STANHOPEA. 467 
This species was introduced from Peru in 1852; it is also 
a native of Mexico. It flowersin August. Syns. S. grandi- 
fora (Reichenbach), S. Fenzschiana. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 5278. 
S. Devoniensis.—A handsome species, the flowers being 
large, leopard-spotted, and of deep, soft colours. Pseudo- 
bulbs fig-shaped, furrowed. Leaves plaited, stout, gin. to 
12in. long. The pendulous scape bears two or three 
flowers, and is clothed at the base with greenish, scale- 
like bracts. Each flower is 5in. across. The broad sepals 
are spreading, and coloured orange, with broad, reddish- 
brown blotches. The petals are narrow, wavy, and coloured 
like the sepals. The lip is very fleshy; the lower half is 
nearly globose, with thick, dilated margins extended on 
each side into a pair of long, incurved, pointed horns; 
the apical portion is ovate, channelled, and three-toothed 
at the tip. The column is large, thick, plano-convex, and 
not winged. The colour of the column and lip is white, 
stained with purple. This species is closely related to 
S. tigrina. Its name commemorates the late Duke of 
Devonshire, in whose famous collection of Orchids at 
Chatsworth this and other species of Stanhopea were 
first cultivated with success by Sir Joseph Paxton. The 
present species flowered there in 1837. It is a native 
Oe Peru. Syn. S. maculosa. 
Bateman’s Orchids of Mexico and Guatemala, t. 15. 
S. eburnea.—A_ beautiful-flowered species in its best 
form, and one which is easily distinguished from the rest 
of the cultivated Stanhopeas by its white, wavy-looking 
flowers and the peculiar formation of the lip. The 
pseudo-bulbs are conical, rin. long. The leaves are 
leathery, Sin. to 12in. long by about 4in. wide. The 
scapes are pendulous, with small bracts, and they bear 
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