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ORCHID-CfROWER's MANUAL. 



growth, bearing five or six large fiowcrs. and Ijeeoniiug ))eii(lulous as the}' 

 expand. The fiowers are 2^ inches across; the hmceoUite elli]itic sepal.s, and the 

 much broader ovate petals are clear white thickly studded in the lower half with 

 spots of reddish-Tirown, or in some forms with red : the lip is ovate acute, much 

 undulated, and otherwise differs onlj- in the spots being larger, with a faint 

 tinge of yellow on the disk. — Mexico. 



Fig.— L'lH. IIort..t. 200 (mii.rilltn-r) : Buteiii. -Vmi . Oihiiit.. t. 1 : Oaiv/. f'liron., 

 1807, p. 572, with fifr.; /r/., K.S., 1S80. .xxv. p. 597, f. 131; Vcitrh'x iliiii. Orch. PL. i. 

 p. 53 ; Lindcina^ viii. t. 350. 



O. NEBULOSUM CANDIDULUM, Ji'c/,i./.— A very pretty and delicate variety, 

 ]irecisel3' like the previous plant, saving in ha^'ing the sepals and petals pure 

 white, and entirely destitute of the spotting or clouding at the base. It is not so 

 good as the type, but it is very distinct, and ^^•cll worth a place in every- collec- 

 tion. — Mexico. 



Fig.— Gtird. Oinui., 1807. p. 710, with tig. ; Itl. S.S.. IBS;), xxv. p. .TIlO, f. 130. 



O. NEVADENSE, lichh.f.—A thoroughly distinct as well as rare and beautiful 

 species. It has large oblong-ovate pseudobulbs which are diphyllous; the lorate 



ODONTOGLOSSUM NEVADEXSE. 

 (From the (riifdt'iwf.s' C'hruniclr.} 



lanceolate keeled leaves are much lairrowed to the base, and the radical scapes 

 bearing long drooping racemes of numerous large and jileasingly coloured flowers, 

 of which the lanceolate sepals arc of a clear bright chestnut with a narrow even 



