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it already in a dried state. Growth the same as maculatum. 

 Sepals light brown ; petals white, with a few transverse bars 

 of brown at the base ; lip white, with a yellow crest. Native 

 of Guatemala. 



0. maxillare. — A very distinct and handsome species, 

 with light green bulbs, sepals and petals white, with a large 

 purplish brown blotch at the base ; lips orange, margined 

 with white, having a brown spot in the centre ; blooms during 

 the summer months, and lasts several weeks in perfection. 

 Native of Mexico. 



0. membranaceum. — A beautiful small-growing species, 

 from Guatemala ; sepals and petals pure white ; the lip of the 

 same colour, barred with brown. It blooms during the winter 

 months, and continues in bloom four weeks. This will do on 

 a block of wood or in a pot. There are many varieties of this 

 species. 



0. membranaceum roseum. — A handsome variety, producing 

 its flowers through autumn and winter ; they are rose colour, 

 shaded with yellow, barred with brown, and produced five or 

 six on a spike. Native of Guatemala. 



0. Mm reUianum. — A very pretty natural hybrid named by 

 Dr. Reichenbach, in honour of Mr. Murrell, gardener to the 

 late W. B. Hume, Esq., in whose collection it first flowered; 

 sepals and petals white, slightly tinged, and spotted with pur- 

 plish violet. Native of New Grenada. 



0. ncevium. — A pretty dwarf Orchid from Truxillo. The 

 colour of the flowers white, spotted with crimson, the lip 

 yellow. It blooms in June and Jul}", and lasts a considerable 

 time in perfection. A scarce plant. There have been of late 

 a good many plants imported and sold for this species, but we 

 have not heard of one turning out true. The pseudobulbs 

 resemble those of some other species, which makes it difficult 

 to determine it in a newly-imported state. 



