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GrEAMMATOPHrLLUM, Bliwie. 

 {Tribe Vandeas, subtribe CjmbidieEe.) 



A small genus of somewhat large-growing plants, well 

 worth a place in collections where there is accommodation for 

 them. G. speciosum makes a magnificent specimen, having a 

 noble appearance, but it requires considerable space to grow it 

 to perfection. They are all stout-growing epiphytes with 

 elongate or pseudobulbous stems, distichous venose leaves, 

 and long simple scapes from the base of the stems, bearing 

 loose racemes of many showy flowers. Bentham adopts 

 Eeichenbach's view in separating G. EUisii under the name 

 of Grammangis, distinguished among other points by its 

 petals and lip being much smaller than the sepals, and by its 

 two-winged column. There are some half-dozen species found 

 in Malacca and the Malay Archipelago and in Madagascar. 



Culture. — The plants must be well grown, and after they 

 have made a few strong growths, should have a decided 

 season of rest. They require to be grown in peat, in a pot of 

 ample size, and with good drainage ; a liberal supply of water 

 at the roots must also be given to them during the growing 

 season. The East Indian house is the proper place in which 

 to keep them throughout the year. They are propagated by 

 parting the bulbs. 



(j. EUisii, Lindley. — A charming and most attractive 

 deciduous species, introduced by the late Eev. W. Ellis, of 

 Hoddesdon, in compliment to whom it is named. It is a 

 plant of smaller growth than G. speciosum, and more free- 

 flowering, producing its flower scapes from the base of the 

 pseudobulbs along with the young growths. These pseudo- 

 bulbs are clavato-fusiform, quadrangular, a foot or more in 

 length, and bear several distichous broadly lorate arching 

 leaves, one and a half to two feet long ; the flowers form a 

 recurved raceme, and are tawny yellow, closely marked by 



