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at the edges, reddish-purple, with a nan-ow mai-ginal 

 band of tawny-yeUow ; lip small and inconspicuous, 

 same colour as the petals. Summer months, lloul- 

 mein. 



B. Lobbli (Sarcopodium). — Pseudo-hulbs ovate, 

 some three inches high, smooth, and light green, 

 bearing » single oblong, thick, and leathery leaf, 

 flower large and spreading, upwards of four inches 

 in diameter ; sepals lanceolate, the dorsal one acumi- 

 nate, soft yellow, streaked with lines of purple 

 dots, lateral ones falcate, streaked with purple dots, 

 and shaded with same colour ; petals same as dorsal 

 sepal and the same colour; lip somewhat cordate, 

 recur%-ed, yellow, freckled with orange. Summer 

 months. Java. 



B. psUtttcoghMum (Sarcopodium). — ^Another very 

 handsome dwarf-growing plant, pseudo-hulbs ovate, 

 enveloped in a beautiful fibrous network, and 

 bearing a solitary, broadly-oblong, thick, and fleshy 

 leaf, which is deep green on both surfaces ; scape 

 short, seldom more than two-flowered; sepals and 

 petals ovate, nearly equal in size, yellowish-green, 

 and streaked with red ; lip three-lobed, o^'ate, middle 

 lobe recurved, yellow, mottled with red. Summer 

 months. Sloulmein. 



B. retieiUatum. — This species must certainly take 

 first rank in this family, which is not remai'kable for 

 the beauty of its members. The pseudo-bulbs are 

 small, situated at intervals along a slender stem-like 

 rhizome ; leaves solitary, petiolate, cordate in shape, 

 with a sharp point ; the ground-colour pale green ; 

 the veins being dark green give the whole a beauti- 

 fully reticulated appearance, from which its name is 

 derived; spike short, bearing about two flowers; 

 sepals and petals white, streaked with broad lines 

 of reddish-purple, dorsal sepals largest ; lip curiously 

 recurved, white and yellow, spotted with purple. 

 July and August. Moulmein. 



Bollea. — ^A small genus oi plants, bearing much 

 afiSnity with the older genus Zygopetaltim, but yet 

 sufficiently distinct, from a horticultural stand-point 

 at least, to merit the separation. BoUeas are plants 

 with the habit and appearance of Batemannias and 

 I'eseatorias. and require about the same treatment. 

 Peruvian House. 



B. Lalindei. — This is an extremely beautiful 

 species. It is, however, apparently very vari- 

 able in colour ; leaves oblong - lanceolate, 

 tapering to a point, up'wards of a foot long by 

 two inches broad, plaited, and bright green ; 

 peduncle much shorter than the leaves, bear- 

 ing on the summit a single spreading flower, 

 upwards of two inches in diameter, and thick 

 and fleshy in texture ; sepals broader than the 

 petals, varj-ing in colour from rose to bright 



