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which stands up something like the collar of a coat. It is 
not pretty- 
86. TURRiEA lobata. 
T. lobata ; foliis rhombeis apice trilobis dentatisque subtus pubescentibus, 
floribus solitariis axillaribus, calycibus 5-dentatis, petalis spatbulatis 
columnae longitudine, columna viginti-dentata laciniis subulatis, antbe- 
ris 10 exsertis, ovario 5-loculari. 
A very curious stove shrub, of the Meliaceous order, re- 
ceived by His Grace the Duke of Devonshire from Mr. Whit- 
field, who collected it at Sierra Leone. It has white axillary 
flowers, about as large as orange blossoms. It is near Turrma 
heterophylla of Smith, a plant from the same coast of Africa. 
We shall take an early opportunity of figuring it. 
87. CALATHEA vilbsa. 
C.villosa; foliis subtus glaucis pilosis, scapo elongato bracteisque cuspida- 
tis laxis villosis, petalis obovatis bilobis. 
A Demerara plant, sent to Messrs. Loddiges by Mr. Schom- 
burgk. It has thin pale green leaves, glaucous underneath, 
and hairy. Its flowers are large, yellow, showy, in a loose 
spike, consisting of cuspidate shaggy bracts. It is a tender 
stove plant, with the habits of a perennial Canna. 
88. E ARINA suaveolens. 
E. suaveolens ; spica oblonga densa basi subcomposita, labello transverso 
rliombeo versus basin bicalloso obsolete trilobo lacinia intermedia rotun- 
data undulata emarginata. 
This extremely rare Orchidaceous plant was sold the 
other day among a collection of New Zealand varieties, brought 
to this country by Mr. Bidwill, and is now in the possession 
of Messrs. Loddiges. It is a tufted species, with stems four 
to twelve inches high, clothed with narrow distichous some- 
what rigid leaves, about three inches long. The stems are 
terminated by dense oblong spikes of white flowers, having 
a double yellow spot on the lip. In a memorandum now 
before me from Mr. Bidwill, I learn that it grows near 
Roturoa in New Zealand, on trees not very densely covered 
with leaves ; that it is very rare even there, exceedingly beau- 
tiful, and most deliciously perfumed. From Earina mucro- 
I— 1843. 
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