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A handsome plant, resembling both Trichopilia and 

 Aspasia. Pseudo-bulbs small, smooth, terminated by one 

 broad leaf ; flowers in profusion on single stalks from the 

 base of the bulbs ; sepals and petals yellowish, beauti- 

 fully ocellated with reddish brown; lip large, white, 

 marked with purplish crimson. 



Should be grown in the cool house, in the shade, in a 

 pot, with peat and moss. Propagated by division. 



Houlletia. Brongniart. Epiphyte. 

 Dedicated to Houllet, a French gardener. 



B. Houlletia Brockkhurstiana. Brazil. Pes., 36. 



Pax. Mag., 9, 49. 



B. M., 4072. 



Sert. O., 43. 



Perianth richly checkered with brown ; lip yellow, 

 marked with purple ; very fragrant. 



Houlletia chrysantha. Brazil I. H., 71. 



A beautiful species, with golden-yellow flowers. 



Hotilktia odoratissima. New Granada . . Pes., 3. 



L H., 3, 12. 

 A fine species, with orange-brown flowers and white 



HP. 



Houlletia odoratissima antioquiensis. 



A variety with blood-red sepals and petals ; lip long, 

 white, tinged with yellow. 



B. Houlletia stapeliczflora. 



Differs but little from Houlletia Brockkhurstiana^ of 

 which it is probably a variety. 



