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star-sliapod flowei-s ; the sepals and petals are bright yellow, very wavy at the 

 margins, irregulai'ly blotched with cinnamon-brown; and the lip pauduriform, 



ODOXTOGLOSSUM MULUS. 

 (From the Gardeners' Chronielr .~) 



3'ellow with a cinnamon blotch towards the centre and two or three small spots 

 near the crest. It flowers during the spring months. — New Grenada. 



¥lG.—XcniaOrcJi.,n.t.l(W, U. 1, 2; Garrl. riiriiu., 1886, N.S., xxv. p. 13 f. 1; 

 Warner, ,Sel. OreJi. PL, iii. t. 28. 



O. MULUS HOLFORDIANUM, Ilrhb.f.^A very fine variety of the preceding, 

 which was flowered by the late R. S. Holford, Esc[., Wcstonbirt, Tctburj-, under 

 the care of Mr. Chapman. The ground colour of the flowers is whitish-yellow, 

 the sepals and petals being marked with very dark purple-brown blotches ; the 

 lip is white, and has a large panduratc purple spot and several smaller ones on 

 the margins and base. — New Grenada. 



Fig.— L'OrrliidejiJiilc, 1885, p. 132 (plate) £. 4 ; Oreliltl Alhum, i.x. t. 42fl. 



O. MURRELLIANUM, BeJih. f.—A- very lovely plant, imported with 0. Pesca- 

 torei, and doubtless a natural hybrid between that species and 0. nuevium. It 

 was named in honour of Mr. Murrcll, gardener to the late W. B. Hume, Es(|., 

 in whose collection it first flowered. The plant quite resembles 0. Pescatorci, and 

 Ijears a raceme like that of 0. naeriitm, the lanceolate acute sepals and ])etals 



