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Mr. Schomburg. Its leaves are thinner and broader than is Usual among pseudo- 

 bulbous epidendra, and a little wavy in the margin. The flowers are fully two 

 inches in diameter, thick and fleshy, dull green, stained with a dirty reddish 

 brown towards the end of the sepals and petals. The labellum is straw colour, 

 streaked along the middle with violet. Bot. Reg. 



Epidendrum pictum. Lindh Painted Epidendrum. Bot. Reg. This species 

 is nearly related to E. chloranthum, but readily distinguished by its ligulate 

 leaves. Its flowers are dull yellow, striped with crimson. Bot. Reg. 



Epidendrum Smaragdinum. Lindl. This species is closely allied to E. orchidi- 

 florum, with small bright green flowers, which are hardly distinguishable. It is 

 a native of Demerara, whence it was obtained by Messrs. Loddiges. It flowers 

 in March. Bot. Reg. 



Physinga prostrata. Lindl. Prostrate Physinga. Bot. Reg. Generic 

 Character. — Gen. Nov. (Epidendrese.) Sepala membranacea, sequalia, basi con- 

 nata. Petala minora, basi sepalis oblique adnata. Labellum carnosum, tuber- 

 culatum, indivisum cum basi columnse connatum, sacco vesiciforme basi auctum, 

 columna carnosa, nana biloba basi ima antherifera. Pollinia 4 filis duobus 

 geminatis pulvereis adnata. Stigma area minuta, madida, bidentata supra 

 faucem vesicae. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 



This is said to be a plant possessing no beauty, but remarkably curious in its 

 structure. 



Bletia Havanensis. Lindl. Havannah Bletia. Bot. Reg. This species is 

 allied to Bletia Veracunda, but differs in the colour of its flowers, which are much 

 paler, in its unbranched scape ; and in the form of its lip, whose crested plates 

 are intercepted about the base of the middle lobe, and bounded on each side by 

 a pair of curved varicose veins. It was introduced from Havannah by Captain 

 Sutton, in the spring of 1835, and added to Sir Charles Lemon's collection at 

 Carclew, where it flowered in March, 1837- Bot. Reg. 



TRIBE VANDEiE. Lindl. 



Miltonia Candida. Lindl. White-lipped Miltonia. Bot. Reg. This is 

 another species of this new and beautiful genus. The first species was described 

 and published by us in the 12 th Number of the Floral Cabinet, under the name 

 Macrochilus Fryanus, and by Dr. Lindley under the name Miltonia spectabilis, 

 without being aware of each other's name. The sepals and petals of M. Candida 

 are of a rich yellowish brown. The labellum is pure white, marked with bright 

 pink in the middle. The flower is nearly three inches in diameter. This charm- 

 ing species is in the fine collection of Messrs. Loddiges. 



Brassia macrostachya. Lindl. Long-spiked Brassia. Bot. Reg. This species 

 resembles B. caudata. It has been figured by Dr. Lindley in his Sertum Orchi- 

 daceum, t. 6. The chief distinction is, the pseudobulbs in B. macrostachya are 

 acute not obtuse at their margins ; its flowers are smaller, greener, and much 



