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narrow, tapering from the base upwards, and resembling long 
flasks; each bears a pair of thin, lance-shaped, bright green 
leaves, from 1ft. to 14ft. long and 3in. wide. The raceme is 
long and nodding, bearing many large, long-petaled flowers, 
which are pure white, except the base of the lip, which is 
stained with lemon-colour. The bracts at the base of the 
flowers are large and white. The flowers do not open 
fully. It should be cultivated in an intermediate house, and 
be kept free from thrips, which are very fond of its young 
leaves. It blossoms during the winter months. Native of 
Nepal and Khasia, at about 4oooft. elevation; introduced 
in 1837. 
Paxton’s Magazine of Botany, vi., 73. 
Fig, 34, Flower of Calogyne Massangeana 
(2 nat. size). 
C. Massangeana.—One of the handsomest of Cclogynes, 
and a first-rate grower when properly treated. The 
pseudo-bulbs are 3in. to 4in. long, pear-shaped, and two- 
leaved. The flower-spikes are pendent, and sometimes 
2ft. long, bearing a score or more flowers, each being 2in. 
across; the sepals and petals are light ochre-yellow, and the 
