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11. CENTRANTHERA punctata. 
Scheidweiler l. c. p. 293. 
“ Centranthera. Sepala lateralia connata, supremum galeatum ; petala 
minora cuneiformia. Labellum cum columna articulatum, 3-lobum, lobis 
lateralibus minimis acutis, intermedio ovato obtuso. Columna alata, 
sub-membranacea apice lacerata. Anthera apiculata, unilocularis, pollinia 
2 materie pulverea cohaerentia. 
“ C . punctata ( Scheidw.) ; folio ovato, obtuso, glauco, utrinque fusco punc- 
tato. Sepalis extus villosissimis, intus fusco-ocellatis ; labellum purpu- 
reum, Flores racemosi, racemi radicales cernui. Planta epiphyta 
brasiliensis, caule semiunciali, folio carnoso unciale exacte ovato.’’ 
Another new genus of Orchidacese, according to Mr. 
Scheidweiler, found in Brazil, and cultivated in the German 
gardens. It, like the last, is represented to be very like a 
Pleurothallis ; its leaves are glaucous with brown pits. 
12. LIPARIS alata. 
Scheidweiler l. c. p. 293. 
. “ L. alata (Scheidw.); foliis 6, oblongo-ovatis, acutis, plicatis, petiolatis, 
spica erecta multiflora brevioribus. Scapo alato, squamoso, purpureo ; 
alis 6, membranaceis. Sepalis petalis linearibus latioribus ; labello mu- 
cronato revoluto atropurpureo. Gynostemium viride; flores ante an- 
tliesin purpurei.” 
A Mexican plant, which has flowered at Lacken, in the 
garden of His Majesty the King of the Belgians. It is 
stated to be rather prettier than the majority of its race, with 
a spike of flowers six inches long, and purple flowers half an 
inch long, with a crimson lip. 
13. MAXILLARIA galeata. 
Scheidweiler L c. p. 309. 
“ M. galeata (Scheidw.); pseudobulbis ovatis compressis dipliyllis ; foliis 
ovato-oblongis, acutis, plicatis ; scapis radicalibus unifloris ; sepalo su- 
premo petalisque lateralibus conniventibus subgaleatis, sepalis lateralibus 
patentibus, omnibus lanceolatis acutis, labelli trilobi lobo intermedio 
lingulato, lateralibus parvis acutis ; anthera galeata, loculorum valvulis 
membranaceis transversim dehiscentibus ; pollinia 4, per paria in glan- 
dulam hyalinam transversam sessilia. 
“ Scapus duo pollices longus, purpureus ; bractese quatuor, ventricosae, 
acutse, margine purpureae. Flores purpurei, striato-punctati ; labellum 
