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creeping stem, and was introduced from Guatemala by Mr. 

 Hartweg. It has light green leaves with a crimson midrib, 

 and the petiole stained with the same colour. The flowers 

 are of a pale cream colour, dotted and spotted with violet. 

 The lobes of the corolla are deeply fringed, and give the plant 

 a pretty appearance ; but its want of bright colour will pre- 

 vent its being a favourite with cultivators. It has blossomed 

 in a stove in the garden of the Horticultural Society. 



78. STELIS argentata. 



S. argentata ; folio lineari-oblongo coriaceo emarginato in petiolum canali- 

 culatum angustato caule brevi longiorem, racemo elongato multifloro, 

 sepalis sequalibus ovatis subdiaphanis pubescentibus, petalis labelloque 

 subsequalibus truncatis apice particulis argenteis micantibus. 



A native of Guayana, where it was found by Mr. Schom- 

 burgk, who distributed it under the number 427. It has 

 lately flowered with Messrs. Loddiges, (no. 7-5). The flowers 

 are in long racemes, dull greenish purple, slightly hairy, 

 rather large for this genus ; the petals are purple, and, as 

 well as the labellum, have their truncated extremities covered 

 with an appearance like minute particles of silver. The plant 

 forms large tufts, and flowers very abundantly. 



79. ERIA pannea. 



E. pannea ; ('Lanatse) ebulbis, foliis distichis pugioniformibus scapo uni- 

 floro(?) dense lanato quasi panneo longioribus, sepalis lateralibus trian- 

 gularibus supremo petalisque pluries majoribus, labello lanceolato acu- 

 minato carnoso pubescente disco farinaceo. 



An Orchidaceous plant from Sincapore, imported by 

 Messrs. Loddiges, (252). It has narrow dagger-shaped leaves 

 of a pale yellow green, and a single greenish-yellow flower, 

 woolly on the outside, and seated on a short scape covered 

 with a whitish cloth-like substance. The labellum is purplish, 

 slightly hairy, and has a broad patch of a mealy hairiness a 

 little below its point. 



80. OCTOMERIA grandiflora. 



0. grandiflora ; folio longo lanceolato arcuato, vaginis caulis arete appressis, 

 labelli trilobi unguiculati laciniis lateralibus brevibus subfalcatis acutis 

 intermedia obovato-cuneata denticulata fissa; lamellis duabiis carnosis. 



