PHAJUS MACULATUS. 
[PLaTE 381.] 
Native of Northern India and Japan. 
Terrestrial. Pseudobulbs large, clustered, oblong-ovate, bearing numerous large 
and showy leaves. Leaves large and spreading, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, much 
plaited, and tapering below into a long sheathing petiole, deep green, profusely 
and regularly spotted with yellow. Scape erect, issuing from the side of the 
pseudobulb, near to the base, from two to three feet high, and bearing on the 
upper part a long raceme of many flowers, which are very attractive. Sepals and 
petals nearly equal, oblong-obtuse, slightly incurved, clear bright yellow; lip thick 
and fleshy in texture, involutely cylindrical, three-lobed in front, terminating behind 
in a short, straight, obtuse spur; lateral lobes small and rounded; anterior lobe 
obtusely ovate, plicate crenate, crumpled and frilled on the incurved edge, where it 
is stained with deep brown, the ground-colour being clear yellow. 
Prasus mMacuLatus, Lindley, Botanical Magazine, t. 3960; Loddiges, Botanical 
Cabinet, t. 1803; Williams, Orchid-Grower’s Manual, 6 ed., p. 521. 
Biet1A Wooprorpu, Blume, Orchidees de lArchipel Indien, et du Japon, t. 5 E.; 
Hooker, Botanical Magazine, t. 2719; Reichenbach, Flora Exotica, t. 63. 
Buetia FLAVA, Wallich. 
The genus we here represent is not a large one, but it includes several noble 
species, some of which bear ample dark green leaves, and erect spikes of very bold 
and handsome flowers. These plants, in recent times, have been too much neglected ; 
but many years ago Phajus Wallichii was frequently seen at the exhibitions at Chiswick, 
Regent’s Park, and other places during the months of May and June. It produced 
a noble appearance, especially when used as a back-row plant, with its large, plaited, 
dark green leaves, and from ten to fifteen bold erect spikes of fine showy blooms. 
This species used to be so exhibited in fine condition by the late Mr. Ellis, of 
Hoddesdon, a keen lover and grower of Orchids, and also by Mr. Carson, from the 
famed gardens of Nonsuch Park, in Surrey, and by various others. P. grandifolius 
was another species exhibited in the same manner in the olden times, which, 
although not quite so showy as P. Wallichii, was yet a very effective plant; 
whilst yet more recently has been added P. Mannii, which, when established in 
cultivation, will be far the finest of the three. The majority of these plants are 
of easy culture, and may be successfully grown in an ordinary stove with a mixed 
collection of plants, and if their wants are duly supplied, they never fail to pro- 
duce their stout spikes, laden with large and showy flowers, in abundance. There 
are some dwarf-growing kinds; one of the most beautiful, although difficult plant 
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