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M. BELLA, Bchh.f. — A handsome plant with cylindrical pseudobulbs and large 

 oblong leaves. The somewhat small flowers are produced in great numbers 

 on each raceme; sepals and petals are pale purple-green at the extremities; the 

 purple lip is furnished with very long auricles. — Malay Archipelago. 



FjQ.—Z'Zllust. Iloii., xxxiii. t. 181. 



M. CALOPHYLLA, Bclib. f. — A distinct and handsome species, with orna- 

 mental foliage. The leaves are oval lanceolate acuminate, prettily undulated, 

 4 to 6 inches long, 2 to 2J inches broad, greenish-brown in the centre, and 

 having a broad margin of pale greyish-green, which is prettily spotted over its 

 entire surface with the same colour as the centre of the leaf, the under surface 

 pale green; flowers small, yellowish. — Java. 



M. CHLOROPHRYS, Bchh. /.—This is a most desirable species, with foliage 

 of a very distinct character. The leaves are elongate elliptic acute, with neatly 

 undulated margins, the upper surface of a purplish brown colour, bordered with 

 light green, and the under surface light purple. The flowers are purple with 

 an orange-coloured lip. — Borneo. 



M. DISCOLOR, Lindl. — This is the prettiest of the species of this curious 

 family yet in cultivation. It is a tei-restrial plant, with clustered stems 8 or 10 

 inches high, which are leafy above, the broadish leaves, which are ovate oblong 

 with a sheathing petiole, being plaited, of a deep reddish-purple, with an 

 elegantly crisped green border, and terminating in a short upright spike or 

 raceme of small crowded flowers, which are at first yellow and change ta 

 orange-colour. — Ceylon. 



Fig.— Bot. Mag., t. 5403 ; Wight, Icon. PL Intl. Or., t. 1G31. 



M. JOSEPHIANA, Jic/ift./.— This 

 is at once a beautiful and singular 

 plant of large size for the genus 

 and somewhat showy; the pseudo- 

 bulbs are oblong, about 4 inches 

 high, these are surmounted with 

 a few leaves of an oblong lanceo- 

 late form, from 3 to 6 inches in 

 length, much plaited and of a deli- 

 cate bronzy shade on the upper 

 side, light green below; scape ter- 

 minal, angular, bearing from three 

 to twelve or more flowers, which 

 are about f inch across, these are 

 a dull yellow, the lip also being 

 yellow, blotched with reddish - 

 brown. — Silckim Himalaya. 



Fig.— Bot. Mag., t. 6325. 



MICROSTYLIS METALLICA. 



M. METALLICA, Bclib. f. — ^An extremely attractive little plant, 6 or 8 inches 

 high, with richly-coloured foliage, which is elliptic acute plicate, slightly 

 undulated at the margin, and of a dark glossy purple above, tinged with light 



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