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pendulous, and bearing a profusion of dark purple flowers. 

 It blooms during summer. Native of Trinidad. 



O. bufonia major. — Similar in habit of growth to the pre- 

 ceding ; indeed, they are mostly about the same size both in 

 pseudobulbs and leaves ; in this species, however, the flowers 

 difl'er considerably, being beautifully variegated with purple 

 and white. From Brazil. 



G. maculata. — This grows about eighteen inches high ; 

 pseudobulbs ribbed ; leaves dark green ; racemes upwards of a 

 foot in length, pendulous, and produced from the base of the 

 bulbs ; flowers very showy, yellow, spotted with rosy red. It 

 blooms in May, Native of Demerara. 



G. maculata alba. — A handsome and distinct form of the 

 preceding, which it very much resembles, but the pseudobulbs 

 are more deeply ribbed ; the flowers, which are pure white, 

 with a few spots of rose on the lip, are produced about the 

 month of May. Native of Guiana. 



G. portentosa. — This is a compact- growing species, not 

 difi'ering greatly from the others in habit ; it produces an 

 abundance of its gay flowers from the base of the pseudo- 

 bulbs, the sepals being rich yellow, whilst the petals and lip 

 are deep purplish violet. Native of South America. 



Grammatophyllum. 



A small genus of somewhat large-growing plants, all of 

 which are worth growing where space can be allotted them. 

 One of them makes a magnificent specimen, having a noble 

 palm-like appearance ; but it requires considerable space to 

 grow it in perfection, and it is, unfortunately, a shy bloomer. 

 I have seen plants grown for eight years without flowering ; 

 indeed, it has only once or twice been flowered well in this 

 country — once by Mr. Scott, when gardener to the late Sir 

 George Staunton, and again by Mr. Carson, Nonsuch Park, 



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