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has the sepals and petals pure white, and the lip yellow, somewhat 
darker on the dise and margins of the 'side lobes. The structure of the 
system of crests is rather complex. On the hairy dise between the side 
lobes are three obscure keels, which at the apex of the side lobes 
suddenly terminate in a pair of truncate very fleshy cr i at this point 
destitute of hairs; in ironi of these is a pair of deep ca bee one 
either side, and between them an elevated plate peii Rt yellow 
hairs, thus forming enit or erest, in allusion to w iá name is 
given. The column is white, with some Salle? Maree on the foot, 
and a yellow anther-case. 
17. Odontoglossum auriculatum, Rolfe, n. sp.—Pseudobulbi ovoidei, 
compressi, 1-2 poll. longi. Folia linearia, subacuta, 6-8 poll. onga, 
6-9 lin. lata. Scapi erecti, circa 1 oll. longi, laxiflori. 
Flores stellati. Sepala patentia, lanceolata, acuminata, 12-14 lin. 
longa, 3-4 lin. lata. Petala “Ao similia, Labellum longe unguiculatum, 
trilobo-hastatum, cirea 15 lin. longum, lobo medio anguste triangulo 
acuminato, lobis lateralibus rotundatis, disco  bicornuto. Columna 
elongata, 9 lin. longa, alis iG vane erenulatis 
A pretty little species closely allied to O. LA diam Rchb. t, but 
differing in having a bastat pl tilobed lip, os disc of which is light 
brown. oth ik spe 
long claw of the lip, the side lobes and crests are white, the disc light 
purple, passing into light brown towards the apex of the front lobe. It 
s imported by Messrs. F. Sander & Co., of St. Albans, with 
O. nevium, Rchb. f., and has „been sent to Kew for determination on 
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collection, and it has re D flowered. e constant ia 
cter, and different from anything which has before appeared, 
though at t I thought it, must be an anomalous variety o 
ontogl ossum guttatum, Holfe, n. sp.—Pseudobulbi subcom- 
prés orale ancipites, 13-1} poll. longi, 1-11 poll. lati. 
Folia lanceolato-linea: acuta, 9-12 pei longa, 14-1} poll. lata. 
cava, lanceolata, acuminata, 14 poll. longa, 4 lin. lata. Petala paullo 
minora, subincurva, — Labellum breviter unguiculatum, MEE; 
o medio acuminatissimo, lobis lateraliby 18 rotun 
enalatis, disco bicalloso, callis magnis erectis lamélistis;- pia irage 
riter = v. truncatis. Columna clavata, alis amplis irregulariter 
fimbriati 
This siia was sent to Kew for determination by G. R. le Doux, 
Esq., of Lan SN House, East Molesey, in March of the ect year, 
with the information that it is a native of Ocana, whe was 
imported as O. blandum, Rchb. f., in 1886. It is allied to O. diosa nant 
Lindl., but differs in the sha ape of the column wings and crests, also in 
colour. In its fimbriate column wings it recalls somewhat O. prestans, 
Rchb. £ and Warscew. . and O. tX e rE, hb. f. , how- 
