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cultivation, however, they are rarely more than about aft. 
long. They are round and erect, producing from the apex 
a pendent flower-scape. The beautiful flowers are 3in. to 
4in. across, having darkish purple sepals and petals, the 
edges of which are green. The ground-colour of the lip 
is white, the apex being beautifully striped with purple. 
This species was first discovered by Schomburgk on the 
banks of the Rio Negro—a tributary of the Amazon—and 
introduced in 1840. It blossoms in summer. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 4610. 
G. flaveola.—A new introduction from some country 
not mentioned, but probably Brazil. It flowered for the 
first time in 1887, with the International Society of Horti- 
culture at Brussels. It is strong in habit, with pseudo- 
bulbs gin. long, thickening downwards. Leaves linear. 
Peduncle reddish, bearing a raceme of eight flowers; 
sepals and petals lanceolate, yellowish; lip yellow, with 
very small, hyaline dots in lines on the lobes; column 
with a blackish apex. 
G. nivalis.—This is a scarce and pretty species, of recent 
introduction. It produces a pendent raceme of flowers 
from the top of the erect, tapering, and greyish-coloured 
pseudo-bulbs. The leaves are long and narrow, and the 
flowers measure about 2in. in length. The sepals and 
petals are olive-coloured, narrow, and reflexed; the funnel- 
shaped lip being white, with a violet blotch in the centre. 
A native of tropical America; introduced in 1882. It 
blossoms in March. — 
Gardeners’ Chronicle, xvii. (n. s.), fig. 85. 
