268 NEW PLANTS llECENTLY INTRODUCED INTO GARDENS, 



apice subquadriloba verruculis quibusclam sparsis utriii- 

 que, columna aptera. 



Native country, New Grenada, in the province of Socorro, 

 according to M. Linden's ' Herbarium,' No. 1432. 



A small species, with an erect branching' panicle of pure 

 yellow flowers. From the roots to the top of the panicle is not 

 much more tlian a foot, even in the wild specimens. The leaves 

 are about 6 inches long, erect, obtuse, and as high as the stalk 

 of the panicle. Among the peculiarities of the plant is the 

 presence of two little patches of fine down at the very base of 

 the lip where it comes in contact with the column. I have 

 received flowers from various anonymous correspondents. It 

 belongs to a group of which the well-known O. pulviiiatum 

 may be taken as the representative. 



12. DiGNATHE pygmsea. 



Digjtathe. Pseudobulbus squamatus monophyllus. Flos soli- 

 tarius resupinatus carnosus. Sepala et petala patentia 

 eequalia. Labellum planum recurvum basi subsaccatum et 

 per lamellas 2 carnosas columnaB adnatum. Columna nana, 

 acuta, semiconica, clinandrio dorsali immarginato. Anthera ? 



Pollinia 2, caudicula lineari, glandula parva ovali. 



Genus Pilumnce et Aspasice affine ; columna 7iand^ 

 clinandrio dorsali immarginato et habitu quodam valde 

 diversum. 



Native country, 3Icxico. 



Messrs, Loddiges have introduced this novelty, which is 

 among the most inconspicuous of Orchids. The whole plant is 

 barely two inches high, and forms little tufts like an Alamania 

 or JJinema. The pseudo-bulbs are oblong, and buried in 

 leathery acute scales. The leaves are solitary, oval, stalked, 

 3-toothed at the point. The peduncle is solitary from the base 

 of the pseudo-bulb, one-flowered, and about as long as tlie short 

 keeled petiole. A keeled acuminate membranous bract is larger 

 than the ovary. The tiny flower is green, fleshy, with a few 

 yellowish spots upon its disk and the two succulent plates that 

 unite it to the column. Both plates and column are downy. 



13. Cycnoches barbatum, 



C. harhatum ; raceino ascendente longissimo (bipedali) mul- 

 tifloro (50-80), labelli tiilobi basi barbati laciniis la- 



