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PHAJU3 GRAKDIFOLIUS. 



introduced upwards of a century ago. It has largish ovate 

 pseudobulbs, oblong-lanceolate acute pHcately nervose leaves, 

 and radical scapes three feet or upwards in height, bearing 

 long erect racemes of showy flowers, of which the oblong- 

 lanceolate sepals and petals are white on the outer surface, 

 and of a chocolate brown within ; the oblong cucullate 

 lip, the base of which is folded over the column, is white 

 stained with yellow on the 

 throat and disk, and there 

 veined with crimson, the sides 

 of the convolute portion being 

 also flushed with crimson both 

 outside and in. It blooms 

 during the winter and spring 

 months, and lasts long in beauty 

 if kept in a cool house. This is 

 a most useful plant for winter 

 blooming, as it will flower beau- 

 tifully when grown in small 

 pots, and in this state may be 

 used for the decoration of 



apartments during the dull months, without sufi"ering the least 

 injury. It also makes a noble plant for exhibition when 

 grown into a large specimen, but to retard it for this purpose 

 it requires to be kept very cool during autumn and winter. 

 The variety SUperbus figured by Van Houtte has the inside of 

 the sepals and petals of a brilliant chamois, and the lip bright 

 amaranth margined with rose. — China; Australin. 



IFiG.—Bot. Mag., t. 1924 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 20 ; Flore des Serves, t. 738 

 (superbus); Alton, Hoj't. Ketn.iii. t. 12; Andr. Bot. ]iej).,t.4:'26; Schneevoqt, 

 Icon. PL, t. 5; Redoute, Lil, t. 43; Gard. Chron., 1872, 733, fig. 176 

 (specimen plant) ; Id., N.S., xviii. 565, fig. 99 ; Kerne?', Hart. Semp., t, 49 ; 

 UHer. Serf. Anff , t. 28. 



Stn. — Phajus Tankervillei; Bletia Tanlcervillice ; Limodorum TanlcervilUce ; 

 Pachyne spectabiiis, 



P. irroratus, Bchh. f. — This beautiful and pleasing variety 

 is the result of a cross efi"ected by Mr. Dominy between 

 Phajus grandifolius and Calanthe vestita. The pseudobulbs 

 ai'e ovato-conical, and bear dark green lanceolate plaited 

 leaves, similar to those of P. grandifolius; the flowers 

 are produced in an erect raceme, and are about three 

 inches in expansion, the sepals and petals cream-coloured 

 tipped and flushed with rosy pink, and the lip nearly 

 round, notched on each side near the front, the anterior 



