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produced in May and June, and continue in perfection a lon<; time. It requires 

 the same treatment as the preceding, and, like it, should be placed at the cool 

 end of the Oattleya house. — Monte Video. 

 Fia.—Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1S45. 



O. BIFRONS — See 0. Warscewiczii. 



O. BLUNTI,— See Miltonia Blusti. 



O. BOYDII. — See 0. luridum guttatuii. 



O. BRACHYPHYLLUM.-See 0. Cebolleta. 



O. BRAUNI, Megel. — The origin of this species has not been ascertained, but 

 it appears to be allied to 0. flexuosum. The pseudobulbs are ovate-elongate, 

 compressed, monophyllous ; leaves ovate, acuminate, dark green; the scape is 

 produced from the base of the pseudobulbs, and bears an eight- to ten-flowered 

 spike ; the flowers, which are produced in September, measure 1 inch, and are 

 of a golden yellow colour spotted with purple-brown ; the lip is bilobed. A 

 fine specimen flowered in 1886 in the Botanic Gardens, St. Petersburg. — Native 

 country not Tcnov-n. 



FiG.—Gartenflora, 1886, t. 123."). 



O. BRUNLEESIANUM, Bchh. /.—A very pretty plant, quite distinct from 

 any other species with which we are acquainted ; it produces dense upright 

 spikes of bright yellow flowers, which are furnished with a dark sepia-coloured 

 lip. This distinct feature gives the plant a most unique appearance. — La Plata. 



, Fig.— Orchid Alhim, v. t. 206 ; Gard. Chron., Srd ser., 1887, i. p. G73, f. 131 ; Veitch's 

 3Ian. Orch. PI., viii. p. 15. 



O. CALANTHUM, RcJib. f. — A showy, distinct, and free-flowering species, 

 which thrives best potted in peat and placed in the cool house. The pseudo- 

 bulbs are ovate furrowed, bearing a pair of lance-shaped leaves. The flowers 

 are numerous, and borne on a slender twining panicle, the upper part of which 

 is heteranthous ; the sepals are oblong acute, the petals oblong obtuse and 

 hast'ato-unguiculate, both nearly as long as the lip ; the lip is large, reniform, 

 bilobed, with a short broadish isthmus, and behind that a pair of cuneate ovate 

 auricles. The flower is rich golden yellow, and the crest of five papulose bodies 

 tinged with red as well as the column. — Ecuador. 



FiCr.— Floral Mag:, t. 38i. 



O. CALOGLOSSUM, llchh.f.—'- A stately species, which in its habit of growth 

 resembles 0. MarshalHanum. It has a large branching inflorescence bearing 

 about thirty flowers, of which the sepals and petals are j-ellow striped with sepia- 

 brown, those on the petals being remarkably confluent ; the lip is brighter yellow 

 with brown blotches in front, the warts of the calli reddish with numerous 

 brorwnish-red spots all around." We flowered a fine specimen in the Victoria 

 and' iParadise Nurseries in Avigust, 1893. — Brazil. 



,0. CANDIDUM. — See Palumbin A Candida. 



O. CARTHAGINENSE SANGUINEUM.— See 0. eoseum. 



