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bilobo vel obcordato instructus ; limbus basi trulliformis vel trian- 
gularis, pubescens, apice recurvus, acuminatus, Colwmna crassissima, 
3°5 cm. lon subreflexa, prominenter gibbosa, deinde basi subito 
ga, ’ 
reflexa et facie concava, infra antheram constricta; alae latae, 
arocetee 3 stigma marginatum, valde concavum. 
Co. 
Pitcodtood by Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Hayward’s Heath, 
and now in the collection of Mr. J. Talbot Clifton, Lytham Hall, 
Lanc., after whom it is named. The sepals and petals are lemon- 
yellow, the latter with a dark lurid-purple base and many transverse 
lines and reticulations above; the lip is brownish-yellow, with a 
few brown spots on the limb of the front lobe. In the shape of Zhe 
lip and column it is very different from any species previously 
known. 
348. Stanhopea elegantula, Rolje ; S. saccatae, Batem., sed 
floribus minoribus, labelli cornubus Laprenibes et epichilio sub- 
truncato differt 
Pseudobulbi late ovoidei, irregulariter sulcati, circiter 5 cm. longi. 
Folia petiolata, elliptico-oblonga, —subacuta, Ln undulata, 
Ey a ioe 5-nervi ia ; 20-25 cm. lenga, 5-7 . Jata; petioli 
4-7 cm. lon Scapi penduli, circiter 5 cm, lon hips; vaginis ovatis 
concavis fobiatbrisatis obtecti, 2-flori. Bracteae ovatae, subacutae, 
concavae, 2°5-3 em. longae. Pedicelli crassiusculi, 7-8 cm. lo 
Sepala reflexa, concava ; posticum elliptico-oblongum, apiculatum, 
4 em. longum, 2°5 cm. latum ; lateralia suboblique ovata, apiculata, 
4°5 em. longa, 3 cm. lata. Petala refiexa, oblonga, obtusa, sub- 
convexa, 3°5 cm. longa, 1°8 cm. lata. Labelli hypochilium profunde 
globoso-saccatum, 1°5 cm. longum, ore constricto et ad latera 
mesochilium latum, breve, apice brevissime 3-lobum, lateribus 
cornubus falcato-oblongis 1°3 cm. longis instructis ; epichilium late 
obovatum, truncatum, 1*5 cm. longum. Columna incurva, 3 cm. 
longa, alis angustis, 
HasitaT unknown. 
Received with a inne waite of miscellaneous wane from 
Mrs. Birdwood, Dalkeith House, Twickenham, in 1907, and 
flowered at Kew in April, 1910. The downs 3 are primrose-yellow, 
with the base of nis petals and hypochile of the lip orange, sparsely 
dotted with brow 
349. Lstostachye imbricata, Rolfe; affinis L. Zenkert, Krinzl., 
sed foliis brevioribus, sepalis petalisque subsimilibus et ‘acutis, et 
labelli sideaias! “Si breviore differt 
Planta pusilla, caule irevidiiehd, Folia ensiformia, oblonga, 
obtusa, carnosa, rigida, 1-2°5 cm. longa, 5-6 mm, lata. Scapt 
suberecti, 3 cm. longi, basi vaginis distichis numerosis ovatis acutis 
imbricatis obtecti ; spicae densae circiter 7-florae. Bracteae ovatae, 
acutae, membranceae, concavae, 3-4 mm, longae. Pedicelli bre- 
vissimi. Flores albi, parvi, basi bracteis inclusi. Sepala et petala 
subconniventia, linearia, acuta, subsimilia, circiter 4 m nga, 
apice grb recurva. La te de subulato-oblongum, ‘subacutum, 
circiter 3 cm. longum, apice subrecurvum, basi latius et concavum ; 
calear subinflato-blongim, obtusum, incurvum, 2 mm. longum. 
