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will do in the cool house, and others with the Caitleyas, but 

 after these have finished their growth a cooler house will do 

 for them. During their period of rest they should have but 

 little water. They are propagated by dividing the pseudobulbs. 



C. asperata, Lindley. — A fine evergreen species, attaining 

 rather a large size. It has tall oblong attenuate pseudobulbs, 

 with a pair of stalked lanceolate leaves, growing about two 

 feet high. The large flowers are produced on a drooping 

 raceme about a foot long, twelve or more of them together, 

 and are of a pale creamy yellow, the lip richly marked 

 with brownish yellow veins springing from a rugged bright 

 orange central ridge ; they are fully three inches in diameter, 

 and are produced in June or July, lasting two weeks in good 

 condition. This should be grown in the Cattleya house, and 

 requires a large pot to grow it in perfection, being one of 

 the freest of all the Ccelogynes. — Borneo. 



Fig. — Pescatorea, t. 7 ; Paxton, Mag. Bot., xvi. 225, -with tab. (bad). 

 Syn. — C. Lowii. 



C. barltata, Griffith. — This is a most useful winter-flowering 

 species, and according to Dr. Lindley the finest of the genus. 

 The pseudobulbs are roundish-ovate, light green, with leaves 

 of a thick leathery texture and oblong-lanceolate form, pro- 

 duced two from each bulb. The flower scapes are erect, 

 producing a flexuose raceme of several flowers, which open 

 in succession, the individual blossoms being from two to three 

 inches across. The sepals and petals are pure white, the 

 lip is also white, distinctly bearded round the margin with a 

 fringe of pale sepia-coloured hairs, and of a darker sepia brown 

 in the centre, where they cover the veins, and form three 

 shaggy crests. It flowers in January and continues blooming 

 for several weeks. This species thrives best in the cool 

 house, and requires an abundant supply of moisture. — Northern 

 India: Bhotan, Khasya. 



-Eld.— Orchid Album, iii. t. 143 ; Griff. Not. Plant. Asiat., t. 291. 



C. ciliata, Hart. — A very pretty plant, well worthy of cul- 

 tivation, for autumn blooming. It is a compact-growing 

 species, making pseudobulbs about four inches high, with light 

 green leaves, and producing in great profusion its white and 

 yellow flowers, which have some brown markings. — India. 



