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grows somewhat slowly, and has short leaves about eight 

 inches long. The flowers of this are more laxly set on the 

 spike than in 8. guttatum; colour white, spotted with rose. 

 It blooms during July and August, and continues in perfection 

 three weeks. 



S, giganteuni. — This very beautiful species is very much 

 like S. violacea, and has been in the collection of the Bishop 

 of Winchester, at Famham Castle, for several years, but it is 

 so exceedingly slow in growth that its great beauty was never 

 seen in this country tUl exhibited by Messrs. Veitch, in the 

 autumn of 1866. The leaves are very stout and broad, about a 

 foot long, and three inches in width. It produces long racemes 

 of thickly set flowers from the axils of the leaves ; sepals and 

 petals white, the latter spotted with lilac ; Up hlac and violet. 

 It continues in bloom a very long time, and is deliciously 

 sweet. Native of Burmah. 



8. guttatum. — A remarkably handsome species from India. 

 The leaves are long and broad, somewhat curved, thick and 

 fleshy, prtemorse at the ends, and dark green. It blossoms 

 from May to August, and remains three or four weeks in per- 

 fection, if removed to a cooler house, and kept free from 

 damp. The flowers are closely set upon the spike, which is 

 upwards of a foot in length, and form massive wreaths of 

 bloom ; sepals and petals waxy white, spotted with deep 

 rosy-purple ; lip small, purple. There are two or three 

 varieties of this species, which makes one of the finest 

 plants for exhibition. Some remarkable specimens of it 

 were shown in the year 1850, with from twenty or twenty- 

 five spikes of flowers on each. 



S. guttatum giganteum.-^K magnificent variety, the leaves 

 of which are longer than those of 8. guttatum, and spotted ; 

 the spikes are also much longer, and the flowers more distinct 

 in th« markings ; it makes a superb exhibition plant, as it 



