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B. maculata major, Hort. — A very free-flowering form of 

 the older species. The sepals and petals are greenish yellow 

 spotted with brown, and the lip is white spotted with dark 

 brown ; it llowers in May and June, and lasts for five weeks 

 in bloom if kept in a cool-house. — Jamaica. 



B. TeiTlICOSa, LimUey. — A curious species, in which the 

 upper part of the flower is pale green, and the lip white, 

 marked with green warts. It blossoms abundantly in May 

 and June. — (Jiiatemala. 



TlG.—Batem. Orch. Mex. et Gvnt., t. 22. 

 Syn. — Oncidium verrucosum. 



B. verrucosa grandiflora, Williams. — A very fine variety, 

 of stronger growth than the typical B. verrucosa, and with 

 flowers twice the size, and of a lighter colour. This is one 

 of the best of the genus we have seen, and is well worth 

 place in every collection. — Guatemala. 



BrouGHTONIA, Robert Brown. 



{Tribe Epidendrese, subtribe LselieEe.) 



A small genus of epiphytes, which is included in Epiden- 

 drum. by Keichenbach. It belongs to the series of Lcdiece 

 having four pollen masses, and thus technically comes near to 

 Cattleya, with which it agrees in the lip folding over the apodous 

 column, but differs in having the ovary produced into a long 

 hollow neck or cavity. Some three or four species are known, 

 natives of the West Indies ; B. sanguinea, the most familiar 

 species, is common in the Islands of Cuba and Jamaica, more 

 especially the latter, where it grows on rocks fully exposed to 

 the influence of the sun. 



Culture. — This plant succeeds best suspended from the 

 roof on a block of wood, with a little moss, and as near the 

 light as possible. It requires a good supply of heat and 

 moisture in the growing season. It is propagated by sepa- 

 rating the pseudobulbs. 



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