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approaching to black, oblong, tbree-lobed, the lateral lobes 

 erect linear, the terminal one ovate oblong, cucullate at the 

 base, the margins paler and cross-barred. It blooms in July, 

 August, and September, and lasts long in perfection. — Brazil. 



¥iG.—Bot. Mag., t. 3877 ; Bot. lleg., 1839, t. 17. 

 Stn. — Maxillaria stapelioides, 



EenANTHERA, Loureiro. 

 ( Tribe Vandese, subtribe Sarcantheas.) 



This genus, which is very nearly allied to Vanda, consists 

 of showy plants, with climbing branching stems, clothed with 

 distichous leaves, and bearing on lateral peduncles elegant 

 panicles of flowers, which in some cases are of a very showy 

 character. They have spreading sepals and petals, the lateral 

 sepals often broader and longer, contiguous or somewhat cohe- 

 rent, and a short lip articulated with the base of the column, 

 and produced at the base into a conical spur. There are 

 some half-dozen species found in Tropical Asia and the 

 Malay Archipelago, some of which are in high favour with 

 Orchid growers. R. Loivii, the Vanda Lowii of many gardens, 

 is placed in Arachnanthe by Bentham. 



Culture. — The treatment recommended for Vanda as regards 

 heat and moisture will also suit these plants. They require 

 the temperature of the East Indian house, and should be potted 

 in living sphagnum moss, with an abundance of drainage. 

 They will do well on blocks if they obtain a good supply of 

 water during the growing season. During winter give them 

 only enough water to keep their stems and leaves from 

 shrivelling. At all times they should be kept as much exposed 

 to light as possible, and be shaded only sufiiciently to keep 

 them from the burning rays of the sun. They are propagated 

 in the same way as Aerides and Vanda. 



B,. COCCinea, Loureiro.^-A somewhat scandent straggling 

 plant, though when well managed a really superb and showy 



