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cies. The flowers are greenish white, and ofier some analogy 

 to Physinga. In habit it apjDroaches E. equiians, but in tlie 

 structure of tlie flowers it is widely different. Flowered in the 

 collection of IMessrs. Loddiges, and of no remarkable beauty. 

 {Bot. Reg., Mis. Not., July.) 



*Epidendrum lividum Lindl. An obscure, unattractive spe- 

 cies, with small, dingy purple flowers. Imported from Colum- 

 bia by the IMessrs. Loddiges. [Bot. Reg., Mis. Not., July.) 



*Saccolabiurn germmatum Lindl. A new species, the blos- 

 soms of which " are the smallest of the genus, not being larger 

 than a grain of mustard seed; but the finest amethysts are not of 

 a more brilliant purple, and the tips of the labellum and sepals 

 are quite white. Brought from the Khoseea hills in India, by Mr. 

 Gibson, the Duke of Devonshire's collector. {Bot. Reg., Mis. 

 Not., July.) 



* Saccolubium densiflorum Lindl. — A handsome species, 

 collected in Manilla by Mr. Canning. [Bot. Reg., Mis. Not., 

 July.) 



* Odontoglossum cordatum Lindl. A very handsome spe- 

 cies, " having the sepals and petals richly blotched with brown, 

 upon a yellowish-green ground, while the lip is white, with the 

 crest at the base purplish, and the ajiex spotted and blotched 

 with rich brown." Only a single small specimen has as yet 

 flowered. Imported from JMexico by George Barker, Esq., of 

 Birmingham. [Bot. Reg., jMis. Not., July.) 



* Oncidium confragosuni Lindl. A fine species, with very 

 delicate straw-colored flowers, faintly spotted with pale purple. 

 It is very similar to O. stranineum. Imported from Mexico by 

 George Barker, Esq. [Bot. Reg., JMis. Not., July.) 



* Microstylis excavato Lindl. — "A green-flowered orchida- 

 ceous plant, resembling ]\1. ophioglosoides, but with a corym- 

 bose inflorescence. Imported by Mv. Barker, from jMexico. 

 [Bot. Reg., Mis. Not., July.) 



* Dendrobium stuposum Lindl. An erect species, with the 

 habit and general appearance of D. candidum; the flowers are of 

 the same white color, and but little smaller; the labellum, how- 

 ever, has a deep orange callus below its point, where it is thick- 

 ly covered with a coarse tow-like hairiness. Imported from In- 

 dia, by Mr. Gibson, for the Duke of Devonshire. [Bot. Reg., 

 Mis. Not., July.) 



* Maxillaria Boothii Lindl. A new species, with pale green- 

 ish-yellow sepals and petals, and one-flowered scapes about two 

 inches high. The plant was collected in (juatemala, and added 

 to the collection of Sir Charles Lemon, Avhere it flowered this 

 year. [Bot. Reg., Mis. Not., July.) 



