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111). SCIIOMBURGKIA tibicinis (Batcman in litt.) ; pscuclobulbis conicis 

 cornifonnibus annularis sulcatis 3-pbyllis, foliis oblongis coriaceis paten- 

 til mis. scapo longissimo tereti distanter squamato apice paniculato, pani- 

 culti pyramidali laxiflora, sepalis petalisque undulatis crispis, labello ob- 

 longo venis per medium 5 elevatis approximates : laciniis lateralibus 

 apice rotundatis intermedia subrhombea, emarginata, anthera, emar- 

 ginata. 



This noble plant, the cows-horn orchis of Honduras, has 

 been for some years in our gardens, whither it was originally 

 sent by Mr. Skinner. It nearly produced its flowers some 

 time since with Mr. Bateman, but the gigantic flowering stem 

 was accidentally broken before the blossoms expanded. Lady 

 Acland has at last been so fortunate as to obtain it at Killerton 

 in perfection, by the good management of Mr. Craggs, her 

 Ladyship's gardener, and it was exhibited at the last great 

 meeting in the Horticultural Society's Garden. The flowers 

 when fully expanded are about two and half inches wide, a 

 deep pink speckled with white on the outside, rich chocolate 

 red within. The lip is white in the middle, but deep rose- 

 colour at the sides, with a short chocolate red middle lobe. 

 Upon the whole perhaps it disappoints the expectation formed 

 by its huge pseudobulbs and flowering stem eight or nine 

 feet long ; but it is a very fine thing. 



120. EPIDENDRUM (Encyclium) phceniceum / pseudobulbis subrotundo- 

 ovatis diphyllis, foliis oblongo-linearibus erectis, scapo paniculaque 

 scabris, sepalis petalisque subsequalibus coriaceis obovato-lanceolatis, 

 labelli laciniis lateralibus oblongis erectis obtusis apice recurvis inter- 

 media maxima membranacea, subrotunda undulata emarginata basi bila- 

 mellata, columna obovata marginata utrinque unidentata. 



A noble plant from Cuba, introduced by Messrs. Lod- 

 diges. Large pseudobulbs roundish ovate and two-leaved, 

 a panicle from two to three feet high, and large scentless 

 flowers are its characteristics. The sepals and petals are of 

 a leathery texture and deep purple, a little mottled with green 

 specks both inside and out. The lip is nearly an inch and 

 a half long, of the clear bright violet of Cattleya labiata, 

 and with the same deep crimson veins and stains in the 

 middle ; it is much undulated, and of a thin, not leathery 

 texture. This plant is still finer than Epidendrum macro- 

 chilum. 



