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and petals are brown and pale yellow, twisted like a cork- 

 screw; the lip white, spotted with red. It produces its 

 flowers freely at different times of the year, and lasts two or 

 three weeks in beauty. There are two varieties of this plant, 

 one with much brighter coloured flowers. 



T. Tiirneri. — A distinct plant, and one well deserving a 

 place in every collection ; pseudobulbs light green, bearing a 

 single dark green leaf; flower spike eight inches long, each 

 bulb producing two, which together bear six flowers ; sepals 

 and petals white ; lip white, suffused with yellow. It should 

 be grown in the cool-house. 



Uropedium. 

 This genus contains but one species, as far as I am aware ; 

 it would appear to be nearly related to Cypripedium, from 

 which it differs, however, in being destitute of a pouched 



lip. 



JJ, Lindeni. — A singular and compact-growing plant, with 

 pale green foliage about ten inches in length. In growth 

 it resembles Cypripedium caudatum, and throws up its flower 

 spikes from the centre of the leaves. The blossoms, which are 

 produced two or more together, are large and singular in 

 shape ; sepals broad, with waved edges, greenish yellow, 

 striped with dark green ; petals and lip reddish brown, the 

 points lengthened out into long tail-like appendages, which 

 frequently attain as much as two feet in length. Though not 

 very showy, this plant is well worth growing on account of 

 its peculiarly-shaped blossoms ; and it is by no means a 

 difficult plant to cultivate, if it gets the treatment it requires. 

 I have found it to do best in a pot in a mixture of loam, 

 peat, and sand, with good drainage ; place the plant just 

 below the rim of the pot, and water liberally at the roots 

 during the growing season, which is nearly all the year. It 



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