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bordered with yelloxv, tlie inferior sepals also stalked, oblong, much longer, the 

 base cuneate on one side and semi-hastate on the other; the crispy petals are 

 suddenly hastate-oblong obtuse undulated, pale yellow spotted with brown 

 towards the base ; and the lip is similar in form to that of 0. macranilmm. 



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trifid, with the lateral lobes triangular, and the middle lobe elongate linear- 

 lanceolate. "We saw a fine specimen of this in the collection of C. Dorman, Esq., 

 of Sydenham. It flowers during the summer months, and should be grown in 

 the cool hovise. — Ecuador. 



Fig. — Orchid Alhum, vii. t. 315 ; Lindvnin, vi. t. 278. 



O. LANCEANUM, Liiidl. — A remarkably handsome and distinct species, one 

 of those which are not furnished with pseudobulbs, but whose leaves and roots 

 spring direct from the short knotty rootstook. The leaves are about a foot long, 

 broadly oblong acute, leathery in texture, of a light green freely spotted with 

 purple ; the stiff erect flower scape grows a foot or more in height, and supports 

 a rigid panicle, whose short branches sometimes assume a corymbose and some- 

 times a racemose arrangement ; the flowers are If inch across, greenish-yellow, 

 brighter in the centre, closely blotched with crimson; the lip is broad and flat, 

 of a rich bright violet, the basal part, where it is expanded into a pair of angular 

 teeth, deeper violet ; the flowers have a rich spicy odour, recalling that of the 

 garden pink, and they are produced during the summer months, lasting four 

 or five weeks in good condition, if kept free from damp. This is best grown 



