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and mofis, and like a good supply of water ; indeed, they 

 should never be allowed to get dry. 



P. pubescens, BcM.f. — This beautiful dwarf-growing species, 

 which attains about six inches in height, has for a long time 

 been in cultivation in our gardens under the name oi Epiphora 

 pubescens. It has small pseudobulbs, producing two or three 

 leaves, which are dull green, oblong-linear, plane, and slightly 

 hairy beneath ; the floral racemes are erect, short and many- 

 flowered, the flowers being fragrant, of a rich bright golden 

 yellow with a few purple lines. It is an abundant bloomer, 

 and is quite an exception to the majority of the species in 

 being very showy. Although introduced many years since, 

 it is still very rare. — Caffraria ; Delagoa Bay. 



Syn. — Epiphora pubescens. 



PrOMENJEA, Lindley. 

 ( Tribe Vandege, subtrlbe Cyrtopodieas.) 



This is a small genus of pretty dwarf epiphytes growing 

 about three inches high. They are pseudobulbous, with ter- 

 minal leaves, and produce their flower-scapes, which are 

 drooping, from the base of the pseudobulbs, so that they hang 

 over the edge of the pot. The flowers have spreading sepals, 

 and a three-lobed lip crested in the middle. They are not 

 very showy plants, but very curious, and hence deserve to be in 

 every collection. Some six or eight species, mostly Brazilian, 

 are referred to the group, which is by some authorities 

 retained as a section of Zygopetalmn. The column often 

 bears on its front a longitudinal elevated line or keel. 



Culture. — The PromencBas are best grown in pots with peat, 

 the same treatment as that recommended for PajJhinia being 

 suitable for them. 



P. citrina, Don. — A neat and pretty dwarf-growing epiphyte, 

 with clustered small ovate tetragonal diphyllous pseudobulbs, 

 oblong-ligulate pale green leaves, and deflexed scapes two to 



