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nearly regular expanded flowers, which have a short rounded 

 chin, and a sessile concave lip, with a crest of elevated fleshy 

 lines on the disk. The few species are found in Peru and 

 Colombia. 



Culture. — The same as that noted for Phajus. 



W. cyanea, LindUy. — A very pretty distinct and rare species, 

 producing from the roots a close upright tuft of evergreen 

 foliage, and slender radical scapes bearing a short erect 

 raceme of pleasing but rather small flowers. The leaves are 

 broadly lanceolate and strongly ribbed, and enfold each other 

 distichously at the base ; and the flowers have ovate acute white 

 sepals and petals, and a roundish cuneate lip undulated at the 

 tip, and bearing five elevated lines. It blooms in June, last- 

 ing a long time in beauty. It requires to be grown in a pot, 

 with peat and good drainage, in the East Indian house. — • 

 ColomJna. 



'ElG.—Bot. Reg., 1845, t. 28. 



"W, cyanea alba, Bchh. f. — A very pretty variety of this 

 old and much-admired species, the lip of which is pure white 

 instead of being blue as in the type. 



"W. tricolor, LincUey. — A very distinct and handsome 

 species. It has oblong terete attenuated jointed pseudobulbs, 

 and long-stalked lanceolate plicate leaves, growing up with 

 the lateral flower scape, which is purple jointed and about 

 two feet in height, and bears at the top a raceme of 

 eight or ten rather large globose drooping flowers. The 

 roundish ovate concave sepals and petals are yellowish white, 

 the two lateral sepals being continued backwards so as to 

 form a blunt spur ; and the lip is obovate, cucuUate at the 

 base, white at the edge, beautifully marked inside with yellow 

 and deep purple. There are three elevated fleshy ridges on 

 the disk. The blossoms are produced in June and July, and 

 last a long time in perfection. It requires the same treat- 

 ment as W. cyanea. There are several other species known. 

 —Brazil. 



YiG.—Bof. Mag., t. 4235 ; Lodd. Eoi. Cub., t. 18S4. 

 Syn. — Muxillaria Warreana. 



