f two, and the R. tentaculata of Póppig 
be excluded. The following species 
together the appearance of R. anten- 
nifera, from which it differs merely in its 
lateral sepals being half separate, and in 
E un and surface of its lip. The cha- 
tacter of plicate leaves must be altered to 
coriaceous ; it was derived from the figure 
. in Humboldt and Kunth's work, and does 
exist in nature. 
_ R. guttulata ; sepalis lateralibus semi- 
atis supremo tenuissimo aristato mul- 
| toties majoribus, petalis aristatis sepalis 
. brevioribus, labello lineari emarginato sca- 
ro basi mutico.— Woods on the western 
side of Pichincha, on trunks of trees. 
Jameson, | 
MASDEVALLIA. Gen, et Sp. Orch. 192. 
E Tcannot but think that this genus really 
7€ are two very distinct new species 
Mons. Descourtilz’s drawings. 
: M. tridentata ; 
enus, brownish externally, a brish 
2 : y, a bright 
tee Yellow in the inside. 
—— 
PHRYSORHÜE. A NEW GENUS 
OF CHAM ELAUCIE E. 
By Joun LinDLey, Ph. D. F.R.S. 
letter to Mr. Robert Mangles, from 
ndent at Swan River, occurs the 
W e:— 
€ have a magnificent plant, the ge- 
of which I do not know ; it belongs to 
Ina 
CHRYSORHOE; A NEW GENUS OF CHAMJELAUCIEJE. 
357 
the tenth class of Linneus: there are se- 
veral species of it, but the most magnifi- 
cent is one with golden-yellow flowers, 
which are borne in large corymbs, several. 
feet in diameter, the calyxes elegantly cut 
or fringed; the flowers.are very fragrant, 
and have all the property of everlasting 
flowers." 
Along with this communication were 
received some dried flowers, an examina- 
tion of which enables me to state, that this 
most remarkable plant forms a new and 
exceedingly interesting genus of Chame- 
lauciez, to which the name of Curysor- 
HOE may be applied, and of which I would 
propose the following essential character. 
The only species I have seen may be call- 
ed Chrysorhée nitens, and will be known 
by the brief description given below in 
lieu of a specific character. 
CHRYSORHOE. 
Bractee 2, concave, decidue, florem 
includentes. Sepala 5, in lacinias 7—9, 
subulatas, plumosas, palmatim partita. 
Petala 5, acuta, concava, serrata. Stamina 
omninó libera ; 10 fertilia, quorum 5 peta- 
lis opposita, et 10 breviora subulata, ex- 
tra discum carnosum epigynum concavum 
inserta; anthere subrotunde, estivatione 
inflexe, apiculate, bivalves, basi gibbis 
2 sphericis pellucidis albis aucte: pol- 
ine olivaceo. Ovarium disco omninó 
tectum eoque et calycis tubo leviter adhze- 
rens, uniloculare, basi convexum, hinc 
ovula duo gerens ascendentia reflexa, fu- 
niculis propriis adherentia ; stylus sub- 
ulatus imberbis; stigma simplex. Fruc- 
tus 
Chrysorhöe nitens. 
Frustula tantùm vidi, quorum ramuli 
sunt atrovirides, rigidiusculi, tenues, tere- 
tes, glabri, hic illic tuberculati, apice et 
i ormia 
erecta, glabra, 
Pedicelli filiformes, foliis longiores. B | 
tee obovate, membranacee, sicc®, glabre, 
cucullate. Calycis tubus turbinatus, an- 
s, brevis. Sepala aurea, patentissi- 
latu 
s umosa, exsucca. Petala aurea, ex- 
ma, pl 
