border of the other. There is a nectariferous groove at the base 
of the lip—at least, in the flowers I have observed. Column 
clavate. Androclinium oblique, rhomboid; a small tooth at the base 
covering the base of the anther. Mostellar process hanging over 
the stigmatic hollow. Anther pyriform, with six locelli, the single 
ones small, anterior, the pairs oblique, posterior. Pollinariwwm 
quite genetic. The flowers are dirty green, with the apex of the 
tepals and disc of lip brown. Finally the flowers are whitish 
ochre-coloured. 
There is another unpublished Saundersian Hexadesmia, which 
may be described at once :— 
Hexaprsmia prripa, Rchb.f. MSS. in Hort. Saund. No. 1661. Pseudo- 
bulbo oblongo longissime stipitato, folio oblongo ligulato acuto, 
racemis quadrifloris, mento acute angulato, sepalis tepalisque 
ligulatis acutis, labello lgulato medio dilatato, lobo retrorso 
utrinque quadrato, lobo antico ligulato obtuse bifido, disco 
levi, columna utrinque anguste angulata. Flores viridi-flavi. 
And another species, which has remained fifteen years in my 
herbarium, wanting to. be described :— 
Hexapesmta srsstrts. Pseudobulbo pyriformi sessili monophyllo, 
folio quinquies longiori lineari apice tridentato, pedunculo 
capillari solitario seu geminato basi vaginato bifloro, bracteis 
triangulis uninerviis abbreviatis, ovariis pedicellatis longe 
exsertis, sepalis triangulis, tepalis ovatis, labello ligulato obtuse 
bilobo per lineam mediam incrassato. 
Mexico: Trapiche Sta Ana, Galeotti, 5331! The four speci- 
mens I have are all I ever saw, and from the high number and 
the hand-writing, there is no doubt they came from Jiirgensen. 
It would be a true H. crurigera if the pseudobulbs were not 
sessile, and the lip not different. 
Materials :—A careful study of the living types, October, 1868 ; 
my sketches and description made then; only two herbarium 
specimens. 
Tab. 113.—The plant. 1, front view of flower +; 2, side view of 
the same +; 8, the same, sepals and tepals cut + ; 4, front view of 
column and lip +; 5, 6, pollinaria +. 
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A species of Hexadesmia producing a few inconspicuous yellow- 
green flowers. I received my specimens of this plant from Mr. E. 
Reed, and they were obtained at Esperanza and Bahia, Brazil. 
If put on a block with a little green moss, and placed in a damp, 
shady, temperate stove, it grows pretty freely.—W. W. 8. 

