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reflexed side lobes, with a few small reddish-brown spots, the - merar 
dise nearly white, the front part of the lip cho seg and a 
spots and lines on the erect sides of the unguis. e co iuit 1 is s whitish 
yellow, with a few reddish-brown d on the dis) face, and wings. 
The plant has since been presented to 
19. Vanilla ensifolia, Rolfe, n. sp. rc caulibus stones 
suleatis laevibus. . Folia petiolata, elongato-linearia, subattenuata, acu 
longa, 6-10 lin. lata, petiolus 3-5 lin. longus. cemi 
seller es, abbreviati, floribus subfasciculatis. Bracteæ lanceolato-ovate, 
acute, 2-3 lin. longer, Pedicelli 1-14 poll. longi.. Sepala lineari- 
lanceolata, acuta, 2 poll. longa, 3 lin. lata. Petala sepalis subsimilia, sub- 
faleata, nervo medio pa aullo incrassata, — Labellum ae eer oblongum, 
crenulatum. Columna 14 poll. longa. Fructus non visus 
New Granada ; prov. Cauca, Goudot ; Patia, Herb. Pharmaceutical 
Society, from Mr. T. Hanbury, 1884. 
This is a very distinct yen readily je aN from every 
other by its narrow, swor eaves. lip of the only 
examinable flower is imp jérfé ot, so that it is + pasha to add 
any details about the disc and crest. It is described from dried 
specimens. 
20. Spiranthes olivacea, Rolfe, n. sp.—Planta circa pedem alta. 
Folia radicália petiolata, lanceolato-oblonga, acuta, 1-13 poll. longa, 
5-6 lin. lata. Scapus 10-12 poll. longus, gracilis, pubesce scens, multiflorus. 
Bractew lanceolate, acute, 3 lin. longe, Flores aussie, 3 lin. longi. 
Sepala lateralia linearia. xx usa, sepalum postic m. petalis in 
galeam connivens, lanceolato- lineare, obtusum. Pelai spathulata, obtusa. 
Labellum lineari-oblongum, pice in limbum suborbicularem crenulatum 
expansum, basi  subventri medio oria callis - parvis, 
pubescentibus. Columna fuut der ata, 14 lin. lon 
l species, introduced from North Peru by Menit. Charlesworth, 
Shuttleworth a Co, of Moore -———— and by them presented 
N red in Mare the paa year. It is allied to 
S. Preslii pts (C 'yclopogon ovals folium, P resl., Ael. Henk., i., p. 
t. 13, fig. 1), also a Peruvian species. e leaves are of a dark glaucous- 
or olive-green shade, with a few very small white blotches. The 
sepals are li t olive —— below, tipped with very light pink above; 
the Pon a similar shad e below, passing into pellucid white above, 
with a pink mid-nerve ; sa the e lip also white, margined - with green 
about the middle of the ene — point is also a little broader and 
en to the sides of th 

CCXLIX.—SISAL HEMP iN THE BAHAMAS. 
The following aree i account of the fibre industry in 
Bahamas has been r ently communicated to Kew M his deren 
Sir Ambrose Shea KC C.M. G., Governor of the Bah 
Sir AmBRosE we K.C.M.G., to Royat Garpens, Kew. 
Government vem Bahamas, 
Dear Sir April 11, 1892. 
I HAVE as asked the Crown Agents to order in the meantime six 
: copies of the Kew Bulletin for this Government, and I have notified 
