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to the Royal Gardens at Kew. The sub-variety, a very beautiful 

 and distinct one, was recently introduced by L' Horticulture Inter- 

 nationale of Brussels. 



P. grandiflora. 



Pseudo-bulbs broadly ovoid or sub-globose, about au ineh in diameter, 

 diphyllous. Leaves broadly lanceolate, acuminate, 7 — 10 inches long. 

 Scapes short, pendent, 2 — 3 flowered. Flowers the largest in the 

 genus; dorsal sepal 3 inches long, ovate-lanceolate, acute, the basal half 

 yellowish white with numerous irregular transverse chocolate-purple bands, 

 the apical half wdiolly chocolate-purple sometimes Avith a narrow yelloAvish 

 Avhite margin ; lateral sepals similar but sub-falcate ; petals similar to the 

 sepals but more narrowed towards the base ; lip clawed, distinctly bi- 

 partite, the claw blackish purple ; the hypochile obovate-oblong, yellowish 

 white with two incurved linear light browai auricles ; the epichile with 

 a narrow claw having two dark purple falcate teeth at the base of the 

 sub-orbicular fleshy blade that is covered with whitish shaggy hairs. 

 Column greenish, spotted wdth purple. 



Paphinia grandiflora, Rodr. Gen. et Sp. Orch. nov. I. p. 124 (1877). P. nutans, 

 Houll. in Rev. Hort. 1878, p. 188 (ex descript.). P. grandis, Rchb. ex Williams' 

 Orch. Alb. IV. t. 145. 



A very remarkable orchid, and the handsomest species in the 



genus; the colour of the perianth segments is rich and effective, 



and contrasts strongly with the small pale labellum which, as our 



description shows, is of very complex structure. It first became 



known to science in 1877 through the Brazilian botanist, Eodriguez; 



it first appeared in British gardens in 1883, flowering in the 



autumn of that year. 



P. rugosa. 



Pseudo-bulbs smooth, ovoid, elongated, IJ inch long, diphyllous. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 4 — 6 inches long. Scapes short, 

 pendent, with an appressed bract at the base of the ovaries, 2 — 3 

 flowered. Flowers 2 — -3 inches in diameter ; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, 

 light yellow dotted with red ; lip clawed, the hypochile crescent-shaped 

 with two sub-falcate, erect auricles, red-purple ; the epichile also red- 

 purple, sub-rhomboidal, reflexed, with two liroa<l ain'icles and a dense 

 tuft of white bristles at the apex. Column clavate, bent, greenish 

 yellow, with a narroAv rounded Aviug on each side of the stigma. 



Paphinia rugosa, Rchb. in Linnsea, XLI. p. 110 (1877). Id. in Gard. Ohron. 

 XII. (1879), p. 520 ; and XIV. (1880), pp. 102 and 778. Sander's Reichenbachia, 

 s. 2, vol. I. t. 11. 



One of the discoveries of Gustav Wallis iu New Granada in 1876, 



and shortly afterwards gathered by Franz Klabucli. Three years 



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