outer one and the two lateral inner ones equal in size, oval-oblong, 
acuminate, undulate on the margins, nearly white, the lower ones 
greenish, likewise oval oblong at the base, but terminated in a long, 
linear, fleshy, obtuse, dark coloured appendage. LaBeLLum nearly 
parallel with the column, sessile, cordate at the base, of a rich orange 
colour ; lateral lobes short, rounded, middle lobe long, sinuated, fleshy 
at the end, and veiny along the axis. Crest consisting of a few bro- 
ken excrescences situated towards the base. ConumNna much shorter 
than the labellum, half-round. : . 
PopuLar AND GeEocrapuHicaL Notice. The genus Chlorea com- 
prehends about twenty-two species, all natives of the Chilian States, 
where they are found from the sea coast to the verge of perpetual snow 
on the Andes, Some few, like a portion of our British Orchises em- 
bellish the rich grassy meadows of the valleys, but the greatest num- 
ber prefer those dry rocky wastes which give to the mountainous dis- 
tricts of Chili so desolate an appearance in summer. Several spe- 
cies of them are known to the inhabitants, under the names of wild 
tulips, and lilies, and by their great abundance form a striking feature 
in the summer flora of the country. Although the flowers of the ori- 
ginal species are of a greenish colour, which occasioned the adoption 
of the name Chlorza for the genus, still several of those discovered by 
Dr. Poppig have large flowers of a pure White, or of a rich yellow, 
and are highly ornamental. G. B. 
INTRODUCTION; WHERE GROWN; CuLTuRE. The subject of the 
present plate, the first of this most interesting genus which has ap- 
peared in our gardens, was imported from Valparaiso by Mr. Crook, 
in 1837; and flowered in the stove of W. J. Myers Esq. at Aighburgh, 
near ‘Liverpool, to whom, and to Mrs. E. Bury, the lady who has so 
kindly favoured us with the drawing from which our plate was en- 
graved, we are greatly indebted for this and other interesting novel- 
ties. As far as we at present know the requirements of this orchida- 
ceous novelty, it should be kept in the stove; this, however, is not in- 
dispensable to all Chilian plants, and on further acquaintance it may 
be found not to be so to the Chlorea longibracteata. It ail be pot- 
ted in a mixture of loam and peat. 
DERIVATION OF THE Names. 
Cutoraa, from yAwpoe CHLOROS, green, alluding to the greenish hue in the 
flowers of several species. Lonerpracteata, with long bracts, that organ 
being usually longer in these species than in those previously described. 
