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brevis, alis falcato-oblongis obtusis crenulatis fere 2 lin. lon 
A distinct and pretty vm introduced from Brazil by Messrs 
Linden, MR wa umi iut diu onale, Brussels, which flowered in 
April of the present yea was pons to Kew for determination. It is 
allied to O. schillerianum, Rchb. f, and O. Volvox, Rchb. f., with 
which it agrees in its somewhat twining scape. The sepals and petals 
are reflexed, undulate, and of a clear bright aOR, the lip a little 
deeper yellow with a row of suffused red-brown dots on either side of 
the crest, and the column-wings deep yellow. The crest consists of five 
parallel cristate- crenulate keels, the two outer sp being longer, and the 
two next kie shorter than the middle o 
1 lin. latis, crista quinquilamellata lamellis crenulato-cristatis. Columna 
ngis. 
itin, 2-22 poll. cmd 11-1 ; ol, lata. roves tentiianlaa parvi, 
lanceolate, acute, glabre, 5-8 lin. longs. Ovarium glanduloso- 
pubescens, 4-5 lin. longum. Sepala subpatentia, ovato- lanceolata, 
acuta, 6-7 lin. longa; lateralia fere omnino connata. Petala sepalis 
similia, Labellum parvum, 4 lin. longum, oblongo-globosum, ore semi- 
c ee erp staminodio yin ein fries stigmate ovato. 
'Thi 

fasciculatum, 
Kellogg, a native d California and domm A a: in vem the only ot other 
member of the sectio on Diphy with racemose flowers. —— dinem 
dye ., of Cirencester, who 
had received it with the informátion that ^ came from dia ida, It has 
also flowered with Messrs. F. Sander & Co., of St. Alba 
30. um Henryi, Rolfe, n. sp.—Planta -circa 2 ped. alta. 
Caules pubescentes, foliosi. Folia cliptcoblongs v. late ing 
acuminata, plicata, 4-8 poll. lon Racemi 2-4 flor 
racteæ ovato-lanceolatz, Pei c Abe poll. loge. Ovarium 
dense glanduloso-pubescens. ^ Sepalum ticum lanceolato-ova 
on 
a ee fn poll. apis 4 poll. latum. Sepala lateralia f fere 
omnino con 
oki 
China: Prov. Hupeh and Szechuen; Dr. Aug. Henry, n. 5891. 
A very distinct species of the section Lape allied to the Himalayan 
C. cordigerum, Don, but with flow many other 
differences. The colour of the fies pr not been recorded, but 
judging from what can be seen in the dried state may he greenish- 
yellow, with a Meca paler 

