SCHLIMMIA. 5G9 



broadly oblong, keekcl beneath, striated, and unequally 

 bilobed at the apex, but of a somewhat lighter green colour 

 than in the typical S. violaceum. It produces dense axillary 

 racemes, sometimes as much as two feet long, of large pure 

 white blossoms, which are remarkably sweet-scented, and as 

 these are produced in the winter season they become doubly 

 valuable on that account. — Piilo Copang, an island in the 

 Chinese Seas. 



'FiG.—Bot. Mag., t. 5433 ; Flore des Serres, t. 2412. 

 Byn. — <S. Barrisonianum. 



SCHLIMMIA, Planchon. 



{Tribe Yandete, subtribe Maxillarieas.) 



A small genus of epiphytal plants, having oblong subfusi- 

 form one-leaved pseudobulbs, and erect simple spikes of 

 largish flowers, the dorsal sepal of which is narrow, and the 

 lateral ones broad and united to form an ample saccate chin, 

 while the lip is small and included. There are three nearly 

 related described species, all found on the Colombian Andes. 



Culture. — These desirable atd curious plants succeed well 

 in the Cattleya house, grown in a pot with good drainage. 



S. triflda, Echb. f. — This is a very curious species, and 

 well worth cultivation. In growth it resembles a Stanhopea, 

 having a cluster of elongate-ovate pseudobulbs, each fur- 

 nished with a solitary oblong acute membranaceous leaf, 

 narrowed into a petiole at the base. The peduncle is lateral, 

 drooping, deep purple, bearing a one-sided raceme of about 

 four flowers of thick texture, and of which the ligulate dorsal 

 sepal is turned downwards, and the lateral sepals are sac- 

 cately connate into a helmet-like form, waxy white, with a 

 few purple spots inside ; the linear acute petals are bent out- 

 wards, and the lip has a pandurate hypochil trifid at the 

 apex, which is white marked with rich orange, the epichil 

 being lance-shaped. It is a great acquisition on account of 

 its delicious perfume and its rarity ; the perfume is said to be 

 between that of jasmine and bergamot. — Neiv Grenada. 



YiG.—Gard. Chron., N.S., vii. 141, fier. 22. 



