DESCRIPTIVE LIST. \J\ 



Bletia hyadnthina albo striata. Japan. 



This variety is like the species, except that all the 

 nerves are white, which makes a pretty variegation. 



B. Bletia Parkinsonii. Mexico . . . . B. M., 3736. 

 Flowers small, rosy ; lip marked with red and yellow. 



C. Bletia patula. St. Domingo .... B. M., 3518. 

 Flowers dark purple, with white lip. Blooms in March 



and April. 



C. Bletia Shepherdii. Jamaica . . B. M., 3319. * 



Pax. Mag., 2, 146- 



Flowers purple, with yellow marking down the centre. 

 Blooms in winter, on a long spike, which keeps in perfec- 

 tion three or four weeks. 



B. Bletia Sherrattiana. New Granada . B. M., 5646. 

 A very pretty species, with large rose-colored flowers. 



Bletia TankervillicK. See Phajus grandifolins. 



C. Bletia verectmda. West Indies . . B. M., 930. 



SYNS. Limodorum altum. B. M., 116. 



Limodorum verecundum. Pax. Mag., 146- 



Limodorum tuberosum. 

 Limodorum trifidum. 

 Limodorum purpureum. 

 Cymbidium verecundum. 

 Cymbidium altum. 

 Gyas verecunda. 



Sepals rose, petals purple, lip purple with yellow rays 

 and stripes. 



Bletia Woodfordii. See Phajus maculatus. B. M., 2719. 



