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care being taken not to give too much shade, as the more 

 light they get the better they will bloom. They are propa- 

 gated by division. 



A. cardinale, Linden et Bclih. f. — A ver}^ distinct species, 

 with ensiform leaves two feet long, of a dark green, and glossy 

 above. The flowers are produced in cylindrical racemes a 

 foot long, and consist of light rose-coloured sepals and petals, 

 and a deep rose red Hp. It blooms during the summer months, 

 and lasts three or four weeks in perfection. — 'New Grenada. 

 Flo. — Pescatorea, t. 45. 



A. giganteum, Lindley. — A noble species, and certainly the 

 finest of the genus, having dark evergreen ensiform drooping 

 leaves, and a graceful habit. The flower spikes, which are 

 produced from the top of the bulbs, grow from eight inches to 

 a foot high ; the blossoms are beautiful dark purple and rose ; 

 they are produced during April and May, and last three 

 weeks in perfection. If required for exhibition, this should 

 be kept at the coolest end of the house, for it will generally 

 come in too early if not kept back. — Mexico. 

 'Yia.— Wanier, Sel. Orch. PI., i. t. 39. 



A. spicatum, Llave et Lex. — A pretty evergreen Orchid, 

 with arcuate keeled leaves, and an erect spike of dark red 

 flowers, which continue in beauty three or four weeks during 

 the winter months. — Mexico. 

 'Em.—Bot. Mag., t. 6022. 



ARUNDINA, Blume. 



{Tribe Epidendrefe, subtribe Ccelogj-nese.) 



A genus of terrestrial Orchids, of considerable beauty. 

 They have erect reed-like leafy stems invested by the leaf- 

 sheaths, and terminal loose racemes of large showy flowers, 

 in wbich the sepals are spreading and the lip sessile, spurless, 

 concave at the base surrounding the column. The few species 

 are found in India and the Malay Archipelago. 



Culture. — This is a free-growing and free-rooting Orchid, 

 but having only thin reed-like stems, and no fleshy pseudo- 



