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0. cirrllOSlini, Lindley. — This fine species is undoubtedly 

 one of the most elegant and charming of a very charming 

 family, which is also becoming a very numerous one. The 

 plant varies a good deal, but all its forms are pleasing. The 

 character of the flowers is somewhat similar to that of 0. 

 ncBvium majiis both in shape and colour, but they are much 



ODONTOGLOSSUM CIRRHOSUM. 



larger. The pseudobulbs are oblong, narrowed upwards, 

 compressed, with a solitary ligulate oblong leaf from the apex 

 of the bulbs, and one or two pairs of accessory ones at the 

 base ; the scape springing from the axil of the latter grows 

 from two to three feet in length, and bears numerous flowers 

 which are star-shaped, and from four to five inches across. 



