Pleione 



throat, and pale brown spots on the disc. Spring. 

 Himalayas. 1878. 5s. 



Humilis (lowly). Loveliest of all, perhaps ; but 

 all are lovely. Very large, white, with a rosy 

 tinge ; the great spreading lip veined with brownish 

 crimson, and handsomely fringed. Spring. Nepal. 

 1850. 3s. Qd. Figured, p. 210. 



Lagcnaria (bottle-shaped). The species most 

 commonly seen. Rosy lilac, lip paler or even white, 

 finely blotched with crimson in front. November. 

 Himalayas. 1850. 2s. 6d. 



Maculata (spotted). White, the lip blotched with 

 crimson and veined with purple. November. 

 Himalayas. 1850. 2s. 6d. 



Prcecox. Vide Wallichiana. 2s. 6d. 



Reichenbachiana (Professor Eeichenbach). This 

 has two flowers sometimes, rosy lilac, lip white, with 

 crimson lines and spots. November and December. 

 Moulmein. 



Wallichiana. Large. Crimson, with a broad 

 yellow streak down the lip, and five white ridges 

 or veins. Winter. Prcecox is a smaller and paler 

 form of this. Himalayas. 1840. 2s. 6d. 



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