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sepals and petals deep yellow with purple-brown blotches at the base, and the 

 lip brighter yellow spotted over the disk and ofcntral portion, half as long as the 

 sepals, and marked on the disk with an oblong-ligulate orange-ooloured crest. It 

 flowers in May and June, and lasts about three weeks in blossom. — Ecuador. 

 ¥ia.—Orohid Album, iv. t. 159. 



B. CAUDATA, Lindley. — -An old Orchid introduced by Mr. Lee of Hammer- 

 smith, many years ago. Pseudobulbs oblong, about three inches high, furnished 

 with two leaves at the apex, flowers produced on a many flowered raceme, 

 sepals about five inches long, greenish-yellow, petals shorter, same colour, and 

 lip yellow, with a few large purplish-brown spots. — West Indies. 



Fig.— Hot. Itefj., t. 832 ; Hot. ifaj., t. 3451 ; BooTt JSxotlc FUra, t. 179 ; HooUr'is 

 First Cent. Orch. PL, t. 82. 



B. CAUDATA HIEROGLYPHrCA, RcU. /.—In habit this variety resembles 

 the type, sepals and petals deep yellow, irregularly blotched and barred 

 with cinnamon-brown, lip yellowish- white with a few purple-brown spots at the 

 base. — Mexico. 



Fig. — Lindciiia, ii. t. 76. 



B. CINNAMOMEA — See Beassia Keili.4.na. 



B. GIREOUDIANA, Rchh.f. et Warsc. — A very handsome species and of easy 

 culture and good robust habit. Its pseudobulbs are stout oblong two-edged ; 

 the leaves are oblong acutfi with a cuneate base, of a light green colour, and 

 the scapes are two feet high, bearing racemes of many flowers, which are large, 

 bright yellow spotted with red. — Costa Rica. 



Fig. — Xenia Orch., i. t. .S2. 

 Syn. — Ottcldium Girixmdianwm. 



B. GUTTATA, Lindley. — A very pretty species, considered by some botanists 

 to be synonymous with B. Wrayae and a mere variety of £. maculata. It pro- 

 duces its flowers on spikes two to three feet long ; the sepals and petals 

 yellowish green blotched with brown, and the broad lip yellow spotted with 

 brown ; it blooms from May to August, and continues flowering for about two 

 months. — Guatemala. 



Fig.— -Boi. Mag., t. 4008. 



B. KEILIANA, Rchh. f. — A very distinct plant of dwarf compact growth, 

 remarkable for its boat-shaped bracts, longer than the ovaries. The flowers, 

 which grow in a loose many-flowered raceme, have the sepals and petals at first 

 yellow, and then turning to a beautiful brownish orange, oinnabarine when 

 dried ; the lip being whitish. This plant succeeds well in the Cattleya house, — 

 New Grenada : St. Martha. 



Fm.—Xviiia Orch., i. t. 45. 



Syji. — Bfoss'ia cinnamomea, fide Echb. ; Oiicldinm Keiliamtm. 



B. KEILIANA TRISTIS, Bchh. /.—This variety differs from the preceding 

 plant in having the sepals and petals deep brownish-purple instead of yellow, 

 lip lemon-yellow, bearing a few brown spots near the base. — Caracas : Ocana. 



Fig.— Xoiia Orchid, i. t. 45 ; Orchid Album, viil. t. 347. 



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