TEICHOSMA SUAVIS. 



[Plate 114.] 



jy*ative of the Kliasya Mountains. 



Epipliytal. Steyns thin, terete, tufted, from a short rliizomc, with a f<'w ehontliiiig 

 verriicose scales at the base, the apex diphyllous. Leaves somewhat fleshy, brnndly 

 lanceolate acuminate, obsolctely three-nervecl, the base contracted into a phradiiiipf 

 petiole. Floivers in short terminal racemes, fragrant; scjmls Linccolal(\, spreading', 

 the dorsal one free, the lateral ones somewhat broader, aduatc at the base wIUi 

 the foot of the column, so as to form a short cliiii, creamy \vhil<^; pcfaJs crrct, 

 Lanceolate, resembling the dorsal sepal, creamy white ; Up nrticuhitcd with the f<iot 

 of the column, with a short incumbent clnw, the limb thrcc-lf>bi(l, the Fide lolies 

 plane striped with brownish crimson, tht; mi(hlle one uudulat.-d, vcHow s]i()ftcd with 

 red and bearing five crispy lamella) or crests, there being also four such crests on 

 the disk. Column short, semitcrete, marginate, the nntficr-bcd irregularly toolhid 

 at the edge, the anthers incumbent affixed within the margin. PoIfi'n-7P"-^'<>-s ci^ht. 



TiiiCHOSMA SUAVIS, Lindlcy, Botanical Register, 1842, t. 21. 



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CcELOGYNE conoNAEiA, Liiidleij, Botanical Ileglstey, 1841, mi;sc. 178. 



Eria cohonaria, lieichenhacJi , in WuJ^jcrs* Annales Botanices Systemdhcce, vi., 271. 



The Orchid, of which we now submit a figure, is a very pretty free-growing 

 species; it is also distinct from any other Orchid, and one well worthy a pl.icc in 

 any collection. Almost every one who sees it in flower admirer it, not, pcrli.ips, 

 so much for its showy character, as for its neat pleasing inflorescence and fraprant 

 flowers. There are admirers of small flowered Orchids as well as of tho?c with 

 larger and more showy blossoms. 



This Trichosma has curious slender fleshy stems, scaly at the base, and sur- 

 mounted by a pair of dark green three-nerved leaves from between whi^h, at the 

 top of this stem, the flower spike is produced, as will be seen from our figure. 

 The inflorescence forms a short erect spike or raceme, bearing several very sweet- 

 scented flowers, which have a pleasing appearance. 



Trichosma mavis grows about ten inches in height, nnd produces its bh;.- "mn 



very freely. The sepals and petals are of a creamy white colour, the lip profuscl) 

 striped with purplish crimson and having a bright yellow crest. 



This plant flowered with us in March, and continued for several weeks in bloom ; 

 tut we have also seen it blossoming at difi'erent times of the year, according to 

 the period of the completion of its growth. AVe find it does well grown in a 

 pot with rough fibrous peat and good ckainage, and when in vigorous growth it 



