much resembling that of Philadelphus coronarius, white excepting 
some purple marks on the upper side of the lip, which vary in extent 
in different specimens, and also excepting the column, which is. pale 
glaucous-green. LaTERAL SEPALS very large, ovate, cucullate at the 
base, where, also, they cohere for a little way; CENTRAL SEPAL lanceo- 
lato-elliptical, narrower but as long as the lateral ones, reflexed. 
Perats ovato-lanceolate, rather shorter and much more narrow than 
the sepals, spreading, reflexed in their sides. Lip about as long as the 
petals, slipper-shaped, cartilaginous, very thick in the middle of its 
length, this tumid portion (metachilium) being abruptly truncated in 
its upper surface both behind and before, anterior to which the lip is 
continued to form a large, nearly flat, triangular point (epichilium) 
which is slightly waved, and equalling about one-third of the whole 
length of the lip, flanked at its base on each side by a vertical rounded 
lobe, the projecting side of the metachilum; posterior to the metachi- 
lium the lip is formed into a deep cup (hypochilium) projecting for- 
wards under the surface of the metachilium for nearly one half of the 
length of this, pretty closely lined with yellow pubescence, and having 
from the edge projecting forwards, on each side, a subulate tooth which 
differs considerably in length in different varieties, and is more or less 
curved. CoLuMn as long as the lip (three inches) and forming a flat 
arch above it, rounded above, flattened below, and having near its 
apex two colourless, diaphonous, broad wings, and a blunt tooth on 
each side of the clinandrium. ANTHER CAsE rhomboid. PoLien 
MASSES two, obovate, grooved behind towards their outer edge, shortly 
stipitate, and rising from the sinus of a cordate, thin, and colourless 
gland, which projects over the horizontal narrow stigmatic cavity, a 
slender subulate prolongation from the middle of the edge of the 
clinandrium, passing along its under surface, and two much shorter 
having the same origin, being placed at its sides. GERMEN longer than 
the perianth, bent a little forward at the apex, and as much back at 
the base, very little twisted, divided longitudinally into three distinct 
= by three double lines. 
: - PopuLar anp Grocrapnicat Notice. The genus Stanhopea is 
confined jo tropical America, extending over this from Brazil to 
Mexi it thought that bee range e each’ species is small. 
