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PHALAENOPSIS Lown. 
Mr. Low’s Phalaenopsis. 
Nat. Ord. OncuripE®.—GyNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Perianthium explanatum, patens, sepalis liberis, petalis majoribus 
dilatatis. Labellum cum basi paulo producta column connatum, liberum, basi 
callosum, trilobum; lobis lateralibus ascendentibus petaloideis, intermedio an- 
gustiore bicirrhoso. Columna in ovarium recumbens, semiteres ; rostello gladiato. 
Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, subglobosa, caudicula plana spatulata, glandula 
maxima cordata.—Herba epiphyta. Caules radicantes, simplices. Folia rigida, 
lato-lanceolata, apice oblique retusa. Flores paniculati. Lindl. 
PHALENOPSIS Lowii ; radice crasse fibrosa, foliis paucis oblongis acutis carnosis, 
scapo gracili subspithameeo 4—5-floro, bracteis minutis ovatis acutis, floribus 
remotis albis roseo-tinctis, sepalo superiore late ovato acuto, lateralibus ob- 
longis, petalis latissime cuneatis obtusissimis, labello parvo longitudine se- 
palorum lateralium trilobo, lobis lateralibus brevibus linearibus reflexis, in- 
termedio oblongo purpureo lineato medio, carinato apice eroso, basi cristato, 
rostello longe proboscideo. 
Pua.Laznorsis Lowii. Reichenb. fil. in Bot. Zeit. 1862, n. 27. p. 214. 
A most lovely species of Phalenopsis from Moulmein, dis- 
covered by the Rev. C. S. P. Parish, for the introduction of 
which to Europe we are indebted to Messrs. Low and Son, of 
the Clapton Nursery. It is one of eleven new species of Orchids 
which have been recently described by Dr. Reichenbach, fil., from 
Mr. Low’s Orchideous House, during a recent visit to England, 
and given in the July number of the ‘ Botanische Zeitung’ for 
1862. If this species falls short in size and purity of white in 
the flowers of the well-known Phalenopsis amabilis, it compen- 
sates for those deficiencies in the delicate rose-tints of the petals 
and labellum ; and the shape of the lip and of the rostellum are 
very remarkable,—that of the latter quite resembling the head 
DECEMBER lst, 1862. 
