290 ORCHIDS. 
remarkable Orchid, almost equalling M. Chimera in_ its 
fantastic shape. Introduced in 1875 from New Grenada. 
Syn. M. Trochilus. 
Fig. 69 (for which we are indebted to the Editor of 
the “Garden”’); Botanical Magazine, t. 6208. 
M. erythrochete.—A pretty and free-flowering plant of 
the Chimera group. The leaves are erect, channelled, rit. 
long, in. wide, narrowed to a stalk-like base. The flower- 
scapes are usually horizontal, 4in. long, one-flowered, with 
numerous sheaths. The flowers are tin. across, with 
triangular, papillose sepals, almost flat, white, with yellowish 
spots, the apices lengthened into thin, dull red _ tails 
2in. long; the petals are small, and the lip is narrow, 
saccate, and whitish. An_ easily-grown plant, which 
should be treated as recommended for M. Chimera. It 
blossoms in autumn, and remains in beauty a month or 
more. It was introduced from Central America in 1882. 
Except a slight dissimilarity in size and in the colour of 
the spots on the sepals, there is no difference between 
this and M/. Houtteana, which has paler flowers, with 
drooping, dark red tails, 2in. long. /. Benedictit is also 
closely allied; it has leaves 8in. long, }in. wide, and 
hairy flowers, yellowish, with brown spots, the tails being 
1in. long and reddish brown; the lip, too, is broader. 
M. Estrade.—A small species, with grotesquely-formed 
and richly-coloured flowers. The leaves are in dense tufts, 
and are 3in. long, spoon-shaped, the blade fleshy, flat, gin. 
across, keeled, bifid at the apex. The scapes are 4in. long, 
erect, one-flowered; flowers with a short, bent tube, from 
which the three equal sepals diverge, one upwards, the 
other two downwards; they are oval in shape, 4in. long, 
violet-purple in the lower half, and white in the upper; 
the tails are 1}in. long, and yellow; the upper sepal is 
