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M. BLUNTll LUBBERSIANA, Bchh. /.—A lovely variety with larger flowers 

 than the type ; sepals and petals j-ellow, covered with heavy blotches and bars 

 of a rich chestnut brown. Lip rich rosy purple at the base gradually passing into 

 the white of the front lobe. It was originally sent by Mr. P. Binot to the Brussels 

 Botanic Gardens. It has since appeared in some other collections. — Brazil. 



'Fm.—Lindenia, v. t. 203; Z' OrohidopMle, 1890, p. 176; Jour/i. of Hort.. 1891, 

 xxiii. p. 365, f. 72 ; Id., 1892, .xxiv. p. 373, 1 72 ; VcHfli'.s jriin. Orch. PL, viii. p. 117. 



M. CANDIDA, Lindl. — A very beaiitiful strong-growing species, one of the 

 finest in the genus, of which there are two or three distinct forms known. 

 The pseudobulbs are oblong-ovate, narrowed to the apex, two-leaved, the leaves 

 ligulate, the scape IJ to 2 feet high, arising from the base of the bulbs, and 

 bearing an erect raceme of very handsome large flowers, of which the sepals 

 and petals are oblong, neai-ly covered ivith large blotches of bright reddish- 

 brown, with a bright yellow margin, and the broadly roundish obovate wavy 

 lip is white with five small lamellae at the base. It produces its flowers daring 

 the autumn, lasting three weeks in bloom. 



The Botanical Magazine figure represents a form with a yellow lip flushed 

 with purple (var. flaxvscens. Hook.) ; that in Xenia Orclddacea a very large form 

 with the sepals and petals almost wholly reddish-brown except the yellow 

 .fringe, and the lip pure white (var. Jeniscliiana, Rchb. f.). — Brazil. 



Fig. —Sertnm Orch., t. 21 ; Paxton, 3Iag. Bot., vi. p. 241, with tab. ; Bot. Mag., t. 3793 

 KJlawsoens) \ Hooli. First Cent. Orch. PL, t. 85 (Jtari'scens) ; Xenia Orch., i. t. 5i 

 <(Jfenischiana) ; VeitcKs Man. Orch. PL, viii. p. 99. 



M. CANDIDA GRANDIFLORA, Hort.— This, a very rare handsome plant, is 

 much finer than M. Candida, being not only much stronger in its growth, but 

 the flowers are also larger and brighter in colour. It flowers in September, and 

 is best grown in a pot with peat and moss. — Bra-il. 



Fig. — Orchid Album, v. t. 200 ; The Garden, 1887, xxxi. p. 375 (woodcut). 



Nl. CLOWESH, Lindl. — This showy plant produces its long racemes of 

 fiowers during September and October, and lasts a long time in perfection, 

 ^sometimes extending into November and December ; the pseudobulbs are 

 •ovate, two-edged, narrowed upwards, two-leaved, the leaves narrow ligulate, 

 yellowish, and the scape radical, bearing a rather lax raceme ; the flowers have 

 ^oth sepals and petals yellow, cross-banded, and nearly covered with chestnut 

 flbrown, and the lip, which is cordate, constricted in the middle, having its pluri- 

 lamellate base of a deep violet, and its sub-rotund attenuated apex white. Of this 

 species there are several forms, but the variety called Jl/'. Cloivesii major is the best. 

 It should be grown in a pot with peat and moss. — Brazil : Organ Mountains. 



Fig. — Bot. Mag., t. 4109 ; Sertum Orch.. t. 34 : Pa,.vton, Mag. Bot., ix. p. 241, with 

 tab. ; Gartenflora, t. 160 ; B^ooh. First Cent. Orch. PL, t. SG ; Revue Hort. Beige, 1887, 

 p. 61 (plate). 



Syn. — Brassla Clowesii ; Odontoglosgvm Cloivesii. 



M. CLOWESII GIGANTEA, O'Brien. — A variety with shorter spikes, larger 

 flowers, and broader segments to the flowers ; sepals and petals yellow, spotted 

 with brown ; lip purple at the base, white at the extremities. It flowered in 

 the collection of Major Mason, The Firs. Warwick, in November, 1892. 



