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sepals and petals oblong, witli sinuose or wavy margins, of a 

 warm brown colour tipped with golden yellow; lip broad 

 and ratber wedge-shaped, the basal half being of a dull violet- 

 purple colour, the apex tipped with white. This is a very easily 

 grown plant, and grows well in an intermediate or cool house. 



Mesospinidium. 



M. sanguineum (Amazon). — Pseudo-bulbs oblong or oblate ; 

 two-leaved. They are often marked with transverse brown 

 bars ; leaves from twelve to sixteen inches long and half 

 an inch broad. Flowers deep rosy crimson, borne on a long, 

 flaccid, slender panicle ; sepals and petals one-third to 

 half an inch long; the lateral sepals connate, or fused 

 together for half their length ; lip white, bent at right angles 

 with the column, to which it is closely adnate or pressed ; crest 

 white, bilobed. When well grown, this plant bears numerous 

 spikes of lively-coloured flowers, and they last a long time in 

 beauty. 



M. vulcanicum. — This has been introduced somewhat recently? 

 and appears to be a nice addition to the cool house. Its bulbs 

 are ob-pyrif orm, compressed, two-leaved ; leaves rather thick, 

 lanceolate ; panicle bearing numerous rosy-purple or crimson 

 Epidendroid flowers, larger than those of its congener, M. san- 

 guinea. 



Nanodes. 



N. medusae. — One of the most curious of all Orchids, and 

 very rarely to be met with in our collections. Its pseudo- 

 bulbs are thick and fleshy, about a foot long; leaves distichous, 

 of a glaucous tint, and curiously twisted. Flowers generally 

 in pairs, borne near the apex of the growth; sepals and petals 

 oblong, of a greenish colour shaded with brown ; lip roundish 

 in outline, its margin deeply laciniate ; the colour of the lip is a 



