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bus acuminatis trinorvibus 2| poll, longis omnibus glaberrimis nudis 

 labello recurvo. 



In monte Victoria, Julio mense 1873. (Exsicc. n. 19111.) 



The only specimen of this I have seen was obligingly given me in 

 a dried state by the Kev. James Lament, who received it from Mr. 

 Ford. It seems only to have been gathered once. The materials do 

 not admit of a fuller description than I have given, but the species 

 appears distinct, and nearest C. Macraei, Lindl. I have no hesitation 

 in following Prof. Eeichenbach fil. in uniting Cirrhopetalum with 

 Bolbophyllum. 



2. Cleisostoma. Fordii, sp. nov. — Foliis lanceolato-linearibus sub- 

 tus carinatis apice subito in acumen complicatum contractis carnosis 

 introveniis 4^ poll, longis semipollicem latis, spicis nutantibus l^ 

 poll, longis 10-15 floris, rachi pallida, bracteis ovatis minutis, floribus 

 5 lin. diametro glaberrimis arete sessilibus, perigonii phyllis sub- 

 fequalibus (interioribus parum angustioribus) oblongis obtusiusculis 

 luteolis fasciis binis dilute lateritiis intramarginalibus notatis, labelli 

 cymbiformis trilobi laciniis lateralibus subtruncatis erectis medio subu- 

 lato-acuminatis roseo-purpureis intermedio latere utroque tumido 

 ovato acumine subulato sursum curvato cum calcare obtuso bilineali 

 albo-purpurascente, processu occludente carnoso erecto quadrato bilobo 

 albo-hyalino. (Exsicc. n. 19121). 



From the brief diagnosis, this appears to be very near C. amahile, 

 Teijsm. & Binnend., from Mount Salak, Western Java, but it does not 

 agree in the shape of the labellum. And, with the exception of those 

 species which are widely spread over Southern Asia, not one of the 

 thirty Orchids found in Hongkong occurs in Java. The scarcely- 

 known C. subulatum, BL, is also doubtless another close relative, but is 

 described as having branching spikes, and is quite insufficiently 

 characterised. Of the four or five-and-twenty species known, only 

 five or six have pointed leaves. I have described the present plant 

 from a living specimen, for which I am indebted to Mr. Charles Ford, 

 the Superintendent of the Hongkong Public Gardens, after whom 1 

 have named it. It was found by one of his collectors somewhere in 

 the east of the island, and has since been again gathered near Tai 

 tam tuk. 



THREE CUEIOUS PLANTS. 

 By H. G. Eeichenbach fil. 



1. BAi^NornoRA Hildebrandtii. — Thalli tuberibus turbinatis con- 

 catenatis pustulis moriformibus paucilobis frequentissimis stipite a 

 gquamis imbricantibus tecto, inferioribus ssepe connatis, inflorescentia 

 exserta, spadice foemineo conico obtuso spadicellis polyhedricis innu- 

 meris, floribus masculis suppositis paucis, sessilibus, iufimis nunc dis- 

 tantibus, bracteis transversis subobsoletis, sepalis triangulis (raro 3), 

 4, 5, nunc asqualibus, nunc valde inasqualibus, anthcris numerosi- 

 oribus in columnam sessilem connatis. 



Near i>. poli/midra, Griff, This has the male flowers with very 



