much wider and shorter 

 lip, the middle lobe of which is almost round ; otherwise it 

 appears to be the same. 



68. ODONTOGLOSSUM citrSsmum. 



0. citrosmum ; pseudobulbis subrotundis compressis Isevibus monopbyllis, 

 folio oblongo-ligulato obtuso racemo paulo breviore, sepalis oblongis ob- 

 tusis petalisque conformibus subsequalibus, labeUo unguiculato reniformi 

 basi bituberculato, columnse alis lateralibus subtruncatis dorsaliq. rotun- 

 dato-denticulatis . 



This was the most remarkable novelty exhibited at the 



