genus Ccelogyne, to Avhicli one of us, many years since^ reduced them, but they differ in certain 
points, to wliich we shall advert when we proceed to figure Pleione JmmiUs^ another charming 
species, of which Messrs. Yeitch have also obtained possession. 
The Bottle Pleione was received at the same time, nnxed with the last. It is, however, 
obWously distinct, not only in coloiu', but in the form of the bracts and lobes of the flower, and in 
the number of crested lines upon the Hp. It was distributed among Dr. Wallich^s dried plants. 
No. 1763, under the name of Cvdogyne humilis. 
Th 
W; 
under 
The method followed in cultivating 
Walli 
iS 
They 
I have often had the satisfaction of seeing them in flower there. Our mode of treating these and 
similar Epinh/tes is to place them on beds made of brickwork, raised four or five feet from the 
admit of being perfectly drained 
structure is" nlaced in a shadv 
stratum 
surface 
natural place of the growt' 
By the aid of these beds. 
and by a constant attention to the necessity of keeping the roots as weU as the plants themselves 
with 
:mal, 
» 
All the species are Alpine. Dr. Royle describes the P. prcBcox as being found ornamenting with 
lured 
30 
N. Lat., but only during the moisture of the rainy season. The secret of their successful 
iT while 
moisture 
exhibition tables ! 
What 
for 
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