DESCRIPTIVE LIST. 239 



pie j lip white. This plant is often confounded with 

 Oncidium leucochilum, which it nearly resembles. 



B. Cyrtochilum maculatum. Mexico. Sert. O., 25. 



B. R., 24, 44. 

 B. M., 3880, 3836. 

 FL Cab., 57. 



Flowers large ;" perianth greenish yellow, marked with 

 purple ; lip white, with rich red spots. 



A. Cyrtochilum Russellianum. Guatemala. B. M., 3880. 

 A beautiful variety of Cyrtochilum maculatum. Flowers 



richly marked with purple. 



B. Cyrtochilum stellatum. Rio Janeiro . . Sert. O., 7. 

 Perianth creamy white ; lip of the same color, striped 



and spotted with rich purple. 



There is a variety from Bahia with pure white perianth, 

 and of a delicious fragrance. 



Cyrtochilum flavescens B. R., 19, 1627. 



Seems to be a variety of stellatum, of a pale yellow 

 color. The two last species have been classed by Dr. 

 Lindley with Miltonia. 



These plants should be grown in pots, in coarse peat, 

 sphagnum, and potsherds, with good drainage. 



Cyrtopera. Lindley. Terrestrial. 



Name from KvprAs, arched, and ir-fipa, a sack. 

 A. Cyrtopera flav a. India. 



A pretty plant, resembling a Bletia in growth. Flower 

 rich yellow, with paler lip. 



