)i CCELIA. 



attaining tlieir full sizi', and tlie flowering of the plant in the follow- 

 ng season. C. iiincrusfarlnja requires the same cultural treatment as 

 Lycaste Sliinneri, Odontotjlossuni Insleaiji, and other -well-known orchids 

 inhabiting the elevated regions of Central America. C. Baueriana 

 requires a higher temperature and a more humid atmosphere than the 

 two first-mentioned species. 



Ooelia Baueriana. 



Pseudo-bulbs clustered, ovoid or sub-globose, Ih — 2 inches thick, di- 



triphyllous. Leaves linear, acute, 12 — 18 inches long, narrowed below 



into sheathing petioles, deep green with 2 — 4 pale veins. Scapes 



stoutish, 4 — -5 inches long, invested below by 3 — 5 large lanceolate, 



acuminate, greenish brown sheaths, densely racemose along the upper 



half. Flowers with all the segments concave, fragrant, Avliite, on short 



pedicels, at the base of which is a linear greenish brown bract longer 



than the ovary and perianth ; ovary three-angled, prominently winged 



at tlie angles ; sepals ovate-lanceolate ; petals broadly obovate-oblong ; 



lip shorter than the other segments, with a liroad saccate yellow claw 



and triangular blade. Column very short. 



Ccelia Baueriana, Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orch. p. 36 (1831). But. Reg. 1842, t. 36 

 (Bauerana). Epidendrum triptei'um, Smith Ic. pict. t. 14. CymbidiLim tripterum, 

 Swartz, N. Act. Ups. VI. p. 70. 



Goelia Baueriana is somewhat widely distributed over the West 



India Islands and parts of Mexico. It became known to science 



towards the end of the last century, first as Epidendrum tripterum., 



then as Gymbidium tripterum, till removed from the last-named genus 



by Dr. Lindley, on account of the totally different strnctui'e of its 



flowers. We find no record of its first introduction into British 



gardens, but it Avas in cultivation prior to 1842, in which year it 



was figured in the Botanical Register. Dr. Lindley compared it 



with our native Lily of the Valley^ for " although white and 



inconspicuous, it is so sweet that it must take precedence of most 



of its race ; no hawthorn hedge is more fragrant than a bed of 



this Ccelia." We are indebted to Mr. F. CI. Tautz, of Studley 



House^ Hammersmith, for materials for description. 



0. bella. 



Pseudo-bulbs globose, smooth, 1-| — 2 inches in diameter. Leaves 

 3 — 4 from the apex of each pseudo-bulb, elongate, ensiform, acuminate, 

 15 — 20 inches long. Scapes 3—5 inches high, sheathed with brown 

 imbricating acute boat-shaped bracts, 3 — 5 flowered. Flowers fragrant, 

 2 inches long, tubular below, funnel-shaped above ; sepals and petals 

 similar, oblong-obtuse, white, the sepals tipped Avith rose-purple ; lip 



