l'l.AT.. XXX III 



A.NGULOA CLOWT.sil 





An epiphyte of bold and showy character, producing flowers .n (ho same time a* tin- y.in- !> if-dioots. Tln- 

 pscudobnlbs a»i> largi', nhhuij: mad 1 , ami obscurely furrowed. Tho leaves ore broadly obovatc-lanccolato ami 

 plaited, three or four together, U10 young ptcudobullM being at length developed at their base, and at first 

 enclosed by green scalw resembling imported leaver Tin- tlii«iT-*ni|«-s which proceed from below the psemlc- 

 bulbs arc erect, shorter than the leaves, and clothed with green scales. Tho flowers arc large, of a clear 

 yellow colour, snbglobose from tho remarkable concarit) of the tcpalsand p tab md their connin*nt poalion. 

 The sepals and petals are similar in form, broadly orbicular-oTote and acute, tlie petals somewhat the smaller. 

 "nil- lip is shorter than the sepals, ovate, thrcc-lobcd, the lateral lobes nenle, ili<- middle lobe smaller, liairy, 

 and unequally two-lipped, the upper lip very short and (•marginal*-, the lower one acuminate and ihrcc-toothcd. 

 Tin' column i- large and entire. 

 v. . r/M I lowbsii, tiattttg. Botanical Btgiittr, 1841, (. <<*; Itooker, Botanical Magazine, t. 4513; ReicbeabKhJil-, 

 Waiptra Annate Botanim Systematica; ri 599 



This line plant was collected by M. Linden in Columbia Bomo two-and-twenty years ap>. and was first 

 (lowered bv the Rev. J. Clowes, »f Brouiditon Ilall, Manchester, after whom it baa been named, in the year 

 18*1. There appear to be several varieties of il in cultivation. That originally published in the ttutaaical 

 Register had a perfootiy while lip. Another figured in tho Botanical Magazine, which had been collected 

 by Mr. Purdiewhenon his mission for the Royal Garden at Knr, bad the Hriiry Up of the lip of a strongly- 

 marked deep orange colour. That which we now figure, from the superb collection of S. Bucker, Esq., of 

 Wandsworth, is, it will be wen, almost uniform in colour. 



The genus Anguloa, which sceins to bo now recognrwd by botanists generally, is not too distinct, for 

 it approaches very closely to Ljcastc, as Dr. Limllcy has shown in describing Iho plan! we now figure. 

 The main difference is that in Lgeatte the lateral wpi Is are placed edge to edge, while in AfiguUa they 

 considerably overlap, which arrangement produces a considerable difference in the aspect of the flowers. II 

 is a small genus, of which live species only an- in cultivation, all showy and ornamental plants. We 

 have Been one variety of A, Clowii with a few small red spout on the bright yellow ground-colour ; this 

 variety is sometimes called nacnntha, and is extremely rare. The species of AnguUn an- of deciduous 

 habit* losing their leaves after their growth is completed ; and they are of easy culture if the proper treatment 

 U given to them. They are all, moreover, free-blooming plants when well grown. Some arc rare in collec- 

 tions, but the one now figured may be obtained al a reasonable cost, being a capital species to import if it 

 is scut at the proper time, that is, when tho plants have completed their growth, but if imported when 



starting into growth, they will in all probability decay. 



Anguloa Ctowmi grows to a large size. The bulbs are usually six inches high, and the 1, aves, which 

 proceed from the top of the bulbs, ore from two feet w two feet six inches in height, six inches in width, and 

 of a beautiful light green colour. It commences to grow in April, when Iho flower-htids are produced from 

 the Btdo of the young growths, throe or four in number. The blossoms are lar-e, of a bright golden-yellow, 

 and stand nearly upright, so that they form a kind of cup. They are produced in May and Jane, and 

 continue in perfection for at least a month if they are kept dry. 



This is an excellent plant for exhibition purposes, as its flowers are so large and distinct It » alio a 





