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i02. PHLOMIS simplex. Bentham Labiate, p. G34. 



A herbaceous plant from the Himalayas, whence it has been 

 introduced by the East India Company. It is described as an 

 inhabitant of the mountains of Kunaour, and also of Pere 

 Punjal in the kingdom of Cashmere. It grows less than a 

 foot high, has deeply heartshaped roundish crenated leaves, a 

 simple stem, and whorls of dull purple and hairy flowers. It 

 is not a plant of any beauty. 



103. MAXILLARJA placanthera ; (Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 3173.) sepalis 

 lineari-oblongis obtusis intus secus medium seriatim maculatis, petalis 

 angustioribus omnino couformibus maculatis, labelli angusti trilobi mi- 

 nute pubescentis laevis laciniis lateralibus acutis nanis intermedia dilatata 

 rotundata cuneata, columna apice lobata versus basin bisulca pubescente, 

 anthera plana, acuta. 



The inspection of a specimen of this from Messrs. 

 Loddiges convinces me that it is a species distinct from M. 

 viridis to which I formerly referred it, although it is certainly 

 very near it. Its flowers have however much narrower sepals 

 and petals, are far less green, and the form of the middle lobe 

 of the lip is distinct. 



104. MAXILLARJA jugosa ; flore subgloboso, sepalis oblongis incurvis ob- 

 tusis, petalis conformibus concavis basi angustatis, labelli sigmoidei ob- 

 longi unguiculati pilosi jugosi lobis lateralibus nanis intermedio semi- 

 circulari, columna apice lobata bisulca villosissima, anthera depressa 

 acuta. 



A Brazilian species imported by Messrs. Loddiges (no. 

 828.) very near M. placanthera, from which it differs in 

 having the flower of a globose figure, with much less linear 

 sepals and concave oblong petals narrowed to the base. 

 These parts are of a rich cream colour speckled with crimson. 

 The lip has quite a different form, being semicircular at the 

 tip, deeply furrowed and closely covered with short hair. 

 The column has two deep furrows in front almost buried in 

 hairs. In both these plants the caudicula is obcordate with a 

 broad membranous border, and the gland is acuminate 

 and continuous with it, reposing upon a slit rostellum. 



July, jy. — 1841. h 



