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angulati vel subtruncati ; lobus in termed i us rotundatiis, obtusus, 

 crenulatus; discus crebre papilloso-cristatus; calcar oblongiim, 

 siibobtusum, 4 mm, longum. Columna oblonga, 2-5 mm, longa. 



Tropical Africa. Gold Coast Colony: Eastern Province; open 

 country on Afram Plains, K. G. Burhridge 245. 



Tlie plant is said to grow on dry poor soil, exposed to full sun- 

 shine, and the flowers are white, tinged with yellow. 



417. Maxillaria Fletcheriana, Rolfe; a M. Hnhschii, Eeichb. 



f., partibus omnibus fere duplo majoribus et floribus purpureo- 

 striatis differt. 



Pseiidobulhi ovoideo-oblongi, subconipressi, 3—5 cm. lougi, apice 

 monophylli, basi diphylli. Folia petiolata ; limbus oblongus vel 

 elliptico-bblongus, subacutus, 15-20 cm, longus, 4'5-5-5 cm. 

 latus; petioli 8-12 cm. longi, vaginis late conduplicatis, Scapi 

 30-32 cm. longi, vaginis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis conduplicatis 

 imbricatis obtecti. Bracteae elliptico-lanceolatae, acutae, sub- 

 conduplicatae, 5'5-6 cm. longae. Pedicelli 5 cm. longi. Flores 

 speciosi. Sepahtm posticum ovatum, subacutum, obtuse carin- 

 atum, concavum, 4 cm. longum, 2-2 cm. latum; sepala lateralia 

 oblique triangularia, subacuta, 3 mm. lata, apice subrecurva, basi 

 in mentum obtusum subincurvum 4 mm. longum extensa. Pefala 

 elliptico-ovata, breviter acuminata, basi Incurva, apice recurva, 

 3 cm. longo, 1-5 cm. lata. Labelhtm recurvum, elliptico- 

 obovatum, trilobum, 4-5 cm. longum; lobi laterales obtusissimi, 

 erecti; lobus intermedins suborbicularis, obtusus, undulatus, 1-5 

 cm. latus ; callus obovato-oblongus, obtusus, crasse carnosus. 

 Columna crassissima, 1-5 cm. longa, pede 4 cm. longo. 



Peru. L. Forget, 



Introduced by Messrs. Sander and Sons, and flowered in their 

 establishment at St. Albans in April, 1913, when it received an 

 Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. The 

 sepals are white, with a few irregular purple lines, the petals 

 more strongly lined, and the lip yellow in front with a few purple 

 dots, the crest yellow, and the side lobes suffused and lined 

 with red-purple. 



418. Renanthera pulchella, Rolfe; a R. Imschootianay Eolfe, 



floribus duplo minoribus, labelli lobo intermedio orbiculari-ovnto 



et colore florum differt. 



Herha epiphytica, circiter 18 cm. alta. Folia disticha, anguste 

 oblonga, apice breviter biloba, coriacea, 6-5-8 cm. longa, 1-5-2 

 cmi lata. Scapi patentes, circiter 18 cm. longi, parce ramosi. 

 Bracteae ovatae, obtusae, concavae, 3 mm. longae. Pedicelli 

 circiter 1 cm , longi . Flores me diocres , Sepalum posticum 

 oblongo-lanceolatum, obtusum, 1-3 cm. longum; sepala lateralia 

 spatulata ; limbus elliptico-oblongus, obtusus, subundulatus, 

 1'3 cm. longus, 8 mm. latus; unguis 4 mm. longus. Petala sub- 

 spatulato-oblonga, obtusa, 8 mm, longa, Lahelhim trilobum, 

 5 mm. longum; lobi laterales triangulares, obtusi, subcarnosi,. 

 2 mm. longi et lati; lobus intermedins ovato-orbicularis, 4 mm, 

 latus, basi prominenter quadridentatus. Columna lata, brevissima. 



Burma, 



