240 ORCHIDS. 



B. Cyrtopera sanguined. Sikkim . . . . B. M., 6161. 

 Flowers red, purple, and brown, with rosy lip. A showy 

 plant. ' 



These plants should be grown in pots, in the East 

 Indian house, with plenty of water when in growth. 

 They require the general treatment of Bletias. 



Cyrtopodium. Brown. Epiphyte. 



From Kvprts, arched, and Trotfy, a foot. 



B. Cyrtopodium Andersonii. St. Vincent. Lodd. Cab., 121. 

 SYN. Cymbidium Andersonii. B. M., 1800. 



B. R, 27, 8. 



The flower stalks grow three feet high, branched, and 

 are covered with fragrant yellow flowers j perianth green- 

 ish yellow ; lip golden yellow. 



B. Cyrtopodium cupreum. Brazil. 



Flowers copper-color, with yellow bracts, marked with 

 red. 



B. Cyrtopodium punctatum. Rio Janeiro. Sert. O., 12. 

 SYNS. Epidendrum punctatum. B. M., 3507. 



Cyrtopodium speciosum. 



Sepals yellowish green, closely marked with red and 

 purple j petals yellow ; lip edged with rich purple ; bracts 

 large, of the same color and marking as the sepals. 



B. Cyrtopodium Willmorei. Venezuela . . Fl. Cab., 4. 

 Flower stalk like Cyrtopodium Andersonii, with many 

 flowers nearly two inches long ; perianth greenish yellow, 

 marked with brown ; lip yellow, bordered with red. 



