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white and brown flowers during autumn and winter; it lasts 

 long in beauty, and is best grown in a pot with peat. This 

 is a very fine species when well gi'own. I have seen it growing 

 in a cool-house, and bearing twenty-five spikes, two feet high, 

 with Mr. Anderson, gardener to T. Dawson, Esq. Native of 

 Mexico. 



0. Kramerianum. — A very fine Orchid, somewhat in habit 

 like 0. Papilio ; the pseudobulbs are very dark, the leaves 

 brightly spotted. It makes a long, knotty -jointed flower spike, 

 with flowers the same shape and colour as the before -mentioned 

 species, but instead of being banded with the rich dark brown 

 on the yellow, the darker colour is distributed over the flower 

 in a profusion of spots. The margin of the lip is beautifully 

 undulate. Native of Central America. 



0. Lanceanum. — A remarkably handsome and distinct 

 plant, with beautifully spotted foliage ; flowers large, and 

 produced on a stifl* spike about a foot or more high ; sepals 

 and petals bright yellow, blotched with crimson ; lip rich violet. 

 Of this plant there are two varieties, one having the lip almost 

 white. It blooms during the summer months, lasting four or 

 five weeks in good condition, if the flowers are kept free from 

 damp. This is best grown on a block or in a basket, with 

 moss or peat, and makes a splendid plant for exhibition ; but 

 we seldom see it in good condition. Native of Guiana. 



0. leopardinum. — A very free-flowering and pretty Orchid. 

 It is a compact-growing species, and produces flower spikes 

 some three feet high, covered with yellow flowers, spotted with 

 brown. Native of Peru. 



0. leucochilum. — A desirable and distinct species from 

 Mexico, producing spikes sometimes as much as ten feet long ; 

 sepals and petals yellowish green ; Up a pure white ; it blooms 

 at difi'erent times of the year, and lasts a long time in per- 

 fection. Best grown in a pot. 



