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trilobum, eri Spee laciniis lateralibus parvis obtuse rotundis, 
apice arcte recurva obtusa, disco lve, Columna brevis, 
dentibus minutis. 
e and very anomalous little species, by Mx of the West 
Coast of Africa, sent to Kew for Mgr ten on r. J. O'Brien, of 
Harrow-on- the-Hill ең ае the Hber yar. It is precisely 
distant, with a pair of small fleshy coriaceous leaves, and a iwa 
scape, quite аске апу Polystachya in the Herbarium. The flowers, 
however, agree in structure with that genus, except that the petals are 
reduced to a minute fleshy tubercle, вп other anomalous character, 
but one which is insufficient to exclude it from the genus. The flowers 
are white, except a large ee ae ен at base of lip, a similarly 
coloured tubercle at extre apex, the e clinandrium, and 
teeth of the монеа а] весь with light purp 
9. Renanthera imschootiana, Rolfe, n. sp. asp lineari-oblonga, 
breviter “biloba, 4 poll. longa, 9 lin. lata, Pedunculus axillaris, 1 ped. 
longus, racemus circa 8-florus. Bractes: semiorbiculares, 1 lin. longe 
REOR 1 poll. rude Sepalum posticum oblanceolato-subspathulatum, 
subconcavum, 9 lin. longum; sepala lateralia unguiculata, 
oblique opico ovat, t obtusa, undulata, 1 poll. longa, 8 lin, lata, m 
lin. | Petala subspath ellu 
4 lin. lata. spathulato-linearia, obtusa, 6 lin. long 
3 lin. gra итгин lacinia antica recurva, ovato-orbieularis, Seti, 
apice Va; lücinic- laterales erect», triangulare tusa, basi 
brevior "Mario at»; calcar conico-saccatum ; epe céjtilitibeeeal pal 
olumna brevis, truncata, subteres, alis obsolet 
A showy species, allied to R. coccinea, Link As 88 В. Storiei, Rchb. f., 
sent to Kew by M. A. Van Imschoot, of Gand, Belgium, during July of 
the present ycar, with the information that it was imported by Messrs. 
sepal reddish-buff ; petals buff-yellow, with small red spots on the lower 
half and larger ones near apex ; lateral € reddish vermillion ; lip 
light; yellow, with a pair of crimson spots near base; the side lobes and 
small a auricles ЫК -crimson ; front ‘half of central one barred 
with the colour, and some orange about the middle of the crest. 
an is very complex, and eius of a pair of contiguous parallel 
plates in front of the mouth of the spur, then a pair of arcuate ig ame 
ones, diverging upwards, and finally three erect tubercles at the A 
the front lobe of the lip. It is readily distinguished from X. coecine 
by the shorter segments, the broader lateral sepals, and different details 
of the lip. J?. Storiei, according to the description, differs in numerous 
м and, like Л. coccinea, its flowers are borne in branching 
et 
uamis ЖАЙ аен apice pubescen 
oll. Qe po Bracteæ lineares, acuminate, pubescentes, 
3-12 lin. longe. Ovarium pubescens. Sepala оке а; lateralia 
$ pos 1 
жылт ыйсы, obtusum, 5 lin. longum. Petala membranacea 
xw subobliqua, он» ‘titi Labelli limbus late ovatus, obtusus, 
