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rounded angles, lias flowered with Messrs. Loddiges, who im- 

 ported it from Oaxaca (No. 1265). It is most nearly allied 

 to C. filipes, figured in the present number, but differs in the 

 form of the lip. 



181. EPIDENDRUM (Encyclium) calocheilum ; pseudo-bulbisovato-oblongis 

 apicc diphyllis, foliis ensiformibus obtusis coriaceis obsolete striatis 

 panicula elata multiflora brevioribus, sepalis petalisque kneari-oblongis 

 spathulatis uniformibus patentissimis, labello libero suborbiculari pro- 

 fundi trilobo basi carinato, lobis lateralibus late ovatis intermedio latis- 

 simo lineato margine undtilato crispato, columna, superne hinc ala obtusa. 

 Hooker in Bot. Keg. t. 3898. 



A Guatemala plant, from the Woburn collection, very 

 near Epidendrum altissimum, but apparently distinct. The 

 flowers, in a large panicle, are light greenish yellow with the 

 sepals and petals tinged with purple at the points, and the lip 

 crimson- veined with a yellow border. 



182. PLEUROTHALLIS picta ; folio oblongo coriaceo caule vaginato race- 

 moque longiore, spatba diphylla, racemo plurifloro, sepalis reflexis 

 inferiore trilineato extus basi villoso duobus superioribus ultra medium 

 tinitis maculatis, petalis columna longioribus ovato-lanceolatis, labello 

 ovato carnoso velwtino maculato obtuso intus basi profunde canaliculato, 

 clinandrio dentato, antbera ovarioque pubescenti-tomentosis. Hooker 

 in Bot. Reg. t. 3897. 



A Mexican Orchidaceous plant, with purple flowers ar- 

 ranged in a spike about one-third the length of the leaf. It 

 is very near P. strupifolia and aphthosa (which latter is the P. 

 peduncularis of Hooker's Journal of Botany, vol. 3. t. 9.) but 

 apparently distinct from both. 



183. DYCKIA altissima ; foliis acuminatis recurvo-patentibus distanter 

 spinosis glabris, scapi tomentosi (orgyalis) squamis acuminatis integris, 

 spica elongata dissitiflora, bracteis acutis sepalis rotundatis brevioribus. 



A native of Buenos Ayres, whence it was sent to the 

 Glasgow garden by Mr. Tweedie. It has a flowering stem 

 fully six feet high and slender, but the leaves are barely a foot 

 long. The flowers resemble those of D. rariflora in colour, but 

 are less brilliant. It is a rather pretty greenhouse plant, and 

 flowered in the Garden of the Horticultural Society in 

 October, 18-41. 



