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the coolest end of the house in company witli Disas, Oncidium 

 macranthum, and the Odontoglots ; and their glowing lilac 

 and bright orange-scarlet and purple flowers form an 

 agreeable contrast to the pure snowy white and golden- 

 yellow Odontoglots and Oncids. The best of all are M. 

 Veitchii, M. Lindenii, M. Harryana, M. tovarensis, M. 

 coccinea, and M. maculata, but some of the best have yet to 

 be introduced to our collections. 



M.cicilis. — Leaves four to six inches long, fleshy. Flowers 

 having their sepals fused into a tube, terminating in three 

 slender tails ; green in colour, spotted inside with brown. 



M. coccinea. — This Ijeautiful species has been introduced 

 some years, and is very pretty, having flowers of good sub- 

 stance, and to use the words of Lindley, " as red as a soldier's 

 coat." It is rather smaller in growth than the other species. 



M. Harryana (New Granada). — This is a recently introduced 

 plant, and one of great beauty. It appears to be of strong 

 gi'owth, imported leaves being from 12 to 16 inches long. 

 Flowers of good size borne singly on slender scapes ; sepals 

 of the richest rosy-purple or crimson-lake. This plant is 

 somewhat similar in colour to M. Lindenii, but darker, and 

 the flower is larger. Mr. Denning, gardener to Lord Londe|^ 

 borough, exhibited a fine variety of it, at South Kensington, 

 in June 1872. From the evidence of several growers, this 

 species seems to be a continual bloomer. Its richly coloured 

 flowers are well adapted for cutting and for using in bouquets. 



M. ir/nea. — This is another distinct species from New 

 Granada, bearing glowing orange-scarlet blossoms very 

 freely. Like the last, they are solitary, on long slender scapes. 

 This species flowers even more freely than M. Harryana. 



M. Lindenii. — This is one of M. Linden's many introductions 

 from the great continent of South America. Its leaves are 

 spatnulate, as in the other species, and the flowers are of a 



