CENT. IV. lOI 



Italy, pretty little sp. with rose flowers, (Hooker) 

 white (Dec.) quite pecuhar hy undulate petals. 

 Biennial 2 or 3 inches. 



382. ToLUMNiA, Raf. (Nyinpha) Orchidea, 

 Fetalis 4 patens, suheq. 3 sup. 1 intero bidentato, 

 labello magno 4 lobum, ad basi 3cristato, Co- 

 lumna semiteres bialata, anthero ovata acuta, 

 pollen 2 supra pedicello clavato. Parasitica, 

 Rad. vermiciil. ramosis, fol. radic, carnosis 

 scapo ?nido, Jl. racemosis. — Another beautiful 

 N. G. of Orchidea refer ed to Oncidium, altho* 

 it has only 4 petals or 5 with the lip, and difie- 

 rent anther, habit, &lc. 



383. Tolnmnia pidchella, Raf. Oncidium do 

 Hook. hot. m. 2773. fol. carinatis triquetris acu- 

 tis basi striatis, florib. racemosis secundis, peta- 

 lis obovatis, labello subquadratum 41obo, lobis 

 equalibus. — Demerara, lovely sp. with large 

 white flowers in a cluster, with pink and yellow 

 shades. 



384. Adipe, Raf. (Nympha) Orchidea, diflf. 

 Maxillaria, petalis connivens subeq. 2 externis 

 coalitis in calcar conico, labello unguicul. ad. 

 col. adnato, ad medio tuberculato, sub cuculato. 

 Columna porrecta inter calcar, anthera opercul. 

 pollen 2, Bulhis terrestris 4goms, unifoliatis, 

 scapis lateralis, fl, racemosis. — Very distinct 

 G. by habit, conic spur, 2 pollens instead of 

 4, <Slc. 



385. Adipe racemosa, (s. fulva) Raf. Maxil. 

 do Hook. bot. mag. 2789. Bulbo compresso 

 4gono squamis ad basis, folia lanceol. trinervia 

 undulata, racemo laxo multifl. petalis ovatis 

 acum. labello obovato, margine involuto, obtuso 

 integro. — Brazil, flowers fulvous. Hooker says 

 the Dendrobium or Xylohium Sqiialens may 

 be akin. Is it of same Genus ? Why not attend 



