ORCHIDS. 



Brassia. Brown. Epiphyte. 



Named for Brass, a botanist. 



C. Brassia brachiata. Guatemala . . B. R., 1847, 29. 

 SYNS. Brassia Wrayce . . . . M. O. P., 2. 



Onddium Wraycz .... Pes., 31. 

 The sepals and petals are very long and narrow, green- 

 ish yellow, with brown spots ; the lip is large, yellow^ 

 marked with green. Flowers from May to August. 



C. Brassia caudata. West Indies . . B. R., 832. 

 SYNS. Epidendrum caudatum (Linn.). B. M., 3451. 

 Malaxis caudata (Willd). Sert. Bot., 7. 



Hook. Ex., 179. 



Flowers green, petals longer than the sepals, often 

 reaching five or six inches; lip yellow, spotted with 

 brown. 



Brassia Gireondiana. Costa Rica . Reich. Xen., i, 32. 

 A pretty species, producing spikes of large bright yel- 

 low flowers, spotted with red. 



C. Brassia Lanceana. Demerara . B. M., 3577, 3794. 



B. R., 1754. 



Flowers greenish yellow, marked with brown ; very 

 fragrant ; grow in the warmest house. 



B. Brassia Lawrentiana. Jamaica . B. M., 5748. 



M. O. P., i. 



B. R., 1841, 18. 



A fine fragrant Orchid, blooming from June to August. 

 Flower yellow and green, spotted with brown ; the lip 

 yellow, shading to white at the base. There are many 

 varieties of this handsome species. 



