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a bulbous base, are long, lanceolate, plaited, recurved ; the 

 flowers are in a spike, much shorter than the leaves, of a lurid 

 purplish yellow colour. It grows in the stove with some diffi- 

 culty in the soil in which such plants are usually cultivated. 

 The figure in the Botanical Register, tab. 732, is expressive. 



XXXIV. Ponthieva petiolata. Lindky. 

 A new species of a singular genus, and discovered in the 

 island of St. Vincent's by Mr. James M c Rae. It is a terres- 

 trial plant, with many fleshy fibrous roots, stalked, lanceolate 

 leaves, and a scape about a foot high, terminated by several 

 brownish flowers. It is very well figured in the Botanical 

 Register, tab. 760, and is easily cultivated in the stove, grow- 

 ing in light peaty earth. 



XXXV. Spiranthes pudica. Lindley. 



Neottia australis (3. Bot. Reg. 

 Roots of this pretty species were found among the earth of 

 some plants received from China in 1821; it has not been 

 imported at any subsequent period. It is a small delicate 

 plant, resembling the Ladys Traces ( Spiranthes aestivalis 

 of this country, but taller, with delicate flowers, slightly tinged 

 with pink. It is very impatient of cold. In cultivation it re- 

 quires a light soil, and suffers much from having its roots 

 disturbed. Of several plants, once in the Society's possession, 

 one only now remains, owing to their frequent division for the 

 purposes of distribution among the Members of the Society. 

 It has been published in the Collectanea Botanica, tab. 30. 

 The statement in the Botanical Register, tab. 602, that it is 

 the same species as Neottia australis of Mr. R. Brown, is a 

 mistake. 



