100 REPORT ON THE 



two others are showy. See Bot. Mag., t. 3736 ; Bot. 



Reg., 1847, t. 60. For list of species, see Gard. 



Chron., 1882, xviii., 681 ; see also Gard. Chron., 



1879, xi., 236. 

 BOLLEA (Zygopetalum). 

 *B. Patinii, Gard. Chron., 1875, iii., 9. 

 BOLBOPHYLLARIA (see Bulbophyllum), Gard. Chron., 1879, 



xi., 236. 



42. Bonatea, Willdenow. 



Two or three species are known, from South Africa. See 

 Bot. Mag., t. 2926. 



43. Brachionidium, Lindley. 



Three species from Colombia and Bolivia. Epiphytes, 

 nearly related to Masdevalls and Pleurothalls. See 

 Gard. Chron., 1881, xvi., 172. 



44. BRACHTIA, Reichenbach f. 



Three species, from Colombia. 



45. BRACHYCORYTHIS, Lindley. 



Four or five species, from South and Tropical Africa. 



46. Brassavola, R. Brown. 



About twenty species, from Tropical America and Mexico. 

 Epiphytes, with terete foliage, except B. glauca and 

 B. Digbyana. Flowers white and showy. See Gard. 

 Chron., 1879, xi., 236; Bot. Mag., t, 543, 2878, 

 3229, 3722, 3761, 3782, 4021, 4734 ; and Bot. Reg., 

 t. 1465, 1561, 1914 ; 1839, t. 5 ; 1840, t. 39. 

 *B. stricta, fruit of, Gard. Chron., 1885, xxiii, 85, 505. 



47. Brassia, R. Brown. 



About twenty species are known, from Tropical America, 

 Brazil, and Mexico. Flowers greenish, spotted with 

 brown, in spikes like Odontoglossum. See Orchid 

 Album, t. 152; Gard. Chron., 1879, xi., 236; Bot. 

 Mag., 1691, 3451, 3577, 3794, 4003, 5748; Bot. 

 Reg., t. 832, 1754 ; 1841, t. 18; 1847, t. 29. 



48. Bromheadia, Lindley. 



Two species, native of Malacca and the Malayan Archi- 

 pelago, forming reed-like growth in wet jungle. 

 Showy, but not easy to grow. See Bot. Mag., t. 

 4001, 



