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time in beauty ; flowers as large, and similar in form, to those 

 of tlie last-named species ; but of a pale yellow or amber colour, 

 and nearly destitute of bars or blotches; the lip is golden - 

 yellow, but smaller than that of 0. grande, of which, doubtless, 

 it is only a variety. It is valuable, however, as it blooms at a 

 totally different season. When well grown, it makes a good 

 plant for exhibition. Some variety exists amorg different 

 individuals of this species, some being nearly destitute of mark- 

 ings, while others are blotched or barred freely ; but in no case 

 so decidedly as is the case with O. grande proper. T. A. 

 Titley, Esq., of Gledhow, near Leeds, has a fine darkly-blotched 

 variety of this species, which is also known as Odontoglossum 

 pretiosum. 



0. siellatum (0. erosum). — We have here a pretty little 

 plant, bearing solitary flowers. Pseudo-bulbs two to three 

 inches long, one-leaved, whole plant only six inches high. 

 Flower scapes little more than four inches high; sepals and 

 petals about one inch long, pale yellow, barred with brown ; 

 lip white, somewhat concave, and very much jagged round the 

 margm. It flowers freely in June and July, and is a plant 

 worth growing, though not by any means showy. Easily 

 known by its flowers being solitary, and its jagged lip. 



0. triinidians. — This has been a long time in continental gar- 

 dens, though it has rarely flowered ; now, however, it appears to 

 be tolerably well distributed in this country. It is a very beauti- 

 ful plant, having large, glossy flowers ; sepals and petals oblong, 

 of a bright chestnut brown colour, their apices being rich, 

 golden yellow ; lip fiddle-shaped, white, with purplish violet 

 blotches on its basal portion, and a violet blotch in front of its 

 calli. It has flowered in the collection of E. G. Wrigley, Esq., 

 under the care of Mr. Kemmery. 



0. triumphans. — This, if we except 0. grande, is the most 

 showy of the yellow-flowered Odontoglots. Pseudo-bulbs 



