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Anthera opcrculata term, pollon diiKMi. *2minor 

 ad glandula lunulata inscita. Balbo rngoso 

 terrestris nnlfollo, scapis laieralls aqiiamatis 

 uniJL — Ver}' distinct C by habit, flower and 

 anther. 



//,373. 3Ienadenci y^^rr/iYr/, Raf. Maxil. do 

 Hook. hot. m. 2729. I3ulbo elhpt. rugoso, folia 

 lanceolata pedahs, scapis brevis, squamis im- 

 bric. ovatis coloratis, petahs 3 ext. elhpt. 2 int. 

 lin. lane, labello ligulato trilobo, undulato, — De- 

 merara, flowers fulvous, 2 inner petals white 

 with purj)le spots, lip yellow with purple border. 

 374. Maturna, Raf. (Nynipha) Orchidea. 

 Fetalis patens 5 sub-equalis, 2inf. coalitis, la- 

 bello simplex basi 2tuberc. 2alato. Col. semi- 

 teres, anthera operc. pedicello pollen 2 ferens, 

 Ovario clavato, I^ulhls terrestris basi ei api- 

 cem foUosis, scapis I'a diva lis, jJ. spi talis, 

 bra<;teis persistens. — Beautiful G. totally un- 

 like PleurothaUs inhabit, flowers, anthers, &c. 



' 375. Maturiia suaiieoleus, Raf. Pleurothalis 

 foliosa Hook. bot. m. 2746. Bulbo oblongo, vix 

 striate, fol. inferis vaginans, fol. sup. binis lan- 

 ceol. carin. scapis niultifl. bract, lanceol. fl. lu- 

 teis odoratis, petalis linearibus. labello ovato 

 acuto. — Brazd, fine spike of yellow flowers very 

 fragrant, like Primrose. 



376. Meliclis, Raf. (honey lip) Orchidea, 

 Petalis ineq. difformis, distortis 3 ext. involutis 

 obli(juis, 2 int. erectis undul. Labello hetero- 

 morpho, pedunculate saccato mellifluo, oper- 

 culo magno galeato ferens. Columna elongata 

 tereta, basi bidentata apice incrassata biloba, 

 anthera pollen 2 sess. ceracea. Bulbis terres- 

 tris striatis bifoliatis, Scapis basiUaris bijlo 

 ris. — A most extraordinary N. G. which Hook- 

 er is at a loss to describe and wrongly refers Iq 



