oxciniuM. 



Oil 



O. FORBESII BORWICKIANUM, Rrhh. /.-A variety distinguished from the 

 type by the lip Ijeing- spotted and lilotehed all over, in^tead of having the broad 

 patch at the base. It was Howered liy Mr. Borwiek, of Walthamstow. 



O. FORBESII MAXIMUM, Il„rt.~X sjilendid variety with immense flowers 

 measuring upwards of o inches across, was exhibited by M. le Comte de Bousie.s 

 at a meeting of L'Orchideenne in Brussels. 



Fia.—Li)ii/t'iii:i. iv. t. lil-t. 



O. FUSCATUM.— See iliLxoxiA "Warscewiczii. 



O. GALEOTTIANUM.— See OnoxToGLossiM citrdsmum. 



O. GALLO-PAVINUM.— See O. Batemaxmaxum. 



O. GARDNERI, Lindl. — A most charming and free-flowering species, that 

 should be grown by ever}- admirer of Orchids. It is nearly allied to 0. curfum 

 and 0. praetextum, and is a coni- 

 piact growing plant, having oblong- 

 ovate furrowed jiseudobulbs, and 

 dark green oblong - lanceolate 

 leaves, which are purple on the 

 underside; the handsome flowers 

 are produced in large branching 

 jianicles, and are deliciously frag- 

 rant ; the sepals are obovate, and 

 the petals twice as large, roundish, 

 wavj', clawed, both of a pale bright 

 chestnut-brown margined with 

 pale yellow ; the lip is large three- 

 lobed, the middle lobe large, trans- 

 versely- oblong, emarginate, wavy, 

 of a bright golden yellow irregu- 

 larly margined with oblong- 

 blotches of bright brown. It 

 blooms during the months of June 

 and July, and lasts for several 

 weeks in perfection. It should be 

 Motintiiins. 



Fig.— Orrhiil Alliim. i. t. li; : (i,ird. Cln-on.. y.s., svi. p. S;;. f. 23 ; Floral Maq.. 2ud 

 ser.. t. 401 ; ViitclC.^ Man. Orch. PL. viii. p. ill. 



O. GIREOUDlANUM.-SeeBR.vssiA Gireoudiaxa. 



O, GRAVESIANUM, Piolfc—A pretty species, allied to O.praetrxtum.. Pseudo- 

 bulbs elliptic-oblong, 3 inches high ; leaves elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 4 inches long. 

 It produces branched panicles ; flowers measuring '2 inches across ; sepals 

 brown barred with yellow, the lateral ones united at the Ijase. the free ends 

 diverging w-idely ; petals obovate, brown streaked sparsely with yellow ; lip 

 1 inch long, pandurate. yellow spotted with brown at the base, the front lobs 

 with a brown border. — Brazil : Fernambuco. 



YlG.— Gard. Cliroii , 3rd ser., 1892, xi. p. 651, f. 9-1. 



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oxciDiujr r;ARDXEni. 

 (Fi'(:)m the (rar.lr:irr.^^ t'liroiilrh:.') 



;towu in the cool house. — Brazil: Urgnn 



