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111. ERIA polyura (Tonsse) ; caule elongato folioso, fobis lanceolatis acutis 

 patentibus striatis, spicis oppositifoliis multifloris nutantibus foliis sequa- 

 libus v. brevioribus, bracteis ovario duplo brevioribus adpressis, sepalis 

 petalisque ovatis acutis erectis laevibus, labello cordato ovato acuto basi 

 bicariuato. 



A Manilla Orchidaceous plant, found by Mr. Cuming, 

 and sent to Messrs. Loddiges ; it is not a species with bril- 

 liant colours, for the flowers are small and white, except a 

 deep crimson lip ; it is however a graceful plant, in conse- 

 quence of every leaf producing a long drooping spike, from 

 the opposite side of the stem. It is very near Eria multiflora 

 and micrantha. 



115. SACCOLABIUM Blitmet; foliis longis canaliculars arcuatis acutis 

 mucronatis racemis pendulis densifloris obtusis sequalibus, sepalis ovatis, 

 petalis oblongis duplo angustioribus, labelli calcare compresso obtusius- 

 culo intus pubescente lamina oblonga emarginata utrinque costata. 



A most beautiful species obtained from Java by Messrs. 

 Loddiges, and in all probability the Rhynchostyles retusa of 

 Blume. It is very near Saccolabium guttatum, but the 

 racemes are shorter and thicker, the leaves are acute not 

 unequally truncate, and the flowers are very differently 

 painted ; each sepal and petal has a bright streak of violet 

 below the apex, and the lip is deeply stained with the same 

 colour except the tip which is white. A figure has been pre- 

 pared for the Sertum Orchidaceum. 



116. AERIDES Brookeii; foliis disticbis oblique obtusis racemis nutanti- 

 bus multifloris duplo brevioribus, sepalis ovatis sub-acutis petalis ovakbus 

 acutis duplo latioribus, labelli maximi laciniis lateralibus erectis acutius- 

 culis, intermedia 6-plo majore obsolete triloba rotundata deflexa, cal- 

 care cornuto incurvo. Bateman in litt. 



" This most beautiful species has lately flowered in the 

 collection of Sir Richard Brooke, Bart, of Norton Priory, 

 after whom I have ventured to name it. In the magnitude 

 of its blossoms it infinitely surpasses any other species with 

 which I am acquainted, the lip alone being upwards of 

 an inch long, beautifully tipped with rose-colour. The 

 other parts of the flower are of a brilliant white. In 

 the form of the labellum the species slightly resembles 



