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8. OBERONIA miniata. 
0. miniata ; caulescens, foliis equitantibus brevibus subfalcatis acutis, spica 
longissima, pendula laxiflora, bracteis linearibus convolutis laceris, pedi- 
cel 18 filiformibus glanduloso-pilosis, sepalis ovatis erectis acutis, petalis 
conformibus minoi'ibus, labello oblongo concavo versus apicem angus- 
tato retuso. 
A singular epiphyte, belonging to a section of this strange 
genus, of which O. anceps is the type, and of which there are 
many species. That now figured was imported from Sinca- 
pore by Messrs. Loddiges. It has the habit of Aporum 
anceps ; its flowers are extremely small, very brittle, vermi- 
lion red, and loosely arranged in a nodding spike sometimes 
as much as eight inches long. 
9. ANGRiECUM vesicatum. 
A. vesicatum ; acaule, foliis canaliculatis recurvis spicae pendulse aequalibus, 
floribus distantibus divaricatis, sepalis ovatis, petalis linearibus acutis, 
labello ovatoacuto, calcare arcuato ovario longiore apice inflato diaphano. 
From the Ashantee country, whence it was obtained by 
Messrs. Loddiges. It bears white, inconspicuous flowers, 
whose spurs look like a horn with a semi-transparent bladder 
at the end. It seems to range next to A. caulescens from the 
Isle of France. 
10. ACIANTHERA punctata. 
Scheidweiler in Gartenzeitung, 1842, p. 292. 
“ Acianthera. Sepala connivcntia, latcralibus connatis, supremo galeato. 
Petala minora cuneiformia, apice dilatata ; labellum cum columna arti- 
culatum, 3-lobum ; lobis lateralibus acutis, iutermedio piano obtuso ; 
Columna alata membranacea apice lacerata ; anthera apiculata, unilocu- 
laris ; pollinia 2, materie pulverea ad basin cohgerentia. 
A. punctata (Scheidw.) j foliis solitarns, ovatis, obtusis, glaucis, utrinque 
purpureo-punctatis ; sepalis extus villosis, intus purpureo-punctatis vel 
ocellatis ; labello purpureo, petalis punctatis. Flores racemosi, racemi 
pauciflori cernui, basi spathacei.” 
An orchidaceous plant, stated in the work above quoted to 
be a native of Brazil, and to belong to the Malaxeous divi- 
sion.. It is described as resembling, at first sight, a Pleuro- 
thallis; very small ; with oval leaves, and five or six greenish 
grey flowers on a common flower-stalk. 
