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lata. Scapus erectus, gracilis, 6-10 poll. longus. Recemus шеш, 
subsecundus. гасіев lanceolate, acute, carinate, 3 1 long 
Sepalum posticum oblongum, obtusum, ciliatum, 24 lin. m de i lin. 
latum; sepala lateralia ре latiora, шеген ин, Petala obovato- 
lon 
oblonga, obtusa, arcte ciliata, 1 lin. longa. Labellum valde carnosum, 
anguste oblongum, ilu ciliatum et [коче pubescens, 2 lin. 
longum, basi canaliculatum. Columna brevis, alis latis subacutis. 
A most distinct species, first sent to Kew for de termination by Mr. 
James O’Brien, of Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex, in May 1889, and 
again during the present year. Tt is said to have been imported by 
Messrs. F. Sander & Co., of St. Albans, from the West Coast of Africa. 
It has somewhat the habit of the preceding, but the scape is longer, and 
the flowering part more erect. This, as well as the ovaries, E. * a light 
glaucous green. ‘The flowers are under three lines long ; sepals 
pale yellowish white, with three to five light maroon lines; the petals 
and lip cf the darkest pur gm £e. the "— pale greenish, € 
purple margins and teeth. The n s given in allusion to the v 
unusual eolouring of the petals iod. lip, the “latter being in мајр а 
modified petal 
4M um . i Rolfe, n. sp. Rhizoma validum, repens. 
Pseudobulfbi 2 poll. фани, late oblongi, acute tetragoni, 1 poll. longi, 
$ poll. lati, diphylli. Folia oblonga, obtusa, 21-23 poll. longa, 4-1 
- lata. Scapus 61 poll. longus. Rhachis faleato-ensiformis, obscure 
crenulata, circa 4 poll. longa, 4 lin. lata. Bracteæ triangulares, acute, 
reflexæ, 11 lin. longo. pump postieum subulato-lineare, subacu- 
tum, scaberulum, 4 lin. lon Sepala lateralia faleato-ovata, acum 
inata, breviora. Petala оць obtusa, lin. longa. La баа 
recurvum, basi ovatum, subintegrum, apice lineare, obtusum. Columna 
brevis, apice quadridentata, 
Sent to Kew for determination in May of the present year, by 
Major Trevor Clarke, of Welton Place, Daventry, with the information 
that it is a native of West Africa, It is allied to M. oxypterum, Lindl., 
‘but has more acutely-angled pseudobulbs, and more distant flowers, 
which present various struetural differences. ‘The rhachis is light green 
along the centre with numerous purple-brown spots, and almost with the 
latter colour near the margins. e sepals are light green below, 
spotted with еи. рои, wholly Беклан: рифів abore; the petals 
maroon-purple; the lip whitish-green, densely spotted with blackish- 
purple ; and the column of the latter eolour with a light green dise near 
5. clinium leucorhachis, ое, n. sp.—Rhizoma validum, repens. 
Pseudobulbi ovoideo-oblongi, acute ove р 2} poll. longi, 14 poll. lati, 
monophylli. Folia lineari-oblonga, obtusa, 6= П. longa, 1 poll. lata. 
Seapus inen 6-7 poll.longus. Rha this faleato-ensiformis, obscure 
crenulata, circa З poll. longa, 4 lin. lata, albidula. Bractee ovate, 
же пан Am 2} lin. longse. Flores . Hace velatini. Sepalum posti- 
cum to-lineare, acutum, 31 lin. longum. Sepala lateralia semi- 
ovata, fale, acuminata, duplo breviora. Petala falcata, linearia, о 
$ lin. longa. Labellum recurvum, basi latum, fimbriatum, apice linear 
oblongum, « obtusum. Columna brevis, apice breviter quadridentata. 
A most — species, sent to Kew for determination by Sir Trevor 
Lawrence, Bart., M.P., of Burford Lodge, orking, in May е 
Nothing i is recorded of its habitat, but no doubt it isa native of so 
of Afi e rhachis is nearly white, with a very faint tinge rot 
77 ish green, iid. as in this feature it presents so stron; 
тш и. the character is comme 
