32 aEAMMATOPHYLLUM. 



var.— Measuresianum. 



Flowers much larger aiul more brightly coloured ; sepals and petals 

 emerald-green blotched and spotted in various ^yays with dark brown- 

 purple ; side lobes of lip light yellow with oblique brown lines, the 

 front lobe white with three brown lines at the apex. 



G. Fciizlianum Measuresianum, supra. G. Measuresianum, Hort. G. Seegeri- 



anum, Hort. 



Amboyua is given by Reichenbacli as the habitat of this species, 

 of which very little appears to be known. A plant, whose origin 

 we are now unable to trace, flowered some years ago in our bouses? 

 which Reichenbach identified as his Grammatophyllum Fenzlianum, 

 and from this the above description was derived. To this species 

 we have referred with some hesitation the recently introduced 

 (t. Measuresianum, whose origin has not been divulged, but which is 

 witbout much doubt eastern Malayan, as we can detect no other 

 differences than those stated above. As a horticultural plant the 

 variety is far superior to the original form, and whether species or 

 variety only, it worthily bears the name of Mr. R. H. Measures, 

 of The Woodlands, Streatham, for many years a most successful 

 cultivator of orchids. 



G. multiflorum. 



Stems, leaves and inflorescence nearly as in Grammatophyllum Fenzli- 

 anum. Flowers 1| inch in diameter; sepals and petals brownish 

 purple with green margins and a green median line, the former sub- 

 spathulate, obtuse, the latter oblong, keeled behind; lip threedobed, 

 the side lobes roundish oblong, sub-falcate, erect, light yellow streaked with 

 red-brown; the intermediate lobe oblong with rounded anterior margin, 

 and with four shalloAV white keels on the disk produced to the base 

 of the lip as a grooved linear-olilong plate. Column clavate, arched, 

 white spotted with brown. 



Grammatophyllum multiflorum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838, misc. No. 80, and 1839, 



t. 65. Paxt. 3Iag. Bot. VI. p. 217. Rchb. Xen. Orch. 11. p. 16. 



var. — tigrinum. 



Flowers Avith l:)roader and differently-coloured segments; sepals and 

 petals yellow-green heavily blotched Avith bruwn-i)urple ; lip light yellow 

 with red-brown markings. 



G. multiflorum tigrinum, Lindl. in But. Leg. 1842, t. 69. 

 The typical form was discovered by Cuming in the Philippine 

 Islands and plants were sent home by him from Manila in 1837: 

 one of these flowered in Mr. Bateiuan's collection at Knypersley in 



