pastures throughout the whole Mediterranean region except 

 Egypt. Of these, S. Lingua, which is emphatically called by 

 Keichenbach " decus Floris Mediterraneae," extends from 

 Crete and Smyrna to Portugal. S. cordigera has a still wider 

 range, from Syria and the Taurus to the Azores — a very 

 unusual distribution for an orchid that is restricted in lati- 

 tudinal range, and which, though abundant in North Africa, 

 does not extend to Madeira or the Canary Islands. Both 

 species are found in Algeria. 



The species of Serapias are easy of cultivation in thoroughly 

 drained pots, with a light loamy soil, where they form their 

 leaves in winter, and flower in early spring. The Royal 

 Gardens have received tubers of both species from J. T. 

 Moggridge, Esq., collected at Mentone; from Prof. Orphanides 

 of Athens, and from H.E.H. the Comte de Paris, in whose 

 rich collection of terrestrial European orchids at Twickenham 

 the species of Serapias form a conspicuous feature. — /. D. If. 



Fig. A 1, 2, and 3, Whole plant, lip, and column of S. cordigera. 

 Fig. B 1, 2, and 3, Ditto of S. lingua. Figs. 2 and 3 in both cases 

 magnified. 



