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Wl. COSTARICENSIS, Bolfe. — ^A pretty species, which was first flowered by 

 Sidney Courtaiild, Esq., of Booking Place, Braintree, who has one of the most 

 complete collections of these interesting plants. It is closely allied to 

 M. Beichenhachiana, but differs in having white flowers with yellow tails ; the 

 nerves of the lateral sepals are also yellow. — Costa Rica. 



IVI. COURTAULDIANA, Bclib. /.—A pretty hybrid, dedicated to Sidney 

 Courtauld, Esq., of Braintree. It was obtained by N. 0. Cookson, Esq., by 

 crossing M. rosea with M. ■ Shuttleworthii, and is described as follows : — " The 

 secondary axis is more than ^ inch in length, and bears a well-stalked, 

 cnneate, , oblong, blunt, acute, very strong leaf, which is 3^ inches in length, 

 the breadth is nearly 1 inch ; the peduncle is longer, and bears a fine flower of 

 delicate colours, whose shape may be compared with that of M. ReicJienbachiana, 

 though the free triangular parts are larger ; it has a long wide tube, broad 

 triangular parts, which are nearly equal to the tails ; the upper part of the 

 tube, as well as the triangular part of the upper sepal and its tail, are light 

 brownish copper red, the three principal nerves being keeled and brown 

 outside ; the opposite part of the tube and the equally-tailed triangles are of a 

 very fine light rose colour; the petals, lip, and column are very small and 

 white, the lip and column has a darker tint ; petals ligulate, blunt, with an 

 apiculus at the tip, and with a descending square foot inside ; lip pandurate, 

 recurved at the apex with a blunt apiculus and a channel in the middle, white, 

 with Indian purple spots and an Indian purple apex ; column white, clavate, with 

 a denticulate border to the androclinium, there are some Indian purple spots on 

 it ; upper part of the anthers Indian purple ; on the inside of the base of the 

 tube where the mentum is scarcely developed, there is an oblong white area 

 with numerous small purple or blood-coloured spots. The flower is equal to 

 that of a good M. rosea, yet the general shape with the broad free triangles is 

 nearer those of M. Shuttleioorthii" {Gardeners' Chronicle, 3rd ser., 1889, v. 

 p. 200). — Garden hybrid. 



M. DAVISII, Bchb. f. — Avery distinct species, with narrow linear-lanceolate, 

 keeled, thick, coriaceous leaves 8 inches long, and taller scapes supporting one 

 horizontal orange-yellow flower, which has a sub-cylindraceous tube and 

 shortly caudate sepals, of which the upper one is smaller ovate, contracted 

 into a slender erect tail 1 inch long, and the lateral ones are 2| inches long, 

 nearly parallel, ending in a short tail \ inch long, the limb oblong ; the small 

 lip is linear-oblong, obtuse and three-keeled. A very valuable addition to this 

 class of plants, its distinct colour forming a lively contrast with those of other 

 popular kinds. — Peru. 



'Fig.— Sot. Mag., t. 6190 ; Xcnia Orch., iii. t. 203 ; OrcUd Alhim, ii. t. 76 ; 

 VOrcliidopliile, 1883, p. 574 (plate) ; Woolward's JIasd., iii. t. 26 ; Veitch's Man. Orch. 

 PL, v; p. 39. 



Nl. DAYANA, Bchh. f. — In growth this plant closely resembles a Restrepia. 

 The leaves measure 4 inches in length by 2 to 3 inches broad and are very stout ; 

 the sepals, which are united at the tips, are yellow irregularly spotted With 

 reddish-purple ; the interior portions of the flower are only visible through the 

 openings at the side of the petals, which gives the flowers a curious eflect. 



