224 oechid-geowee's manual. 



C. jUgOSllS, Lindley. — A very interesting plant, with 

 elongate-ovoid pseudobulbs two to three inches long, 

 lanceolate acuminate leaves six to nine inches long, of a dark 

 green, and handsome flowers two or three on a spike, and 

 about two inches in diameter ; the sepals are pale cream colour, 

 the petals white, with numerous transverse blotches of rich 

 dark chocolate-purple, and the lip white, smaller than the 

 petals, velvety, and covered with fleshy ridges, three-lobed, 

 the lateral lobes rounded erect, minutely dotted with purple, 

 the middle lobe semicircular, streaked and splashed with dark 

 blackish purple. — Brazil. 



'ElG.—Bot. Mag., t. 5661 ; lllust. Hort., 3 ser., t. 96 ; Xenia Orch., i. t. 41. 

 Syn. — Alaxillaiia jugosa, 



COMPAEETTIA, Pcepphj et Endlicher. 

 {Tribe Vandese, subtribe Oncidiese.) 



This is a small genus, of slender dwarf-growing pseudo- 

 bulbous plants with solitary leathery leaves and drooping 

 racemes of showy flowers, which are peculiar in having a spur 

 to the sepals and a double spur to the lip, the latter being in- 

 cluded in that of the sepals. The species here described are 

 the best that have come under our notice. They are very 

 pretty evergreen plants, and distinct from any other Orchids. 

 The few known species cjme from the Andes of South 

 America, and Central America. 



Culture. — The species of this genus should be grown in the 

 Cattleya house, where they can be well shaded from the 

 sun. They are best grown on blocks of wood, or in baskets, 

 with live sphagnum moss, and suspended fi'om the roof, with 

 a liberal supply of moisture in the growing season — in fact, 

 they never should be allowed to get dry, or they will suffer. 

 The flowers proceed from the base of the pseudobulbs, and 

 continue in beauty a considerable time. 



C. COCCinea, Lindley. — A charming little plant, with the 

 habit of a strong Sojjhronitis yrandijlora. The pseudobulbs 



