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floribus minimis geminis e squamis rhizomatis, sepalis clausis ovatis 

 sequalibus in setam mollem productis, petalis ovalibus obtusis, labello 

 anguste ovato obtuso laevi, antbera 1-loculari, polliniis 2. 



A very curious, but inconspicuous little Orchidaceous 

 plant from Sincapore, which has flowered with Messrs. Lod- 

 diges. It is a form of the genus Bolbophyllum, in which the 

 pseudo-bulbs almost disappear, and the flowers are only just 

 protruded from among thin withered scales, with which the 

 rhizoma is covered. It appears to be allied to B. tortuosum, a 

 plant however which I have never seen. The minute flowers 

 are very pale straw-colour, with the ends of the sepals 

 lengthened into a soft yellow bristle. The leaves are hard, 

 thick, and rounded at the back. The whole habit of the 

 plant is that of some creeping Fern, such as Marginaria 

 (Poly podium) piloselloides. 



167- FUCHSIA radicans; (Miers in litt.) caule prostrato radicante, foliis 

 ellipticis acuminatis denticulatis glabris basi cordatis, floribus axillari- 

 bus geminis pendulis, alabastro subrliombeo quadrangulari, petalis cu- 

 neatis tubo calycis vix longioribus, stigmate capitato, bacca subrotundo- 

 oblonga. 



This curious plant is now in many gardens, having been 

 liberally distributed by Mr. Miers, its discoverer in the woods 

 of Brazil. It has a creeping stem, which roots like Ivy, and 

 thus acquires a habit very unlike that of the other species. 

 The flowers are very like those of F. macrostema, and in- 

 cluding the stamens are 2J inches long. A full account and 

 figure of this remarkable plant will presently be published 

 in the Register. 



168. CATASETUM fuliginosum; C. tridentati vultu, sepalis petalisque ob- 

 longis acutis reflexis, labello cucullato carnoso integerrimo v. minute 

 serrulato patente, columna brevi ecirrhosa apice in setam producta, 

 anthera parva (effceta ?). 



This singular plant has lately fiWered at Sion, in the 

 possession of His Grace the Duke of Northumberland. Its 

 habit is quite that of C. tridentatum, but its flowers are in a 

 dense erect raceme, and of a deep green colour, spotted with 

 a dull blackish purple, so as to look as if they were soiled 



