PHYSURUS. 



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on which, as far as wo have seen, one or two flowers only open at a time. The 

 flowers measure each about 2 inches in diameter; the lower portions of the 

 sepals and petals and the lip are a rich 

 rosy-purple with the upper portions yellow. 

 The colouring is quite unique, and the 

 flowers, which are deliciously scented, are 

 produced during the summer months. 

 There are several fine varieties distin- 

 guished by names. — Malay Archipelago. 



-piQ.—Stel)., Flore lies Jard.,'l%^\, t. 9; 

 Orehid Album, iv. t. 182 ; Floral Mng., 2nd 

 ser., t. 342 ; Lindenia,yii. t. 303 ; Veittik'ii Man. 

 Oroh. PL, vii. p. 42. 



P. VIOLACEA BOWRINGIANA,ilc7i6./. 



— A distinct variety, with flowers of 

 a pure light yellow, having a very broad 

 dash of purple inside each of the lateral 

 sepals, and some fine bands and numerous 

 freckles of the same colour at the bases 

 of the petals and of the upper sepal. — 

 Malay Archipelago. 



P. VIOLACEA SCHRODERIANA, lichh. /.—In this handsome variety the 

 lower halves of the sepals and petals, instead of being wholly covered with 

 rosy-purple, are marked with broken mauve-purple lines, at first sight 

 reminding one of P. Liiddemanniana. It was named in honour of Baron Sir 

 J. H. W. Schroder, The Dell, Staines. — Malay Archipelago. 



Fig. — L'lll. Hort., xxxiii. t. 576. 



P. ZEBRINA.— See P. sumatuana. 



PHALAKNOPSIS VIOLACEA. 



PHYSURUS, Richard. 



{Tribe Keottieae, subtribe Spirantheae.) 



A charming genus of dwarf variegated terrestrial Orchids, resembling 

 Anoedochilus in their general habit, and like them producing beautiful 

 foliage elegantly marked with metallic variegations. The flowers are 

 small, sub-ringent, in erect spikes, and agree 'with those of Anoedochilus 

 in having the lip spurred at the base, biit differ in the intermediate 

 portion being hollow and abruptly contracted, the limb being spreading 

 or recurved. About twenty species from the warmer parts of Asia and 

 America are known. 



Culture. — This lovely group of plants requires the same kind of 

 treatment as Anoedochilus. They grow to about the same siz3, and have 

 a creeping stem, by means of which they are propagated. Many of 

 them will do well grown without bsll-glasses, provided they are in a 



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