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62. EPIDENDRUM (Hormidium) miserum; caulibus ovalibns exuviatis com- 



pressis aggregatis, foliis , scapo brevissimo subbifloro, spatba 



bivalvi pedunculis suboequali membranacea, sepalis ovatis acutis, petalis 

 linearibus, labelli trilobi lobis lateralibus rotundatis inconspicuis inter- 

 medio truneato emarginato, callis uullis. 



A miserable little epiphyte, whose stems, resembling- 

 pseudo-bulbs, are about half-an-inch high from the ground 

 on which they grow. The scape, peduncles, and ovaries, 

 taken together, are about the same length. The flowers 

 are a dull, dingy, greenish-brown, not unlike those of E. 

 musciferum. Messrs. Loddiges imported it from Oaxaca. 



63. EPIDENDRUM leiobulbon. Hooker's Journal of Botany, vol. iii. t. 10, 

 is a small specimen of Epidendrum varicosum. 



64. PLEUROTHALLIS peduncularis. Hooker's Journal of Bot. vol. iii. t. 9, 

 is PL aphthosa. 



65. BOLBOPHYLLUM imbricatum ; 6capo erecto distanter obtuse vaginato, 

 spica fusiformi subtetragona vix compressa, bracteis ovatis obtusis im- 

 bricatis demum marcescentibus, alabastro cornuto pubescente, sepalo 

 supremo lineari lateralibus ovalibus brevioribus, petalis filiforniibus bir- 

 6Utis, labello ovato basi pectinato. 



This singular plant has been obtained by Messrs. Loddiges 

 from Sierra Leone (171)- It approaches closely to the Mau- 

 ritian B. occultum, and with it and some others forms an 

 analogy with Meg-aclinium. The flower-stem is a foot hip\h, 

 stout, and nearly erect ; the flowers are deep dull purple. 

 Like many others of the genus, the spiral vessels are extremely 

 strong and tough in the sepals and petals, and, which is very 

 remarkable, they are of a rich purple colour. I am not at 

 present acquainted with any similar case, for in general 

 the spiral thread of the trachese is peculiarly colourless and 

 silvery. 



66. CHOROZEMA (Eucliorozenaa) spectabile ; foliis oblongis angustis mu- 

 cronulatis subtus glabriusculis, racemis terminalibus multitioris laxis, 

 calycibus seraiquadrifidis ; laciniis tubo longioribus. 



This a charming Swan River climber, of small size, admi- 

 rably adapted for covering a small trellis in a garden-pot. Its 



