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white with a bar of blackish brown on each sepal and petal. 

 It rivals the Wana Kajah (King of the Woods) of Ceylon in 

 the singular beauty of its foliage, and is a very free-growing 

 plant, and one which may be cultivated without a bell-glass. — 

 Brazil. 

 YiG.—Refug. Bot, ii. t. 73 ; Ann. de Gand. 1845, t. 18._ 

 Syn. — P. argenteus pictus; Anactochilus argenteus pictus ; Anosctochilus 

 pictus; Microchilus jncfus. 



P. querceticola, Lindley (?) — A distinct and free-growing 

 species, inferior in beauty to the silvery reticulated kinds, but 

 interesting from its dissimilarity. It grows from three to 

 four inches high or more, and has ovate acute leaves two to 

 three inches long, of a light green colour, with blotches of 

 silvery grey on each side the mid-rib, appearing as if the 

 intervening spaces and not the veins were silvered over. The 

 flowers grow in lax spikes, and the lip is three-toothed at the 

 apex. — Said to come from Java, but Lindley's plant is a native 

 of New Orleans. 



PiLUMNA, Lindley. 

 {Tribe Vandese, suhtribe Oncidiese.) 



A small group of dwarf-growing epiphytes, closely allied 

 to Aspasia and Triclioinlia, with which latter some authorities 

 unite them. They differ, however, not only in their aspect, 

 but also in their sub-entire lip, which is adnate to the 

 column and rolled round it at the base, and in the cucullate 

 anther-bed being surrounded by membranaceous teeth. The 

 few species are found in Central America, Mexico, Venezuela, 

 and New Grenada. 



Culture. — The species of Pilumna succeed well in the cool 

 house, and are best grown in pots with rough peat, charcoal, 

 and sphagnum moss ; they require good drainage, as an 

 ample supply of moisture is requisite during the growing 

 season, but during the resting period less should be given. 

 In potting the plants should be well elevated above the pot 

 rim. They are propagated in the usual way, by division. 



