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are produced in winter in little bunches on a long stalk, 

 color reddish scarlet. 



B. Comparettia falcata. Mexico. B. M., 4980. 



P. and E., i, 44, tab. 73. 



Flowers rosy purple, the lip lightly veined with darker 

 tints of the same color. 



B. Comparettia rosea. Mexico . . Fl. des Ser., 2, 45. 



Pax., 1843, i. 



A species somewhat resembling the last. Flowers 

 small ; perianth rose, the upper part white, edged with 

 carmine ; lip deep rose. 



These plants should be grown on a piece of cork, with 

 a little moss. The pseudo-bulbs of all the species are 

 small. Water should be carefully given, and during the 

 resting season the plants should be kept almost dry, but 

 never allowed to dry up. The flowers last long in 

 beauty. They should be grown in the shade. 



Coryanthes. Hooker. Epiphyte. 



Name from ictpvs, a helmet, and &vOo$, a flower. 



B. Coryanthes eximia. Bahia Portf., 1847. 



Sepals and petals greenish yellow, tipped with brown- 

 ish purple ; lip forming a basin, purple outside, and pur- 

 ple marked with yellow and rich purple. 



B. Coryanthes Albertinea. Venezuela. Fl. des Ser., 755. 



Sert. Bot, 7, as 



Gongora. 

 M. O. P., i. 



