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C. Brassia macro stachia. Jamaica . . . Sert. O., 6. 

 Flowers clear yellow, delicately marked with brown; 

 lip chocolate. 



C. Brassia maculata. Jamaica . . . Pax. Mag., 6, 5. 



B. M., 1691. 



Perianth greenish yellow, marked with reddish brown ; 

 lip white, marked with purple. Flowers in May and 

 June. 



C. Brassia odorata. Guiana. 



Flowers green, delicately marked with brown ; lip white, 

 dotted with green ; very fragrant. 



B. Brassia verrucosa. Mexico Bat., 22. 



Upper part of flowers pale green ; lip white, marked 

 with green warts. 



Blooms in May and June. 



A variety, major, has larger and lighter-colored flowers. 



Brassia Wrayce. See Brassia brachiata . B. M., 4003. 



The following are species : 



Brassia angusta. B. Henchmani. 



B. bidens. B. Hendersoni. 



B. cochleata B.peruviana. 



B. guttata. 



These plants should be. grown in pots or baskets ; in 

 the latter the long flower-stalks show to greatest advan- 

 tage. 



Soil, rough fibrous peat, with good drainage ; may be 

 grown in the stove or the cooler house. In the growing 



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