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Anaectochilus. 



1. A. setaceus. A terrestrial Orchid, native of Ceylon, where it 

 is called the King of the Woods, and grows commonly in the 

 hedgerows. 



" The flowers are not at all beautiful, but the leaves are the 

 most beautiful of all the leaves in the world. The ground colour 

 is of a dark velvety green, tinged with a metallic lustre, curiously 

 inlaid, as it were, with streaks of golden network."* 



One of our rarest and choicest plants, always grown in a pot 

 under a bell-glass ; but the management of it with success has 

 hardly yet been ascertained. 



2. A. Dawsonianus. Native of Indian Archipelago ; leaf four 

 inches long, rich olive-brown with reddish golden veins. 



3. A. Ordianus. Native of Singapore. Ehizomes thick as a 

 man's little finger ; leaves bright metallic green, with delicate 

 golden lines ; similar in shape and habit to the last. Both are of 

 more robust habit than any other species, and are deciduous in 

 the Cold season, when they require rest. 



Cypripedium. 

 LADY'S-SLIPPER. 



A genus of most interesting terrestrial Orchids, formerly found 

 very difficult to preserve, and consequently great rarities in 

 Calcutta; but now, since cultivated in grass conservatories, 

 thriving well and blossoming beautifully in the Cold season. 

 The following are those commonly met with : 



1. C. venustum. Native of Nepal and the Khassya Hills ; a 

 small very handsome plant, with the underside of its leaves 

 prettily tesselated with purplish black ; produces curious large 

 white and russet-green flowers, spotted and striped with purple. 



2. C. insigne. Native of Nepal ; leaves pale green, somewhat 

 similar to the above; flowers large, pale tawny-green, with 

 spotted lid. C. Maulei is a variety with larger flowers of richer 

 colour. 



3. C. concolor. Native of Maulmein ; a very beautiful plant, 

 with strap-shaped, smooth, polished-green leaves, mottled with 



* ' Cottage Gardener's Dictionary.' 



