46 THE FLORIST. 



Ccelogyne pandurata. (Bot. Mag. t. 5084.) A fine and remarkable 

 epiphytal stove Orchid. It has large pseudo-bulbs, broad ribbed leaves, and 

 long pendent racemes of large flowers, which are pale yellowish green; the base 

 of the panduriform lip warted and marked with broad black veins and stains. 

 Borneo. T. Butler, Esq. 



Ccelogyne Schilleriana. (Bot. Mag. t. 5072.) A pretty little epiphytal 

 Orchid of the Pleione group of Ccelogyne. The pseudo-bulbs are small bottle- 

 shaped, the leaves two, the flowers large tawny yellow, the lip broad, somewhat 

 lyre-shaped, wavy and toothed, and prettily blotched with brown irregular 

 markings. Moulmein. Messrs. Veitch <j - Son. 



Dendrobium chrysotoxum. (Bot. Mag. t. 5053.) A charming epiphytal 

 Orchid, bearing splendid racemes of golden yellow flowers, having the lip beauti- 

 fully fringed. It has been some time in cultivation. India. 



Dendrobium Falconeri, var. obtusum. (Bot. Mag. t. 5058.) A beautiful 

 epiphytal species with long pendent stems, bearing in clusters from their joints, 

 the charming flowers, of which the sepals are blush, the petals creamy, both 

 tipped with purple, the lip rich yellow, pubescent, with a deep red spot at the 

 base and a small purple one at the tip. Khasya. Messrs. Jackson and Son. 



Dendrobium primulinum. (Gard. Chron. 1858,400.) This plant, figured 

 in the Bot. Mag. (t. 5003) as D. nobile, v. pallidiflorum, has since been distin- 

 guished under the above name. It is a very fine stove epiphyte, the flowers 

 white tipped with pink, smelling like Cowslips. The stems are pendulous, as in 

 D. cucullatum. India. Messrs. Parker Jf Williams. 



Dendrobium pulchellum. (Bot. Mag. t. 5037.) The fine old epiphytal 

 Orchid cultivated under the above name, is here figured. The name, it is 

 intimated, does not properly belong to it, but no other is substituted. 



Epiphora pubescens. (Gard. Chron.1858, 43?.) A stove epiphytal Orchid, 

 having small tapering pseudo-bulbs in masses ; the flowers are golden yellow 

 richly striped with crimson, two or three together on a scape five or six inches 

 high; their fragrance equals that of the sweetest Lilies-of-the- Valley. Mada- 

 gascar, Algoa Bay, &c. Rev. Mr. Ellis. 



Keferstenia graminea. (Bot. Mag. t. 5046.) Also Zygopetalum gra- 

 miueum and Huntleya fimbriata. A curious dwarf Orchid, without pseudo- 

 bulbs, having longish equitant leaves and radical peduncles, bearing the yellow- 

 green spotted moderate-sized flowers, of which the lip is edged with rose and 

 spotted with rich brown, on a yellowish ground. Caraccas. Kew Botanic 

 Garden. 



Oberonia acaulis. (Bot. Mag. t. 5056.) A singular epiphytal stove 

 Orchid, not pseudo-bulbous, with ensiform leaves, and a long cylindrical crowded 

 raceme of minute orange coloured flowers. India. Kew Botanic Garden. 



Orchis foliosa. (Bot. Mag. t. 5074.) A fine terrestrial Orchid, with pal- 

 mated tubers, broad oblong lanceolate leaves, and a long spike of spotted purple 

 flowers terminating the tallish erect stem. Madeira. Kew Botanic Garden. 



Pilumna fragrans. (Bot. Mag. t. 5035.) This is the Trichopilia albida of 

 gardens. An epiphytal Orchid, whose flowers have narrow greenish sepals and 

 petals and a broad white lip, and are deliciously scented ; it has long subtsrete 

 pseudo-bulbs and pendent flower racemes. Guatemala. Kew Botanic Garden. 



Pogonia discolor and P. Neryilia. Two charming little plants of the 

 Orchidaceous family, bearing considerable resemblance to the well-knowD 

 species of Ansectochilus. Java. M. Willinck. 



Vanda Cathcarti. (Flore des Serres, t. 1251.) A beautiful epiphytal 

 stove Orchid with tall leafy stems, bearing linear-oblong leaves rounded and 

 obliquely bilobed at the ends, and lax few-flowered racemes of large flowers, the 

 sepals and petals nearly equal, white behind, rich cinnamon brown in front 

 transversely lined with deeper brown ; the lip is very curiously formed, its larger 

 middle lobe having an elevated border, of which the recurved rim is yellow. 

 India. French Gardens. 



Vanda gigantea. (Gard Chron. 1858, 312.) A fine stove epiphytal Orchid, 

 called V. Lindleyana by Griffith. The flowers large, nearly three inches in dia- 

 meter, leathery, opening cream colour, changing to deep yellow with a reddish 

 brown stain at the back, and irregular roundish blotches of cinnamon colour on 

 the inner face. India, Burmah. R. Warner, Esq. 



