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B. SALTATORIUM, Lindley.—A curious dwarf Orchid with flowers of a 

 greenish brown colour, produced at different times of the year, and lasting 



some time in perfection. 



The plant should ,be 



grown in the Bast Indian 



house. — West Africa. 



Fig.— jBtf*. Reg., 1. 1970. 



B. SIAMENSE, Echh. f. 

 — A very pretty species, 

 and well adapted for 

 those who, having but 

 little space, devote it to 

 the small-growing kinds. 

 The pseudobulbs are 

 ovate, the leaves longer 

 and stouter than those 

 of B. Lohbii, and the 

 flowers pale nankin yel- 

 low striped with purplish 

 brown, the hinged lip 

 being yellow streaked 

 with purplish black lines, 

 and having a deep yellow 

 disk. It should be grown 

 in a pot, with peat and 

 sphagnum moss. — Siam. 



riG.—Jlifiig. But., ii. t. 



EULBOPHTLLUM SIAMENSE. IKi. 



BUELINGTONIA, Lindley. 

 {Trihe Vandeae, mhtrlbe Oncidieae.) 

 There are some beautiful species in this genus, all of which, except 

 B. decora, are of a very compact habit of growth. They have pseudo- 

 bulbs, terminated by one or two evergreen leaves, four to six inches 

 high, and produce their delicately-coloured flowers mostly on drooping 

 spikes from the side of their pseudobulbs. They have the dorsal sepals 

 free, and the lateral ones connate, petals resembling the dorsal sepal, 

 and a lip furnished with a conspicuous incurved spur. The few species, 

 which are by some referred to Bodrigiieaia, are all found in Tropical 

 America, and some are deliciously sweet-scented. 



CiiUure. — These plants oiight to be in every collection, however 

 small, as they require but little room, and may be easily grown to 



