80 ORCHIDS. 
forms a compact tuft, with rigid, dark green leaves, and 
erect racemes of large flowers; the latter are pure white, 
saving the middle of the lip, which is stained with 
yellow. It blooms during April and May, lasting in per- 
fection about three weeks. It is a native of Brazil, where 
it grows on the highest branches of the cedrela-trees, and 
fills the forest with its fragrance. Introduced in 1850. 
B. venusta.—This forms a compact mass of stems and 
dark green foliage; the flowers are white, lightly tinted with 
_pink, the lip being stained with yellow ; they are produced 
in heavy, pendulous clusters. It blossoms at various periods 
of the year, and is a native of Brazil. 
Lindley’s Sertum Orchidaceum, t. 12. 
