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extensive one, and comprises many of the finest epiphytal kinds in 

 cultivation. Among the included genera are Dcndrohium, Calanthe, 

 the whole of the sub-tribes Oncidie^e (Odontogiossum, Miltonia, 

 Trichopilia, etc.), Stanhopie^ (Coryanthes, Peristeria, Houlletia), 

 CvRTOPODiEiE (Zygopetalum, Lycaste, Anguloa) ; also a series of genera 

 both in the Epidendre^ and Vamde.e with fleshy or pseudo-bulbous 

 stems composed of several internodes but producing a tuft of leaves 



liiilbopbyllum barbigerum. 

 A s.\-miioilial orchid with lateral inflorescence. 



at the upper end onlv, but below only scales; after the fall of the 

 latter the stem appears ringed (Phaius, Chysis, Cyrtopodium, Mormodes, 

 Cycnochcs, etc.). Cynd>idium and Cyperorchis are also placed in this 

 group, but it is well known td cultivators that the stems of all tbc 

 cultivated species continue to grow for more than one season, but 

 eventually cease when the new growths have reached the flowering 

 stage. 



