DESCRIPTIVE LIST. 169 



beautifully lighted with deepest rose. Known, also, and 

 correctly, as Scuticaria. 



Bifrenaria Harrisonics. See Maxillaria Harrisonia. 



C. Bifrenaria inodora. Brazil . . . Reich. Xen., 94. 

 Flowers large green, with bright violet lip. 



R. Bifrenaria racemosa. Brazil . . Lodd. Cab., 1318. 

 SYN. Maxillaria racemosa. B. R., 1566. 



B. M., 2789. 

 Flowers small, yellowish-green, crimson lip. 



R. Bifrenaria vitellina. Brazil . . . B. R., 1839, 12. 



SYN. Maxillaria vitellina. 



Small, deep yellow flowers ; the lip has a brown spot in 

 the centre. 



These plants are grown in pots like Maxillaria, to 

 which family they are closely allied, and to which they 

 were formerly given. 



Some of the species, however, do well on blocks or in 

 baskets. They require moderate heat and watering, and 

 not full sun-light. 



Bletia. Ruiz and Pavon. Terrestrial. 



Dedicated to Louis Blet. 



C. Bletia acutipetala. Carolina .... B. M., 3217. 

 Flowers pale rose ; lip purplish rose, yellowish at the 

 base. Sometimes considered the same as Bletia verc- 

 cunda. 



