DESCRIPTIVE LIST. 



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C. Brasavola nodosa. Jamaica . . . . B. M., 3229. 

 SYNS. Epidendrum nodosum (Lin.). B. R., 1465. 

 Cymbidium nodosum (Schwartz). 



Flowers large ; petals and sepals yellowish white ; lip 

 snow white very fragrant. 



A very common species, often sent from Jamaica. 

 When the plant is large it is very showy. 



C. Brasavola venosa. Honduras . . B. M., 4021. 



B. R., 1840, 39. 

 Flower greenish ; lip white ; very fragrant. 



The following varieties, though less showy than those 

 enumerated, produce pretty, fragrant flowers : 

 Brasavola angustata. 

 B. cordata. B. R., 1914; B. M., 3782. 

 B. cuspidata. B. M., 3722. 

 B. elegans. B. M., 3098. 

 B.fragrans. I. H., 180. 

 B. Martiana. B. R., 25, 5. 

 B. Perrinii. B. R., 1564. ; B. M., 5761. 

 B. subulifolia. 

 B. tuberculata. B. M., 2878. 



These plants may be grown in baskets, but do best on 

 blocks, with a little moss. 



They should be grown in the warmest house, and are 

 very ornamental when the plants are strong enough to 

 produce plenty of flowers. 



