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This is the largest Octomeria yet seen. Its leaf is as much 

 as eight inches long, and the stem is about the same length. 

 The flowers are about four times as large as those of O. 

 Baueri, and of the same pale yellow colour. Messrs. Lod- 

 diges imported it from Brazil, (60). 



81. GLADIOLUS crispiflorus. 



G, crispiflorus ; cormo modico [vix f unc. lato] tunica exteriore extus fibris 

 parallelis superne subconfluentibus intus glabra, foliis \ unc. vel ultra 

 latis, caule erecto circiter bipedal! superne tenui, floribus subnovem vel 

 ultra confertim alternautibus antic^ spectantibus, bracteis viridibus, tubo 

 brevi, limbo lat^ obtuso margine plicato coeruleo, labio imo protuso 

 If unc, sepalis purpureis, petalis inferioribus albis rubro notatis, summo 

 concavo, capsula vix serauuciali trisulco-turbinata, seminibus badiis 

 angularibus dorso rotundato raphe apiculata. Sjyecies pulchra ex Rossid 

 meridionali Spofforthi<B m. Jxmio floret. W. H. 



82. GLADIOLUS Caucasicus. 



G. Caucasicus ; cormo magno ultra unc. lato, tunica exteriore extus fibris 

 parallelis superne subconfluentibus, caule forti tripedali, floribus ultra 

 12 longfe bracteatis antic^ spectantibus, perianthio purpureo, labio imo 

 protruso, petalis inferioribus subalbidis, capsula rugosa | unc. seminibus 

 badiis subovalibus. Species perpulchra ex Tifllis vicinid, Spoflbrthice a 

 dom. Gay missa. W. H. 



83. HERBERTIA Drummondiana. 



H. Drummondiana; foliis ^ unc. latis plicatis sexunc. caule 4 unc. spatha 

 biflora If unc. valva exteriore breviore, germine obovato semunciali, 

 sepalis 1;^ vine, lamina |- unc. lata pallide violacea infra parum satura- 

 tiore, ungue albo maculis violaceis, petalis parvulis ungue cymbiformi 

 saturate violaceo lamina acuta recurva pallidiore, filamentorum columna 

 infra crassiore livida superne pallidiore, stigraatum lobis membrana 

 breviter cristata interposita apice fimbriatis. Habitat in ditione 

 Texas. W. H. 



84. BEATONIA purpurea. 



"Q. purpurea; (Bot. Mag. 3/79. fol. 3. a.d. 1840. Tigridia violacea, supra 

 1841. Misc. 134. Link, Klotzch et Otto, t. 20.) Observ. In Tigridia 

 antherse marginibus parallelis incurvatee, styli lobi furcati, stigmate longo 

 spatliulato revoluto marginibus superne fimbriatis, caulis foliigerus 

 terrainalis ; in Beatonia antherse infra latee superne gradatim minores 

 decurvatse, styli lobi furcati crista minuta pessuliformi intra furcam 

 posita stigmate minuto terminali, caulis extrafoliaceus. Si Tigridise 

 sectio esset, quod vLx puto, Beatonia, nomen purpurea priori auctoritate 

 valeret, W. H. 



