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mouth, the margin fringed, and the middle ornamented 
with raised, ciliated ridges, which run down into the throat ; 
the colour of the lip is lilac, suffused with chrome-yellow, 
sometimes spotted and blotched with reddish brown. This 
species is found at an elevation of 7zoooft. in Nepal, and 
was introduced in 1850. The plant requires the same treat- 
ment as the other species, except that it must not be re- 
potted until about April, the time when the flowers are over. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 5674. 
Fig. 104. Pleione lagenaria 
(much reduced). 
P, lagenaria.—This species is the most effective of all 
the cultivated Pleiones, well-managed plants producing in 
October or November a display of flowers of the most 
brilliant character. Its pseudo-bulbs are 2in. high, flask- 
or bottle-shaped, flattened below the neck and folded over 
