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A YEAR IN BRAZIL. 



CyPERACE/*. 

 Dichromena nervosa, Michx. 

 Fimbristilis communis, Kuntz. 



FiLlCES (Ferns). 

 Adiantum subcordatum, Sw. 



trapeziforme, Z, 



hirtum, Klosck. 



capillus-Veneris, Z. 

 Polypodium Filicula, Klf. 



These plants are now all in the 



Anemia hirta, S. W. 



Phyllitidis, S. W. 



coriacea, Grisb. 

 Lygodium venustum, S. W. 



Lycopodiace^. 

 Lycopodium carolinianum, I.. 



Musci (Mosses). 

 Neckera Lindigii, Hamfe. 

 herbarium of Mr. J. C. Melvill. 



In the above list it will be observed there is an orchid new to 

 science, which I gathered on the hillside near the town of Bru- 

 mado, now called Cidade de Entre Rios. Mr. Ridley described 

 it as follows, in the. Journal of Botany for June, 1885, vol. xxiii. 

 p. 170:— 



" Habenaria Melvillii, sp. n. — Tubera lanata clavata. Folio 

 duo, ovata obtusa patentia petiolata, 7-nervia ; lamina majoris 

 2-uncias longa, i J lata, petiolus vix uncialis. Scapus brevissimus 

 \\ uncia longus. Flores duo magni. Sepala ovata obtusa, late- 

 ralia parum obliqua patentia. Petala bifida, lacinia antica erecta, 

 ligulata obtusa falcata, postica longior recta linearis multo angus- 

 tior, acuminata. Labellum trifidum, lacinise laterales lineares 

 acuminatae, media brevior, obtusa. Calcar longissimum 4-unciale, 

 pendulum rectum, apice paullo dilatato. Columna brevis lata. 

 Anthera haud apiculata, apices longaa curvse. 



" Cidade de Entre Rios, Minas Geraes, Brazil, coll. H. C. Dent. 



" The British Museum Herbarium is indebted for this inte- 

 resting plant to Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill, whose name I have great 

 pleasure in associating with it. It is remarkable for the broadly 

 ovate-petiolate leaves, and the very short flower-stem bearing one 

 (or two) rather large violet and white flowers, and with a spvir 

 more than twice the length of the stem. The dorsal sepal is five- 

 eighths of an inch long, the laterals a little longer. The petals 

 are bifid ; the upper lobe about the length of the dorsal sepals'; 

 tlie lateral lobe a little over an inch long, much narrower and 

 tapering away to a fine point. The lip has a short narrow base, 

 ending in three narrow linear lobes ; the two outer ones nearly 

 an inch and a quarter long, tapering gradually to a point, the 



