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Pseudobulbi tetragono-ovoidei, rugosi, circiter 1*2 em, longi, 1 em, 
lati, mo nophy 1. pees sessilia, lanceolato-oblonga, subacuta, coria- 
cea, circiter 7 cm. longa, 1°5 cm. lata, Scapi graciles, 10 em. longi, 
basi vaginis angustis sais obtecti, apice circiter 8-flori. Bracteae 
lineari-lanceolatae, subacutae, 3-4 mm. longae. ” Pedicelli_ sub- 
umbellati, graciles, circiter 8 mm. longi. Flores elongati, miniati, 
petalis et sepalo postico marginibus pilis flavis ornatis, Sepalum 
postiount ovatum, acuminato-aristatum, valde concavum, circiter 
mm. longum, marginibus longe pilosis; sepala lateralia basi 
ee: anguste lineari-oblonga, apice longissime caudato-acuminata 
et libera, 7-9 cm. longa. Petala oblique-ovata, aristato-acuminata, 
vix concava, 5 mm. longa, marginibus longe pilosis. abe sce 
recurvum, oblongum, subacutum, carnosum, m 
Columna lata, oblonga, 2 mm. lon nga; dentes graciles, dtodd 
1 mm. longi 
NNAM. 
A remarkable species which flowered in the Royal Botanic 
Gardens, Glasnevin, in September, 1910. Sir F. W. Moore states 
that it was purchased from Messrs. Sander and Sons as oe 
been imported with Dendrobium Bronckartii, De Wild 
flowers are vermilion-coloured, with bright "yellow baa on the 
margins of the petals and dorsal sepal, the anther-case yellow, and 
the teeth of the column whitish. 
383. Calanthe violacea, Rolfe; C. Masucae, Lindl., affinis, sed 
bracteis angustioribus et recurvis, labelli lobis lateralibus lobo 
Herba terrestris. Folia radicalia petiolata ; limbus late em aac 
lanceolatus, breviter et abrupte acuminatus, plicatus, submembrana- 
ceus, circiter 25 cm. longus, 10 cm. latus. Seapus a circitar 
30 cm. longus, subvelutinus ; racemus brevis, multiflorus, Bracteae 
oblongo-lanceolatae, acutae, recurvae, 1-1°8 cm. Sctiat, faeces 
suffusae.  Pedicelli 2°5-3 cm. longi, puberuli, purpur ores 
speciosi, lilacino-purpurei, labello violaceo-purpureo. “Sapile et 
petala patentia vel recurva, elliptico-lanceolata, acuta, 1-5-1°8 em, 
longa. Labellum columnae adnatum, lamina 3-loba, 1:2 cm. longa ; 
lobus intermedius late triangulari-obcordatus, 1:3 cm. latus, apice 
breviter bilobus ; lobi laterales divaricati, elliptico-oblongi, sub- 
obtusi, circiter 4 mm. lo ongi; discus per medium carinatus, basi 
prominente verrucosus ; calear cylindricum, incuryum, circiter 3. cm, 
longum. — lata, 5 mm. longa. 
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Imported by ” Media: Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath, 
and ers in their nursery in January, 1912. The sepals and 
petals are light purple, and the lip violet-purple, ees: brownish 
as it fades, while the crest of the lip is yellowish bro 
384, Epidendrum (Nanodes) congestum, po 3 oe ® discolore, 
Benth., floribus minoribus pallide viridibus diff 
Herba epiphytica, nana, 3-4 cm. alta. Folia disticha, patentia, 
ovato-oblonga, obtusa, 1°5-2°5 em. longa, 7-9 mm. lata, coriacea, 
carinata, margine revoluta et minutissime denticulata. Practeae 
imbricatae, conduplicatae, ovatae, obtusae, minutissime denticulatae, 
circiter 1 em. longae. Pedicelli 5-6 mm. longi. Flores terminales, 
