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be from the appearance of dried specimens. It is one of the 
curious race of Fringe Myrtles. The flowers are exquisitely 
beautiful when viewed with a magnifying glass, but they are 
not bright enough in colour, nor in sufficient mass to produce 
a striking effect. It is a native of Swan River, and has been 
raised in the Nursery of Messrs. Veitch of Exeter. 
107. GOVENIA fasciata. 
G. fasciata ; spica elongata cylindracea, bracteis ovario sequalibus, sepalis 
angustis acutis, petalis obovato-lanceolatis duplo latioribus, labello ob- 
longo apiculato intus laevi, antherae mucrone inflexo. 
A discovery by Mr. Linden, who sent it from Mexico to 
Mr. Rucker. It is one of the prettiest of this genus of Or- 
chidaceae, having clear yellow flowers, whose sepals and petals 
are beautifully marked by fine broken bands of crimson. The 
long bracts, thin narrow spike of flowers, and oblong, not 
ovate, lip, are the marks by which it is best recognized. 
108. FRIESIA peduncularis. 
DeCand. Prodr. 1. 520. 
A neat evergreen half-hardy shrub, with deep green 
leathery ovate-lanceolate serrated leaves, sometimes opposite, 
sometimes alternate, and varying a good deal in the length of 
their foot-stalks. The flowers are something like those of an 
Andromeda speciosa, white, drooping from a slender stalk, 
and composed of from four to six sepals and petals. The latter 
arc wedge-shaped, exactly 3-cleft, with two deep crimson 
stripes in the middle. The plant, which we owe to the kind- 
ness of Mr. Henderson, of Pine Apple Place, will probably 
become a pretty conservatory plant ; or perhaps it may be as 
hardy as a Camellia ; but that has to be ascertained. It 
belongs to the Elseocarpaceous order. 
109. BOLBOPHYLLUM calamarium. 
B. calamarium ; pseudobulbis tetragonis, folio oblongo piano coriaceo obtuso 
basi canaliculato, scapo stricto longissimo apice florido, bracteis membra- 
naceis emarcidis ovarii longitudine, sepalis anguste triangularibus mar- 
gine pubescentibus, petalis cornuformibus subteretibus glabris, labello 
sessili mobili lineari basi sulcato margine omni tomentoso supra medium 
villis longissimis crinitum, columnse cornubus falcatis, 
