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of this species which includes 8 alae; in them I find uniformly an 
oblong-ovate obtuse erect basal lo be and a rather longer simply 
of a deep notch with a mucro in the sinus. The undulation attributed 
to the distal lobe is due to that organ not having been carefully spread 
out, as is evident from a reference to the figure of it in the sketch 
accompanying the specimen. A paper capsule attached to the sheet 
of the Herbarium soln Maximowicz’s separated floral organs with 
the exception of the a 
It is unfortunate that the specific name adopted for this species 
should run counter to fact. I may add that no one having had experi- 
ence of the great difficulty of rene a out the wings of herbarium speci- 
mens of Balsams will be surprised at even so accurate a botanist as 
Maximowicz pee been deceived by the ragged end of the distal 
lobe.—J. D. Hooker, 
1, peduncle, bract and ovary; 2, standard; 3, sepal; 4, wing; 5, lip; 
6, act, All enlarged. 
