Plate 426. 

 PHAIUS IRRORATUS. 



The older varieties of Phaius are well known for tlieir stately 

 appearance and for the ease with which they are cultivated, and 

 it occurred to that indefatigable hybridizer, Mr. Dominy, who 

 has, in the course of a long series of years devoted to the 

 subject, produced many striking novelties, such as Calantlie 

 Veitcldi, Lalia Plfcheri, &c., to make it the subject of his skill. 

 He therefoi-e crossed Phaius Tankervillice with Calanthe vestita, 

 and the result is the very beautiful orchid which we now figure ; 

 it has been so well described by Professor Eeichenbrach, ^/.«, that 

 we think it desirable to give his words as they appeared in a 

 contemporary ; he is the first of living orchidologists, and is 

 well qualified to write upon any matter connected with this 

 very beautiful and varied tribe of plants : — 



" This is one of the beautiful evidences of Mr. Dominy 's un 

 rivalled talent in hybridizing Orchids in Messrs Veitch's Eoyal 

 Exotic Nursery. According to the nomenclature of Wiegmann 

 it must be called Fhaius ves/ifo — TankerviU'Ks being an offspring 

 of the so-called Calanthe vestita. Wall {Phaius vestitus nohis), 

 and Phaius TankervillicB, P. Br. The creamy-white flowers are 

 intermediate between its parents as regards their expansion. 



" Both sepals and petals have a rosy hue over the limb, and 

 there is a pale yellow hue over the disk of the lip. The 

 sepals and petals are oblong, lanceolate, apiculate, with very 

 prominent median nerves. The lip is nearly circular. There 

 are three obscure keels on the base. The anterior part is some- 



