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sheathing acute, about equal to the pedicellate ovaria. Sepals mi- 

 nutely toothed above, the lateral decidedly acute. Petals oblong 

 somewhat wedge-shaped, toothed above ; the lateral lobes of the lip 

 half ovate quite entire or denticulate, the front lobe strap-shaped 

 acute, or blunt, serrulate inflexed at the tip. Column clavate above, 

 denticulate round the anther. Flower yellow, lip marked with two 

 large blood-coloured spots, with numerous specks. Near New Fri- 

 burg in Brazil, Marie Leonie Pinel ! Blunt ! (Tab. 4.) 



2. Ch. aurata, Rchb. fil., I. c. Xenia, ii. tab. 148. i. ii. 1-10 : labello 

 cordato-triangulari vix trilobo, callo depresso emarginato in basi. 

 Folia cuneato-ligulata acuta glauca, bipollicaria et ultra. Racemus 

 validior fractiflexus pluriflorus. Bracteae ochreatae acutae, ovariis 

 pedicellatis baud multum breviores. Sepalum dorsale cuneato-ligu- 

 latum obtuse acutum nunc parce denticulatum. Sepala lateralia 

 duplo breviora, ovata acuta. Petala spathulata obtuse acuta, denti- 

 culata seu fimbriato-denticulata, omnia prasino-hyalina. Label- 

 lum flavidum, lobi laterales aurantiaci, maculae multae purpureas. 

 Columna clavat^, basi tenuis, apice retrorsum gibba. Androclinii 

 limbus denticulatus. Caudicula flexa. In Brasilia legit Blunt. 

 (Tab. 3.) 



2. Ch. aurata, Rchb. fil., I. c. Xenia, ii. tab. 148, i. ii. 1-10 : lip cor- 

 dato-triangular, scarcely three-lobed, with a depressed emarginate 

 callus at the base. Leaves strap-shaped, somewhat wedge-shaped, 

 acute, glaucous, two inches long or more. Raceme stouter, zigzag, 

 many-flowered. Bractes sheathing, acute, not much shorter than the 

 pedicellate ovaries. Dorsal sepal strap-shaped, slightly wedge-shaped, 

 with an obtuse point, sometimes sparingly denticulate. Lateral sepals 

 twice as short, ovate, acute. Petals spoon-shaped, with an obtuse 

 point, denticulate or with a denticulate fringe, all of them of a hyaline 

 leek-green. Lip yellowish, lateral lobes orange; spots numerous purple. 

 Column clavate, thin at the base, retrorsely gibbous at the apex. 

 Margin of the anther-bed denticulate. Caudicle bent. Brazil, Blunt. 

 (Tab. 3.) 



The type of Chytroglossa Marileonice and a good specimen of 

 C. aurata, accompanied by an interesting letter of J. Bateman, 

 Esq., are to be found in Dr. Lindley's Orchid collection, now 

 happily at the Royal Herbarium at Kew. That the genus is allied 

 to OrnitJwcephalus, Hook., and Zygostates, Lindl., probably also to 

 Phymatidium, Lindl., every one will feel who is accustomed to look 

 at Orchids. But who will give us the character of the little group ? 

 The difficulties of giving mean characters for the groups of Vandeae 

 are frightful. Happy he who knows little about them. He will 

 retain a gentle hope. 



