PLATYCLTNIS. 



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P. glumacea. 



Pseudo-bulbs ovoid, aljout tlie size of a small waluut, the younger 

 ones sheathed with reddish scales Avhich enclose also the foot-stalks of 

 the leaves and the bases of the scapes. Leaves lanceolate, about a 

 foot long. Peduncles filiform, bearing along the distal half a pendulous 

 raceme of yellowish white, chaff-like flowers. Sepals and petals linear- 

 oblong, acuminate ; lip three-lobed, the side lobes pointed, the middle 

 lobe sub-orbicidar with two thickish lamellae on the disc of a deeper 

 yellow than the other parts of the flower. 



Platyclinis glumacea, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XVIII. (1881), p. 295, ined. 

 Dendrochilum glumaceum, lindl. Bot. Reg. 1841, misc. No. 58. Bot. Mag. 

 t. 4853, 



This was also one of Cuming's discoveries in the Philippine Islands, 



and was sent by him to Messrs. Loddiges about the same time as 



the preceding species, and in whose nursery it flowered for the first 



time in 1841. The gracefully pendulous crowded racemes of flowers 



appear in IMarch and April, which, although of a homely colour, 



have a pleasant fragrance, somewhat like that of new-made hay. 



IXDEX. 



The names in italics arc varieties or synonyms; those follovjcd by x are hybrids or 



supposed hybrids. 



Arpophtllum— 

 giganteum ... 

 spicatum 



Cryptophokanthus- 

 atropurpureum 

 Dayanum ... 



Masdevallia — 

 ucrochordonia 

 amabilis 

 Arminii 

 astuta 



Backhouseana 

 Barlieana . . . 

 bella... 

 Benedicti 

 Brilckmiilleri 

 cahirn 



GE 



Masdevallia — 



PAGE 



77 



campy loglossa 



27 



78 



Carderi 



27 





caudata 



28 





caudata-Estradffi X 



74 



7 



Chelsoni x 



74 



9 



Chestertonii 



29 





Chimtera 



30 





civiUs 



33 



41 



cocciuea 



33 



■A?, 



Calibre 



41 



24 



conchiflora 



34 



25 



coriacea 



3(3 



30 



corniculata 



37 



25 



Courtauldiana x 



74 



26 



cucuUata 



38 



45 



Cider 



2 



;J7 



Da visit 



39 



2') 



Dayana 



9 



