PHAJUS GRANDIFOLIUS. 
[PLate 502. | 
Native of China and Australia. 
Terrestrial. Psewdobulbs ovate, produced from a creeping rhizome, and sheathed 
by the bases of the leaves. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, plicate, about three feet 
long, including the petiole. Scapes radical, stout, three feet or more high, terminating 
in an erect raceme, bearing from twelve to eighteen flowers. Flowers four inches in 
diameter; sepals and petals sub-equal, oblong-lanceolate, acute, the outer surface white 
shaded with rose, the inner surface pale chocolate-brown, margined and veined with 
yellowish brown; lip oblong, cucullate, the base folded over the column, rosy purple 
outside, stained with crimson-purple near the anterior edge, the throat golden yellow 
veined with crimson, margined with rosy purple. 
PuHatus GraNnpiFrouius, Loureiro, Flora Cochin Chinensis, Edition Ulyssipone, p. 
529; Edition Willdenow, ii., p. 647. Schneevogt, Icones Plantarum rariorum, t. 5. 
Hooker, First Century of Orchidaceous Plants, t. 37. Andrews, The Botanists’ 
Repository, t. 426. Flore des Serres, t. 738.  Redouté, Les Inliacées, t. 43. 
Kerner, Hortus sempervirens, t. 49. Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1872, p. 733, f. 176; 
Id, N.S. 1882, xviii, p. 565, f. 99.  Veitch’s Manual of Orchidaceous Plants, 
vi, p. 11. Williams’ Orchid Grower's Manual, 7th edition, p. 653. 
Bietta Tankervitiar, Rk. Brown, Hortus Kewensis, 2nd edition, v., p. 205. 
Loddiges, Botanical Cabinet, t. 20. Botanical Magazine, t. 1924. 
Limoporum TANKERVILLIAB, Aiton, Hortus Kewensis, 1st edition, ii, p. 302, 
t. 12. L’Heritier, Sertum Anglicum, t. 28 
Lrvoporum Incarvitier, Persoon, Synopsis, p. 520. 
This truly noble Orchid has been an inmate of our gardens for upwards of a 
century, having been introduced from China- by Dr. John Fothergill about 1778. 
When grown in large specimens it is a very imposing object, especially if well 
flowered, for not only are the spikes large and many-flowered, but the individual 
blooms are of a soft pleasing colour, and the white exteriors of the sepals and 
petals contrasted with the brownish colour of the interior are a very distinct feature 
and one seldom met with in Orchids. The spikes are generally about three feet 
in length, and when well cultivated it forms a most useful object for the decoration 
of apartments and the conservatory, where it will stand a long time if kept from 
the damp. The name of Bletia Tankervillae was, we believe, first published by 
L’Heritier, and was proposed in honour of Lady Tankerville; the assertion in 
Persoon’s Synopsis that the name of “Tankervilliae” was improperly given to the 
plant by Mr. Aiton, and that it should have been “ Incarvillei,” being dedicated 
