HORTUS VEITCHII 



1859, and by him sent to the Botanic Garden at Leyden, where it first 

 flowered in Europe in 1861. 



Nothing more was heard of the plant until Mr. Murton, of the Botanic 

 Garden of Singapore, sent plants to Mr. M. H. Williams, of Tredrea, in 

 Cornwall, and to Chelsea, in both of which establishments it flowered 

 in 1878. 



It remained rare in European collections until 1880, when Curtis sent a 

 consignment from Sumatra, where it was discovered growing under the 

 same conditions as Phalasnopsis sumatrana. 



PLEUEOTHALLIS INSIGNIS, Rolfe. 



Syns. P. glossopogon, Nicholson, non Rchb. f. 

 Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 1887, vol. i. p. 477 ; Bot. Mag. t. 6936. 



A curious orchid of botanical interest only, the native country of which 

 is not recorded, but is in all probability Venezuela. 



In growth something like a Masdevallia, the flowers are remarkable for 

 their acuminate sepals and long bristle-like petals. 



POLYCYNIS GEATIOSA, Endr. & Rchb. f. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1871, p. 1451. 



Discovered in Costa Eica by Endres ; closely allied to Polycynis lepida, 

 but differing from that species in slight structural details of the lip. 



EENANTHEEA MATUTINA, Lindl. 



Syns. Aerides matutinum, Blume. 

 Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. vii. p. 85 ; Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1847, misc. 



First discovered by Blume in 1824, growing on trees at the foot of 

 Mount Salak, Java, from which locality it was introduced twenty years 

 later through Thomas Lobb. For a long time subsequent to its introduc- 

 tion it remained very rare, but subsequent importations caused it to be 

 more generally distributed. The flowers are some 2 in. in diameter, 

 bright reddish- crimson toned with yellow, changing with age to orange- 

 yellow. 



EESTEEPIA ELEGANS, Karst. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5966. 



A lovely little orchid, first cultivated in Europe by Messrs. Linden of 

 Brussels, and first flowered in this country by us in February 1872. 



It is a native of Caraccas, where it inhabits mossy tree trunks at eleva- 

 tions of 5,000-6,000 ft. The flowers are too small to be of any horticultural 

 value, but are of great interest to the botanist. 



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