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flowers is yellow and green spotted with brown, and they last 

 three or four weeks in good condition, if kept dry. 



B. Lawrenceana lonrjissima. — A very striking variety of 

 the species, the sepals being very much lengthened out ; they 

 are greenish white spotted with dark brown ; the lip is also 

 very much lengthened, and is yellowish dotted with purple. 

 It is deserving of a place in every collection. 



B. maculata major. — A very free-flowering species ; sepals 

 and petals greenish yellow spotted with brown ; lip white 

 spotted with dark brown. Flowers in May and June ; lasts 

 five weeks in bloom if kept in a cool-house. From Jamaica. 



B. verrucosa. — A curious species from Mexico. The upper 

 part of the flower is pale green ; the lip white, marked with 

 green warts. It blossoms abundantly in May and June. 



B. verrucosa grandiflora. — A fine variety from Mexico, 

 of stronger growth than the typical B. verrucosa, and with 

 flowers twice the size, and of a lighter colour. This is the best 

 of the genus I have seen, and is well worth a place in every 

 collection. There are several kinds grown for this variety, 

 but the true one is very rare. 



B. WraijcB. — A very pretty species from Guatemala, pro- 

 ducing its flowers on spikes two or three feet long ; sepals and 

 petals yellowish gi'een blotched with brown ; the lip is broad 

 and yellow spotted with brown. Blooms from May to August, 

 and continues flowering for two months. 



Broughtonia. 



This is a small genus, in fact, as far as I am aware, it con- 

 tains only a single species, which is allied to Lcelia; it is 

 common in the Islands of Cuba and Jamaica, more especially 

 the latter, where it grows fully exposed to the influence of the 

 sun. 



