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PERISTERIA GUTTATA. 



at the base, and gradually terminating ,in the lip. Pollen-masses two, nearly sessile, com- 

 pressed, pellucid, obovate-oblong, with a deep fissure in the margin ; gland thick, somewhat 

 triangular. 



This beautiful species of Peristeria is somewhat allied to P. pendula of the 

 Botanical Magazine ; from which it differs in the colour, the shape, and the 

 smaller size of the flowers, in the absence of wings from the column, and in the 

 scarcely-developed lateral lobes of the labellum. It is much more nearly allied 

 to P. cerina of the Botanical Register, with which it agrees in the general shape 

 of the flowers, and the denticulated margin of the middle lobe of the labellum ; 

 but differs from it in the colour and copious markings of the flowers, in the 

 entire (not emarginate) apex of the middle lobe, and in the absence of distinct 

 lateral lobes. Still, however, the resemblance between them (except in colour) 

 is so great, that we question whether our plant may not eventually be considered 

 merely a spotted variety of P. cerina. 



For an opportunity of figuring it we are indebted to George Barker, Esq., of 

 Springfield, in whose stove it has recently flowered, and who obtained it, we 

 understand, from Mr. Knight, of King's Road, by whom it was imported from 

 Rio. 



Fig. 1, labellum, column, and germ ; 2, pollen-masses and gland ; 3, anther- 

 case. • . 



