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flowers are pale orange, slightly tinged with crimson, and ex- 

 ceedingly pretty. They appear in abundance at the end of 

 every shoot. We have received it from Mr. Standish of 

 Bagshot, and it has flowered abundantly in the Garden of the 

 Horticultural Society. 



67. BOSSLZEA disticha ; ramis junioribus teretibus, foliis disticbis ovatis 

 obtusis muticis, 6tipulis petiolo longioribus, floribus solitariis axillaribus 

 pedicelbs folio longioribus. 



A very pretty Swan River shrub, with small leaves ar- 

 ranged in two rows, slender drooping branches, and large 

 axillary yellow flowers. It has flowered in the Garden of the 

 Horticultural Society. 



68. MAXILLARIA Rarrisonia. 



A delicate white variety of this beautiful epiphyte has 

 been imported by Messrs. Loddiges. The sepals and petals 

 are a clear cream colour, just tinged with violet at the tip of 

 the former. The lip is the same as in the original variety, 

 but somewhat paler. 



69. ERIA longilabris (Tonsee) ; Eriae bractescentis facie sed sepalis petalisque 

 magis acuminatis, labelli trilobi lamellis tribus ad apicem fere productis 

 sequalibus lateralibus abbreviatis lobo.medio ovato acuminato. 



A native of Panay in the Philippines, whence it was sent 

 to Messrs. Loddiges by Mr. Cuming. It is very like Eria 

 bractescens, but is a finer species, and bears more flowers \ 

 and is distinguished at once by its lip, which is not truncate, 

 and has three equal wavy ridges prolonged almost as far as 

 the tip of the middle lobe, which is long and acuminated. 



70. ERIA armeniaca (Lanatae); pseudobulbis ovalibus compressis triphylKs, 

 foliis oblongo-lanceolatis coriaceis laevibus, racemo tomentoso radicali 

 basi vaginato stricto foliis aequali v. longiore, foliis scapi bracteisque 

 lanceolatis acuminatis subcoriaceis (armeniacis), labelli lobis lateralibus 

 dentiformibus intermedio rbombeo crispo ; lamellis 3 rectis haud cris- 

 patis lateralibus abbreviatis divergentibus intermedia versus apicem 

 labelli producta. 



A beautiful epiphyte, sent to Messrs. Loddiges by Mr. 

 Cuming, who found it abundantly in the Philippines, in the 

 island of Negros, and elsewhere. Its flowering stem is a foot 



