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colour. The spike is long and erect, bearing many large 

 flowers ; sepals and petals thick and fleshy, yellow spotted 

 with crimson in front, rosy crimson at the back ; lip crimson. 

 It blooms in July, August, and September, and continues 

 blooming for three months. Native of the Philippine Islands. 



V, Bensoni. — A very nice addition to this beautiful genus, 

 belonging to the F. Roxburghii section. A free-growing plant, 

 producing spikes eighteen inches long, with flowers two inches 

 in diameter, white on the outside, and greenish yellow, dotted 

 with reddish brown on the inside ; lip white and violet colour. 

 It flowered for the first time with the Messrs. Yeitch, in the 

 summer of 1866. Native of Rangoon. 



V. Cathcartii. — This exceedingly rare plant somewhat 

 resembles Renanthera coccinea in general appearance. The 

 leaves are short, broad, and bluntly bilobed, arranged in a 

 distichous manner, and pale green in colour. The spike is 

 drooping, bearing four or five large fleshy flowers ; sepals and 

 petals chocolate -brown, striped with numerous transverse 

 bands of yellow on the inside ; lip large, the centre lobe 

 cordate, having a soft yellow thickened margin. This species 

 has now become established in our collections, and has 

 flowered the last two years in the collection of C. Stead, 

 Esq., Baildon, near Leeds. Native of Northern India. 



V. ccerulea. — This remarkably handsome plant produces 

 upright spikes, each bearing nine or ten flowers, or more ; the 

 flowers are five inches across, are produced during the autumn 

 months, and last six weeks in perfection. It does not require 

 so much heat as the other kinds. I saw this plant in very 

 robust health with Mr. Denning, gardener to Lord Londes- 

 borough : a plant upwards of two feet high, with foliage to 

 the base, every leaf perfect, and bearing strong spikes, 

 each supporting eighteen large flowers. Native of Northern 

 India. 



