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0. Sanderiana. 



Pseudo-bulbs ovoid, 2 — 3 inches long, obscurely angulate, much 



wrinkled when old. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, petiolate, acute, 12-15 



inches long, 2—3 inches broad. Racemes pendulous, as long as the 



leaves, 5 — 7 or more flowered, the short stalked ovaries sheathed by 



a pale brown, acute, deciduous bract. Flowers among the handsomest 



in the genus, 3|- — i^ inches across when spread out ; sepals and petals 



milk-white, the former lanceolate, acuminate, keeled behind, the latter 



similar but narrower ; lip three-lobed, the side lobes oblong, erect, 



crisped at the front margin, streaked with red-brown on the inner side, 



and with a yellow blotch at the crisped front edge ; the intermediate 



lobe oblong acute, reflexed and undulate, and with a bright yellow disk 



on which are six raised fringed lines. Column triquetral, arched, winged. 



Ccelogyne Sanderiana, Rchb. in Gard. Chron. I. s. 3 (1887), p. 764. 



One of the most recent aclditi nis to the genus, aud at the same 



time one of the most beautiful species in ir. It was introduced 



by Messrs. Sander and Co.^ througli their collector Forstermann^ in 



1887. Its habitat has not been divulged. 



0. Schilleriana. 



Pseudo-bullis clustered, small, somewhat flask-shaped, diphyllous. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 4 — 5 inches long, narrowed below 



into a short petiole invested with imbricating scales. Peduncles from 



between the leaves, short, one flowered. Sepals and petals greenish 



yellow, the former lanceolate, acute, the latter linear ; lip obovate- 



oblong, three-lobed, the side lobes erect, cream-white with a red-brown 



stripe near the margin, and numerous anastomosing red-brown lines 



below it ; front lobe spreading with dentate margin, light yellow spotted 



with red-purple ; disk with three raised lines that extend to the base 



of the lip. Column semi-terete. 



Ccelogyne Schilleriana, Rchb. in Berl. Allg. Gartenz. 1858, p. 189. Id. Xen. Orch. 

 II. p. 110, t. 134. Bot. Mag. t. 5072. Van Houtte's Fl. des Serres, XXII. t. 2302. 



Introduced by our Exeter firm, from Moulniein^ in LS57, through 



Thomas Lobb, and dedicated to Consul Schiller, of Hamburg, at 



that time the most prominent amateur of orchids in Germany. It 



was placed by the late Professor Reichenbach under Pleione, to 



which it does not conform. It is still occasionally met with in 



collections, where it is easily recognised, even when not in flower, by 



its minute, clustered, generally leafless pseudo-bulbs. 



0. sparsa. 



A dwarf tufted plant. Pseudod^ulbs ovoid, varying in size from that 

 of a filbert to a walnut. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, G imhes 



