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and a half inches across ; petals orange brown, striped with a 

 lighter colour ; lip white, tipped with yeUow. 



H. odoratissima antioquiensis. — A very fine variety of the 

 preceding, with dark green pseudobulbs and leaves ; spike 

 erect, bearing many flowers ; sepals much broader than the 

 petals ; and like them deep blood-red ; the curious lip, which 

 is very long and somewhat sagittate, is white, faintly tinged 

 with pale yellow. It succeeds in a moderately cool tem- 

 perature. Native of Columbia. 



H. tigrina. — ^A showy and very pretty species of this some- 

 what neglected genus ; the pseudobulbs are about two inches 

 long, somewhat ovate, supporting long dark green leaves, 

 which are blunt at the ends ; sepals greenish yellow, barred 

 with brown ; petals smaller, rich yellow, barred with crimson ; 

 lip white, dotted with brown, and barred with light purple. 

 Native of Columbia. 



HUNTLETA. 



Under this heading are included plants distributed through 

 the following genera : — Huntleya, Warrea, Warscewiczella, 

 Batemania, Zygopetalum, and Pescatoria. They are all very 

 similar in their general appearance, and not a Httle diversity 

 of opinion exists respecting them. I have therefore deter- 

 mined to retain them all under the old and familiar title of 

 Huntleya for the present. Several of them bear very showy 

 flowers, and are of easy culture, if they get the treatment 

 required, but they are often killed by having too much heat. 

 I find they do best in the cool end of the Gattleya house, 

 with plenty of water all the year round, for they seem never 

 to require any rest. The attention that may be given them 

 wUl well repay the cultivator by a profusion of their elegant, 

 curious, and delicately scented flowers. The plants have ever- 

 green foliage, about ten inches high, and are compact in their 

 growth, with small pseudobulbs, from which their flowers 



