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TVun Leuvu, and on the volcano of Antuco," a mountain 

 about 3 degrees north of Valdivia. 



22. Pholidota clypeata. 



P. clypeata ; spica, brevi leviter flexuosa pedunculo filiformi 



bracteis imis tantum persistentibus, columna maxima pe- 



taloidea subtriloba in mediam faciem antherifera, labello 



concavo apice hastato bilobo membranis duabus ascendenti- 



bus e basi- hastse appendiculato. 



Received December 12, 1849, from Mr. A. Kenrick, who bought 

 it of Messrs. Low and Co., in 1847, as a. Borneo plant. 



I have only seen the flowers, which resemble those of P. imbri- 

 cata, but stand in a spike not more than 3 inches long. The 

 column is very like a 3-lobed petal, bordered with brown, and 

 gives the flower the appearance of having two opposite lips. Mr. 

 Kenrick states that the pseudo-bulbs are " about 2 inches long, 

 with a dark green leaf." 



23. Stanhopea cirrhata. 



S. cirrhata; pedunculis unifloris bracteis spathaceis imbricatis 

 tectis ovario longioribus, petalis ovatis acutis reflexis sepalis 

 obtusis multo brevioribus, hypochilio intus tricostato extus 

 rotundato medio depresso ore aperto cornubus brevibus car- 

 nosis, epichilio ovato indiviso multo longiore supra basim 

 foveato, columna aptera cirrhata. 



A native of Nicaragua ; introduced by G. U. Skinner, Esq. 



A few pseudo-bulbs of this remarkable plant were sold at one of 

 Mr. Skinner's sales, having been collected in Nicaragua by Mr. 

 Warczevitz, A couple of specimens in spirits enable me to de- 

 fine it. Among Stanhopeas it is unique, the flowers being ab- 

 solutely solitary, not in spathaceous spikes, and the column 

 being wingless, and extended into a pair of feelers like some 

 Odontoglossums. The lateral horns of the lip, too, are extremely 

 short and fleshy. Its colours are unknown, but it does not 

 promise to be a showy species of much horticultural interest. 



