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Acineta (This genus comprises about)

This genus comprises about eight species, natives of tropical America (from Colombia to Mexico). To those described on p. 14, Vol. I., the following should now be added:

A. Hrubyana (Hruby's). fl. ivory-white, disposed in loose racemes; lip marked with a few purple spots, and having narrow, erect side lobes. New Grenada, 1882. A fine and distinct species.

A. Humboldtii fulva (fulvous). fl. tawny-yellow, dotted all over with purplish-brown; lip of a brighter yellow, spotted with dark purple. A handsome variety.

A. H. straminea (straw-coloured). fl. pale straw-yellow, with very few spots. New Grenada.