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flowers bearing respectively 96, 108, and 174 blossoms, 

 making a total of 378. — Philippine Islands. 



'Eld.— Warner, Sel. Orch. PL, i. t. 1 ; Bot. Mag., t. 5530; Xenia Orch., 

 ii. t. 101; Flore cks Serres, tt. 1559—60; Illust. tlort., t. 348; L' ffort. 

 Franq., 1863, t. 11 ; Journ. Soc. d'Hort. Par., 1862, t. 609 ; Jennings, Orch., 

 t. 15; Bafem. 2nd Cent. Orch. PL, t. 171 ; Gard. Chron., N.S., iv. 169, fig. 

 3t (specimen plant) ; Puydt, Les Orch , t. 35 ; Warner, St!, Orch. PL, iii. t. 

 5 (splendens) ; Floral Mag., 2 ser., t. 257 (delicata). 



P. Schilleriana vestalis, Rchb.f. — In this plant we have a 

 white-flowered form of P. Schillerianii, which was first bloomed 

 by Messrs. Low & Co., of Cl^^ion. —Fhilippine Islands. 



P. Speciosa, Fichb. f. — This is a handsome species allied to 

 P. Lhddemanniana and P. tetraspis. It has large yellowish 

 green cuneate-oblong obtusely-acute leaves, and racemes or 

 panicles of elegant stel- 

 late flowers, which are 

 very freely produced. 

 The sepals and petals 

 are whitish rose outside 

 with rows of purple 

 blotches, purple inside 

 with a few white bars at 

 the base of the petals, 

 the side lobes of lip yel- 

 low, white at the top and 

 base, the mid lobe white 

 and rosy purple, or 

 wholly purple, with a 

 tuft of hairs at the apex. 

 This species seems to 



vary a good deal, some of the varieties havirg the blossoms 

 much blotched and showing very little white. The flowers 

 are also said to be very fragrant. — Andaman Islands. 



-Fig,.— Orchid Album, iv. t. 158 ; Gard. Chron., N S., xviii. 745, figs. 130— 

 132, 



P. Stuartiana, Bchh. f.—K very distinct and strikingly 

 beautiful species of Phalanoims, introduced by Messrs. 

 Low & Co., Clapton, and named in compliment to Mr. 

 Stuart Low. In growth it resembles P. Schilleriana, as it 

 does also in the shape of the flowers. The plant has flattened 

 roots, and bears oblong acute leaves, which are marbled 

 when young, but become almost green as they get older. 

 The flowers are produced in large braoching panicles, and 



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