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32. VANDA violacea ; foliis canaliculars oblique abscissis rotundatis, race- 



mis niultifloris densis pedunculatis, sepalis obovato-oblongis obtusis 

 planis incurvis, petalis multo angustioribus, labello oblongo apiculato 

 piano : venis 5 crassis elevatis, sacco intus pubescente. 



A very pretty epiphyte, sent from Manilla to Messrs. 

 Loddiges by Mr. Cuming. The flowers are in short racemes, 

 rather large, with an ivory white ground spotted with light 

 violet ; of the latter colour there is one large blotch within 

 the extremity of each sepal and petal, and a few small dots 

 arc scattered over their surface ; the lip is wholly violet. 

 The flowers have a faint and rather disagreeable smell. 



33. ONCIDIUM macranttierum. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 3845. 



This little plant possesses no beauty, even when represented 

 upon paper. It is either a bad specimen of Leochilus oncidioides 

 of Knowles and Westcott, or a species so nearly allied that I 

 am not at present able to point out the difference between 

 them. With Oncidium carinatum and another species or 

 two, it forms a group readily known from Oncidium proper, 

 by the large anther, the two-armed column, and some pecu- 

 liarities in the lip. If it should be eventually separated from 

 Oncidium, which seems probable, the name of Leochilus* 

 although not very appropriate, must be retained for it. 



34. BEGONIA punctata; rbizomate repente; foliis cordatis, septemfido-lo- 



batis, margine insequaliter sinuato-dentatis, setoso-ciliatis, utrinque spar- 

 sira pilosis, supra saturate-viridibus, subtus pallidioribus, versus margi- 

 nem rubescentibus ; petiolis longitudinaliter sulcato-striatis, patentim 

 pilosis, apice annulatini purpureo-barbatis ; perigonii foliolis 2, roseis, 

 extus coccineo-punctatis ; fructu trialato, coccineo-punctato ; alis rotun- 

 datis, altera maxima, rosea. Link, Klotzch Sf Otto, ic. t. 7. 



This plant belongs to the division of Begonia, known by 

 the unequal wings of the seed-vessel, and having perennial 

 creeping rootstocks. The leaves are obliquely heart-shaped, 

 with seven deeply cut lobes ; the under and upper surface 

 are both green, slightly red towards their margins. The 

 flowers are rose-coloured, with scarlet dots at the base of the 

 petals. The species belongs to the genus Eupetalum of Lind- 

 ley. (Bot. Reg. t. 17570 It germinated freely at Berlin, in 

 the earth with which it was brought from Mexico. It re- 

 quires a rich soil, formed of sand and good mould, with a 



