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with pale yellow on the upper side, sometimes ■ tinged with a bronzy hue, whilst 

 below they are of a rich velvety purple. A most desirable plant, and one that 

 should be in every collection. — Native country not knovm. 



G. RUBROVENIA, HoH. — A charming and distinct species, having the habit 

 of Haemaria discolor. It grows several inches high, and has bronzy velvet-like 

 foliage, with three bands of coppery red down each leaf ; it has thick fleshy 

 roots, and is of easy culture under bell-glasses or in frames. Wo have grown it 

 along with AnoectocMU for several years on account of its foliage, but it will do 

 in a pot with the same treatment as is usually given to the Haemarias. — Brazil. 



G. TESSELLATA, Lodd. — A neat and pretty plant with the aspect of 

 Cr. pubeacens, but of smaller growth, whence it has been called O. pubescens 

 ■minor. It is a dwarf evergreen species, with ovate leaves tapered into a stalk, 

 the green surface beautifully marked with pale green or whitish reticulations. 

 The flowers are white, produced in slender erect spikes. It should be treated 

 like G. pubescens. — North America. 



G. VEITCHII, Hort.-^-A. hybrid of vigorous habit, raised by Messrs. Veitch 

 between O. discolor and Anoectochilus Veiichii ; the leaves are of a rich deep 

 reddish-brown colour, marked with a few silver ribs. — Garden hybrid. 



G. VELUTINA, Maxim. — A handsome and striking dwarf evergreen species, 

 with ornamental foliage, and well adapted for the cool house. It has deep 

 purplish bottle-green velvety ovate leaves, marked with a very distinct central 

 bar of silvery white, and purple on the under side ; the flowers are small, in 

 ten-flowered spikes, and of a cheerful rosy -pink colour. It is robust though 

 dwarf and compact in habit, and of free and easy growth. — Japan. 



Fig.— Flore des Serres, t. 1779 ; Gartenflora, t. 533, f. 1. 



GrOVENIA, Lindley. 



{Tribe Vandeae, subtribe Cyrtopodieae.) 

 A small genus of terrestrial Orcliids, some few of which are of 

 sufficient interest and beauty to be worthy of a place in collections of 

 these plants. They are herbs, with tuberiform rhizomes, from which 

 grow up the erect stems, bearing a few leaves, and crowned by a raceme 

 of numerous flowers of medium size, which are singular in form and 

 prettily marked ; the sepals are connivent, the lateral ones falcate or 

 decurved, and with the foot of the winged column forming a short 

 mentum or chin ; and the lip, which is articulated with the foot of the 

 column, is undivided. About a dozen species are known, natives of 

 Mexico, Brazil, and the West Indies, 



Culture.— Hhese plants should be grown in the cool house, in a 

 mixture of loam and leaf-mould with a little sand added. After their 



