THUNIA VEITCHIANA. 



[Plate 326.] 



Garden Eyhrid, 



Terrestrial. Stems reed-like 



height 



somewhat swollen at the base 



erect, deciduous, one and a half to two feet in 



sheathing, pale green 

 Leaves membraneous 



Raceme terminal 

 with 



tapering upwards, 



ed 



th distichous 



oblong 



dense raceme of flowers 



leaves, and bearing at the apex a 



acuminate, and sheathing at 



the base 



a 



'g 



noddino*. bearing numerous large 



and showy flo^v 



each furnished 



concave ovate-lanceolate bract, which encloses it when in the bud 



Sepals ^ and petals nearly equal, slightly spreading, ligulate-acute, white faintly tinged 



with pink, and 



pped 



ith 



mauve 



lip large, convolute over the column, produced 



behind into a short, straight, obtuse, bifid spur, the anterior portion spread 



a white, undulated 



d crisp border 



with 



ish white 



ith 

 round ; ground colour pale purplish mauve 



the throat and 



the disc, where it is ornamented 



numerous 



raised lines, which are fringed with 



ha 



of purplisli 



g 



p. 818. 



Thunia Veitchiana, Reicheribach JiL, Gardeners' Chronicle, n.s., 1885, xxiii.> 



Thunia Weigleyana, HorL, Toll. 



The members of this small genus of Asiatic Orchids are, by some authorities 



eluded with Ph 



and under that name were cultivated for many years 



They 



can, however, be readily distinguished from that 



g 



by their manner of g 



deciduous leaves, terminal drooping racemes of flowers, and by several other striking 



diffe 



Professor Reichenbach refers the 



g 



Thu 



to the tribe Arethusse 



the 



and sums up the distinctions between it and Phajus in 



"Thunias have a terminal inflorescence on the leafy shoots, whilst PI 



g 



words 



their infloresce 



braneo 



and their fascicles of leaves apart ; Thunias h 



fleshy 



have 



mem 



leaves, Phaj 



ha\' 



plaited 



ones 



deciduous bracts 



Thunias have four, Phaj 



Thunias have persistent, Phaj uses 

 eight pollen masses." 



There are 



several beautiful species of Thunia, two of which are already figured in this 



■k 



T, Benson 



in volume ii.. 



Q7, and T. Marshall 



volume 



plate 



These two we consider the best of the species yet introduced. They make grand 



specimens for - exhibition purposes, as they are free both in growth and flower ; and 



I of these two 



very attractive 



0. 0. Wrigley, Esq., of Bury, has exhibited some wonderful plant 

 kinds at the Eoyal Botanic Gardens, in Manchester, where they were 



from their colours and manner of growth being so 



objects. 



Orchids. 



grown, is worthy to take its 



dist 



fro 



all other 



We here bring 



a 



new hybrid to our readers' notice, 



hich, when well 



beside the two kinds previously named, as its 



