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when growth is completed this should gradually cease until 
scarcely any is given. 
S. aurea.—A fine species, with plaited, narrowly lance- 
shaped, pointed leaves 3ft. long by 1jin. broad. The 
flowers are about 3in. across, with oval-oblong, bright 
yellow sepals and petals, the former being marked with 
a few brown lines and dots near the base. The lip is 
small, yellow, sparsely spotted with purple-brown; the 
side lobes are erect, rounded, and the central lobe, which 
is very variable in shape, may be (according to Reichen- 
bach) ‘narrow and acute, or broad, simply retuse, or three- 
toothed”; it has a triangular secondary lobe on each 
side near the base. This species is a native of Mount 
Ophir; it was introduced originally by Messrs. Veitch and 
Sons about 1850, and again in 1886 by Messrs. Sander 
and Co. Syn. S. Kimballiana. 
Gardeners’ Chronicle, July 28, 1888. 
S. Fortunei—A pretty-flowered, deciduous species, with 
somewhat scanty foliage, found on the granite mountains 
of Hong-Kong. The pseudo-bulbs are flat and tuber- 
like. The pale green leaves are 1ft. long, narrowly lance- 
shaped, thin and plaited. The flower-scapes are slightly 
pubescent, erect, Ift. high, bearing six to eight flowers; 
sepals and the slightly broader petals ovate, bright yellow; 
lip conspicuously three-lobed, the side lobes erect, with 
chocolate-coloured tips, the front lobe wedge-shaped and 
notched at the apex. The flowers measure I3in. across. 
This species should be grown in pans of sandy loam and 
leaf-soil, and may remain in the cool house at all seasons: 
a little extra heat, however, is beneficial at the commence- 
ment of the growing season. Fairly abundant supplies of 
water are needed during growth, but after the foliage has 
disappeared the soil should be kept quite dry. The 
