74 ORCHIDS. 
Var. guttata.—This is in cultivation under the name of 
B. Wrayz. it has greenish flowers, spotted with purplish 
brown throughout. The blossoms vary a good deal in size in 
different examples. Native of Guatemala. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 4003. 
B. verrucosa.—A robust plant, with large, deep green 
foliage; the scape is many-flowered, the blossoms being 
large, with greenish-white sepals and petals, which are 
blotched with blackish purple. The lip is white, ornamented 
with numerous little green protuberances or warts, from 
which the species takes its name. It is a showy plant, 
and an abundant bloomer, the flowers appearing in May 
and June. Introduced from Guatemala in 1838. 
Bateman’s Orchids of Mexico and Guatemala, t. 22. 
The best variety is that known as grandzfiora, the flowers 
of which are larger than in the type. 
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