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room decoration, that one cannot have too many of them. 

 We have had plants of this species -n-ith thirty spikes, and 

 frequently the spikes have borne from twenty to thirty flowers 

 on each, continuing in perfection for three months. The 

 varieties mentioned below are all of a highly ornamental 

 character. — India : Moulmein. 



-Fig.— Wight Icon., v. tt. 1751, 1752 ; Paxt. Fl. Gard., i. 106, fig. 72 ; 

 iii. 38, woodcut of plant, 



Syn. — Preptanthe ve.itita ; Cytheria Griffithii. 



C. vestita igneO-OCUlata, Bchh. /. — This variety has been 

 exhibited by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P. , and is said to 

 be quite distinct, the base of the column being purplish, over 

 which is a dazzling flame colour, the blotch at the base of 

 the lip being of the same colour ; it is a much stronger grower 

 than C. vestita rubro-oculata, and retains its foliage until it 

 flowers. — Borneo. 



C. vestita luteo-OCUlata, Veitch. — A charming variety, in 

 which the sepals and petals are white, and the lip is of the 

 same colour, with a blotch of yellow in the centre. The 

 flower spikes are produced from October to February, and 

 are very durable ; it is nearly equal to C. v. rubro-oculata 

 in point of beauty, and very useful for winter decoration. — 

 Burmah. 



'Fia.—Bot. Mag., t. 4671 ; Paxton, Mag. Bot., xvi. 129, with tab. ; Lem. 

 Jard. FL, t. 333 ; Fl. des Serves, t. 816 ; Id. tt. 1308—9, fig. 1 ; Warner, 

 Sel. Orch. PI, i. t. 29, upper fig. 



C. vestita OCUlata gigantea, Bchh. f. — This is a very showy 

 Calanthe, and, like C. Turneri and C. WiUiamsii, blooms 

 after the other varieties are over. It is a strong grower, and 

 the foliage remains green during the time of flowering. It 

 yields gracefully arching spikes from three to four feet long, 

 which produce an abundance of large flowers of a soft 

 creamy white colour with a white lip, the base of the column 

 blotched with dazzling fiery red. It blooms in March and 

 April, and lasts in perfection for a long period. This fine 

 variety was exhibited by the late Mr. Spiers, when gardener 

 to Sir Trevor Lawrence, and received a first class certificate. 

 We learnt from Mr. Spiers that C. vestita oculata {ivjantea, 

 when in full beauty, bore on one spike as many as thirty 

 expanded flowers, with more to open, whilst the leaves were 

 still green. "The bulb carrying the spike," he wrote, "is 

 now Ijreaking freely, so that it would appear that it will 



