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VAKIEGATED OBCHIDS. 



four inches long and two or three broad, and bearing a 

 strong resemblance to AncBctochilus argenteus, the mark- 

 ings being similar, but the green darker, and the surface 

 less glossy. 



Hhophastemma discolor. — A fine new species, mth hand- 

 some foliage, nearly circular in form, three or four inches 

 across : the leaves are of a pinkish red, covered over with 

 small hairs ; and the plant has growTii well in a pot with 

 peat in the East India house. This singular plant was 

 received by Messrs. RoUisson from their collector in Java. 



