468 oechid-gbowek's manual. 



yellow with three dark purple lines, and two purple lines on 

 the equal sepals. The lip also has a rosy margin, and the 

 area between is covered with purple spots in great number, — 

 New Grenada. 



0. vexillarium leUCOglosSUm, RcM. /.—This is a very 

 striking variety, having the sepals and petals pale rose- 

 coloured, with a pure white lip. It was first flowered by 

 C. J. Hill, Esq., of Nottingham. — New Grenada. 



0. Tesillarmin roseum, Hart. — A superior variety of 0. 

 vexillarium, in which the flowers are of a deeper rose colour 

 than usual. — Neiv Grenada. 



0. Texillarium rubelluin, Bull.—Thh is said to be an 



autumn-flowering form of the type. The flowers are medium- 

 sized, and of a very pleasing tint of rose colour. The pseudo- 

 bulbs, moreover, instead of being elongated, are blunt and 

 roundish, and the foliage is shorter and broader than in the 

 typical form. — New Grenada. 



0. Texillarium Splendens, Williams. — An exceedingly hand- 

 some dark-coloured variety, with flowers from four to four 

 and a half inches in diameter, of an intense rose colour ; the 

 two lateral sepals have at their base a crimson stripe about 

 three-quarters of an inch long ; the lip is furnished with three 

 short radiating stripes just below the calli. The colouring 

 of the lip and segments of this flower is carried to the 

 margins, and is not softened ofi" as in many of the varieties. — 

 New Grenada.. 



0. Texillarium superbum, Bchh. f. — Tbis is the most 

 distinct variety we have yet seen, and although the flowers 

 are but of medium diameter, the colour is intensely brilliant, 

 more than compensating for lack of size. The sepals and 

 petals are rose colour, the sepals having a short purplish 

 crimson longitudinal stripe at their base ; the lip is bright 

 magenta-rose, and in the white area at the base is a large 

 triangular dark crimson-purple blotch veined with radiating 

 lines of a darker tint, the three front lines running out into 

 three club-shaped bars, a distinct white space separating 

 the rose colour from the crimson. It flowers during the 

 autumn months. This fine form was first flowered by Sir 

 Trevor Lawrence, Bart., M.P., Dorking. — New Grenada. 



Jig.— Orchid Album, iv. t. 171. 



