402 orchid-grower's manual. 



E. SAUNDERSIANA,iJc/i6./. — A curious and interesting species, from the West 

 Coast of Africa, sent to Kew by Gustav Mann. The pseudobulbs are pear- 

 shaped, two-leaved ; leaves acuminate, dark green, shining; scape erect, many - 

 flowered ; the colour of the flowers reminds one of Coelogijne panduraia, being a 

 lovely green, marked with black or purple-black ; lip f our-lobed, paler green, with 

 radiating black marks on each lobe. Named in honour of W. Wilson Saunders, 

 Esq., of'fieigate, who flowered and exhibited it at a meeting of the Eoyal 

 Horticultural Society. — West Coast of Africa. 



Fig. — Xenia Oroh., ii. t. 173. 



EULOPHIELLA, iioZ/e. 



(Triie Vandeae, subtriie Cyrtopodieae.) 



A new genus containing but one known species from Madagascar,' 

 which, according to Mr. Eolfe, appears to be terrestria;! ; we ourselves 

 have little knowledge of it, as at the time of writing our imported 

 plants are just starting into growth. It is described as beiiig' allied to 

 Govenia,' with certain characters suggesting its affinity M'ith Zygbpetalum 

 and Aganisia. 



Culture. — This plant should be cultivated in a pot, in a compost of 

 good -fibrous loam, leaf soil, and sand, with some nodules of charcoal 

 added, and be placed at the warmest end of the East Indian house. 



E. ELISABETHAE, Linden et Rolfe. — This fine novelty has recently been 

 introduced by the Horticulture Internationale of Brussels, and was exhibited by 

 them in their collection of new plants at the International Horticultural Exhibi- 

 tion held in Ghent in April, 1893. The growth resembles that of Phajus 

 tuherculosus. The stems (pseudobulbs) are fusiform, elongate, and covered with 

 the flbry remains of the old leaf-sheaths, annularly disposed; leaves elliptic, decji 

 green, plicate; raceme many-flowered, producedfrom the base of the young growths, 

 about 1 foot in length; stalk deep reddish-purple in colour, as are also the 

 exteriors of the sepals and the unexpanded buds, forming a marked contrast to the 

 pure white of the flower segments ; flowers nearly round in outline, 2 to 2J inches 

 in diameter; sepals and petals broadly obovate, fleshy, pure white; lip large, 

 three-lobed, delicately articulated with the base of the column, oscillating when 

 touched ; white in colour, disk of anterior lobe bright yellow. It is dedicated to 

 Queen Elisabeth of Eoumania. — Madagascar. 



Fig. — Lindenia, vii. t. 325 ; Gardening World, ix. p. 708 ; Juurn. of Sort., 1892. 

 XXV. p. 255, f. 35. 



GALEANDRA, UndUy. 



{Tribe Vandeae, subtribe Eulophieae.) 



Some of the species belonging to this genus are small-flower6d, and 



possess little beauty tp attract the attention of amateurs ; a few, however, 



have large and beautifully coloured blossoms, and are well deserving 



general cultivation. They are deciduous terrestrial or epiphytal plants, 



