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striated and covered on the outside with dense brownish 
pubescence. The upper one is oblong lanceolate, with three 
brownish purple lines along the centre, and another round the 
margin. The lower sepals are united, and appear as one 
roundish ovate acuminate body, of a brownish green, marked 
with numerous elevated puce-coloured spots. Petals verv 
small, thin and delicate, about one-fourth the length of the 
upper sepal, oblong obtuse, having a purplish line along the 
centre and the margin, fringed and slightly marked with the 
same colour. Labellum roundish obtuse, somewhat spathu- 
late, and spotted in the same manner as the lower sepals ; 
attached by a small elastic membrane to the end of the 
column, which is curved and elongated so as to have the 
appearance of a little spur. Column about the same length 
as the petals, round and striated above, hollowed on the under 
side, with a thin pellicle at the extremity on either side of the 
anther case, so as to make it have the appearance of being 
winged. Anther-case deep brown, containing two very small 
waxy pollen-masses. 
“ The plant requires the constant heat of a moist stove, 
and thrives either on a piece of wood or in a pot of decayed 
vegetable matter.” — W. B. Booth. 
80 . STIGMAPHYLLON jatrophaefolium. 
Adr. de Jussieu in Ann. sc. n. s. 13. p. 288. 
We have received specimens of this pretty plant from a 
Liverpool correspondent, who describes it as a free flowerer, 
growing luxuriantly in a moist stove. It has palmated leaves, 
and yellow flowers, much like those of the other species. As 
far as we can judge it is the best of the genus yet in gardens. 
81 . STANHOPEA Martiana; var. bicolor. 
Bateman in Bot. Beg. 1840. misc. 19. 
Although it is probable that some of the so-called species 
of Stanhopea are mere varieties of oculata, and that others 
may be wild mules, there seems no reason to doubt that this 
is really a distinct plant, for it has a lip unlike any other that 
we have seen, remarkably short and saccate at the base. 
The present variety is a lovely plant with large pure white 
flowers richly but sparingly spotted with crimson. In the 
