PHYSURUS. 541 



broken mauve-purple Hues, at first sigM reminding one 

 of P. Lilddemayiniana. It was named in honour of Baron 

 Schroder, The Dell, Staines. — Malayan Arcliipelagi. 



PhtSURUS, rdchard. 

 {Tribe Neottieaj, suhtribe Spirautheas.) 



A charming genus of dwarf variegated terrestrial Orchids, 

 resembling Ancectochllns in their general habit, and like them 

 producing beautiful foliage elegantly marked with metallic 

 variegations. The flowers are small, subringent, in erect 

 spikes, and agree with those of Aiiaictochilus in having the 

 lip spurred at the base, but differ in the intermediate portion 

 being hollow and abruptly contracted, the limb being spreading 

 or recurved. About twenty species from the warmer parts of 

 Asia and America are known. 



Culture. — This is a lovely group of plants, resembling 

 Ancectocliilus in their beautiful foliage, and requiring the 

 same kind of treatment. They grow to about the same size, 

 and have a creeping stem, by means of which they are pro- 

 pagated. Many of them will do well grown without bell- 

 glasses, provided they are in a warm shady house — in fact, 

 without shading the sun will soon destroy them ; they, 

 moreover, require more moisture when grown without the 

 glasses. For further particulars see Anccctochihis. 



P. argenteus, Loudon. — A handsome distinct free-growing 

 species, of decumbent habit, having pale green stems four or 

 five inches in height, with cordate ovate leaves two and a half 

 inches long and one and a half inch broad, the ground colour 

 light green, with the numerous veins marked out hy well-defined 

 silvery lines. It does not require so much care as some others ; 

 indeed, we have seen it grown in a warm house in a shady 

 place, without a bell-glass, with a good supply of water at the 

 roots. — Brazil. 



Syn. — Aneectoc' tins argen'eus. 



