i in: ii.i.i-tkatiux horticole. 



CYPPJPEDIUM PAPJSHII, reichb. f. 



t. oiru. ORCHIDEAE. 



ER, Bee III. Hort. 1874, under plate 183. 



a apice inaequali biloba, recurvn . pc<hiiH:uh<s velutinus, puberulus quinqueflorug 

 3 ovario pedicellato velutino piloso breviores; sepalum dorsale cuneato-ovatum 

 ?quale, minus, dorso bicarinatum ; petala ligulata, basi undulata, apicem versus 

 c inde 2-3 in quovis petalo: lah guiculatum, sacco 



ii, antice bilobum, lobo utroque intus angulato, seu triangulo (nunc apiculo in 

 man, legit Rer. Parish. 

 . Chron. 1869, p. 814, id. in Flora, June 1869. — Boian. Mag. 1869, t. 5788. 



rish's finest acute, with a prominent keel on the back. Lower sepal 

 ir when re- | smaller, 2-keeled. In colour they are of a nankeen yellow 



not indica- with veins of a deeper tint, green outside. Petals linear, 



The bold stripe-shaped, waved at the base, and densely velvety up- 



of new :iikI wards, greenisb ;ii the base with numerous black or brow- 



■o elephants Irish dots, some of which are callous, port-wine colour 



lenlv disen- in the upper part. Lahcllum channelled, clawed, with a 



lpled them conical leg abruptly angular on both sides. Staminode 



to a pulp, triangular, furnished at the base with two teeth, diverging 



•civ sent to upwards, green on the disk and white on the edges. Stigma 



In shape the flower is like C. Loici, but the petals are 

 rved leaves, spreading and bent downwards. The callosities on the petals 

 i is velvety, are very curious, being beset with hairs arranged in a 



i those alread 



E. Anbke. 



PL. CCXV. 



VRIESEA (?) FENESTRALIS, linden & andrf 



nat. cum BROMELIACEAE. 



For ETYMOLOGY and GENERIC CHARACTER : see III. Hort., 1875, under plate 200. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER: folia rosulata, circiter 30 cent, longa, 6 cent, lata, erecto-recurva canaliculata basi dilatata, mar- 

 ginihu- mtegerrimid parallelis, ftpice • acuto retrorsum dejecto, viridia, medium et apicem 



versus vrui-: vctiml.-itu tessellatia perluciditate percipiendia ornata , ad basirn et apicem maculis v. guttis sanguineus ocellatis notata,.... 

 caetera desiderantur. - h Nova-Granata, 1872.— Ad viv. desc. in hort. Lind. — E. A. 



Three \e.u-s air„ this lovely Bromeliaceous plant was im- I leaves reminded us of the curious aquatic from Madagascar, 



ported from New Granada, and we have watched its deve- | called Ourirandra fenestralis, and suggested the specific 



lopment in Mr. Linden"- e^ddishment with great interest. | name we have given to our plant. 



At first we proposed giving it the name of wllata, in refe- j Unfortunately it has not yet flowered and therefore we are 



rence to the purple ocellated blotches at the base of the not quite sure that it really belongs to the genus Vriesia, 



young leaves ; but as the plant grew it assumed a more although it has the general appearance of one. In this 



decided character. It comes near V. tessellata and musaica, respect it is in the same condition as V. musaica, tessellata, 



from which, however, if is distinguished by several other guttata and sanguinolent a , all of which we have described 



particulars in the foliage, besides that already pointed out. in this magazine under provisional names. 



The beautifully reticulated network of the venation of the E.Andre. 



