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revolutis. — Venezuela, — Tlowers 
as to give it the appearance of a trumpet. The column is twisted, sometimes to the right, 
sometimes to the left. The habit and general appearance of the flowers, except in colour, is that of 
M^ atropiirpuretcm. 
When this was first published nothing was known of its native country. At a later period it was said to be Mexican, 
upon some bad garden authority. We find it, however, with brown flowers, among Schlim^s Venezuela plants, No 07 
gathered at San Cristobal at the height of 2500 feet above the sea. x ^ j 
MORMODES 
brevi erecto, sepalis petalisque subrotundo-ovatis acutis secundis 
cuneato 
cucuUat 
■Mexi 
has 
vinegar 
ground sown thickly with dull wine-red specks, and a powerful odour 
It differs from M, nardhium in the small size, of its flmvpr« qt*/^ W^ 
of the hp and floral envelopes. 
327. MoEMODES PAHDiNUM {Bateman, Orch. Medc, t. 14; Hooker, Bot. Maj., t. 3900; alitts 
Ci/closla maeuhta Klotzsch, in Gartenzeit., no. 39, 1838.— Vnr. Unlcolor Hooker 1. c. t. 3879 • 
Catasetum 
citrhmm Hort.) ; foliis elongatis lanceolatis, racemo ascendeate clongato multifloro, 
sepaKs petalisque lanceolatis acuminatis subsecundis, labello piano conformi acute tridentato 
unguiculato . — Mexico 
with 
328. MoEMODES LUXATUM . 
A beautiful species, with bright yellow flowers, spotted with rich brown in 
%n 
Bot. Reg, 1812, misc. 66, 1843, t. 83.) ; foliis 
longissimis angustis subtiis glaucis racemo oblongo pluries 
petahsque oblongis concavis margine subscariosis carnosis ir 
obsolete trilobo apiculato supra columnam cucullato, caudicula apice tubercdata. — Mt 
Flowers large, as 
much as 3J inches in 
diameter, pale lemon- 
concavo 
colour. 
powerfully 
aromatic, with some- 
what the appearance 
of an Anguloa. The 
manner in which the 
customary arrange- 
ment of the parts of 
fructification is dis- 
turbed is very curious. 
We have not seen the 
plant in collections 
for a long time. 
329. ACHIMENES 
L 
visciDA. [alias Chd' 
risanthera atrosan- 
guinea of the Gar- 
dens.) A hothouse 
herbaceous plant with 
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* j-i fftjt 
