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ORCHID-GKOWER S MANUAL. 



•^Towing epiphytes with elongate or pseudobulbous stems, distichous 

 venose leaves, and long simple scapes from the base of the stems, 

 bearing loose racemes of many showy flowers. Bentham adopts 

 Reichenbach's view in separating G. Ellisii \inder the name of 

 Graminanrjis, distinguished among other points by its petals and lip 

 being much smaller than the sepals, and by its two-winged column. 

 There are some lialf-dozen species found in Malacca and the Malay 

 Archipelago and in Madagascar. 



Culture. — The plants must be well grown, and after they have made 

 a few strong growths, should have a decided season of rest. They 

 require to be grown in peat, in a pot of ample size, and with good 

 drainage ; a liberal supplj' of water at the roots must also be given to 

 tliem during the growing season. The East Indian house is the proper 

 place in which to keep them throughout the year. They are propagated 

 by parting the bulbs. 



G. ELLISII, Lindl. — A charming and most attractive deciduous species, 

 introduced by the late Rev. W. Ellis, of Hoddesdon, in compliment to whom it 



GKAMMATOPHYLLUM ELLISII. 



s named. It is a plant of smaller growtli than G. S2}ecwsum, and more free- 

 flowering, producing its flower scapes from the base of the pscudobulbs 

 along with the young gTowths; these pseudobulbs are clavato-fusiform, quadr- 



