equal in length to the sepals, spreading upon the same plain with the 
sepals, and intermediate in form and situation between them. LaBet- 
Lum larger than the perianth, funnel-shaped; the spur pale greenish- 
brown, curved forwards and upwards; lateral lobes large, compressed 
laterally, erect, rounded at the apex, wedge-shaped downwards, closed 
upon the lateral sepals and column; central lobe winged at its base, 
"linear in its upper portion, and there inflated so as completely to fill 
the space between the lateral lobes, and coming into contact with the 
anther to hide the whole of the interior of the flower. CoLuMN in its 
free portion very short, and rounded behind, but much elongated at 
its base, where it is broadly channelled in front, connate with the 
petals and sepals, and articulated with the lip. ANTHER-caseE blunt 
at the apex and slightly emarginate, attenuated at its base. PoLiEen- 
MASSES two, waxy, rounded, each bifid; the posterior lobe the smaller, 
attached to a thin transparent and colourless sub-rhomboid gland, by 
a linear stalk of the same appearance as the gland, and twice as long 
as it. CLINANDRIUM attenuated into a beak, dependent in the centre 
of the flower, and placed in front of the rounded excavation, in which 
is the stigmatic surface. 
PopuLar AND GroerapPuHicaL Notice. This genus, of whichthere . 
are many species, is entirely oriental, being diffused over the archi- 
pelago and the continent of India, and China. The present species 
has a particularly wide range, being found in China, Cochin-China, 
Martaban, and Bengal. 
INTRODUCTION; WHERE GRowN; CuLTuRE. - We received this 
plant at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, in the end of the 
year 1838, from Mr. Cooper. It seems to flower very freely, if we may 
judge by the little plant which has flowered so beautifully with us in 
July; having upon it three withered flower-stalks, the product of for- 
mer years, and another flower-stalk is now forming in the axil of the 
leaf immediately above that from which the present spike hangs. 
There are, no doubt, more fantastic forms among the Orchidacee, 
than the Balsam-like flowers of this plant possess, but I am not’ sure 
that there are any where the harmony of colouring, the perfume, and 
the symmetry of form, which produce a more pleasing impression. : 
It has been kept with us in a oe pit, and grows in lumps of 
unprepared peat. GRAH. 
SyNnonyMEs. 
Eres OporaTA. Loureiro: Fl. Cochin, 642. _ Willdenow: Spec. Pl. 4, 131. 
Persoon, Synops. 2, 522. Hort. Kew. 5, 212. Sprengel : Syst. Veget. 3, 719. 
dley: Gen, et. Spec. Orchid. 239. 
AiRzives cornutum. Lindley: Bot. Res: 1485. Roxburgh: FI. Indie, 3, 472. 
