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massive, the blossoms are large, densely packed, and beautifully spotted. It 

 bloomed in the collection of the late J. Eussell, Esq., of Talkirk, under the 

 skilful management of Mr. Sorley. "We recently saw a well-flowered specimen 

 of this variety in the collection of R. H. Measures, Esq., Streatham, with spikes 

 24 inches long. The flowers are produced in September. — Java. 

 Fia.— Orchid Album, v. t. 238. 



S. CERINUM, Rchh. /.—This species was exhibited by Mr. James Bray, of 

 Ghent, Belgium, at the Quinquennial Show, in April, 1888, when it attracted the 

 general attention of Orchid growers. It has dark ligulate bilobed leaves, and 

 orange-coloured flowers, waxy in texture, with an apricot-coloured spur. — Malay 

 Archipelago. 



S. COELESTE, Rchb. /.—The habit of this new and most distinct species is 

 similar to that of S. curvifolium, with the inflorescence short, 3 to 4 inches long, 

 and densely flowered. The blunt cuneate oblong sepals and petals are tipped 

 with sky-blue, the compressed blunt recurved spur has a blue tint on both sides 

 of its centi'e, and the rhombic anterior part of the lip is also sky-blue, while 

 two falcate subulate bodies rise from the apex inside the spur. First flowered 

 by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. — Siam. 



Fio. — Orchid Album, viii. t. 361 ; Reiclienbachia, 2nd ser., i. t. 30 ; Zindenia. vii. 

 t. 300 ; Jov/rn. of HoH., 1889, xviii. p. 197, f. 29 ; Gardening World, vii. p. 685 ; Veitch's 

 Man. Oreh. PL, vii. p. 54 ; Z' Orchidophile, 1893, p. 17. 



Syn. — Mhynchogtylis coelestis. 



S. CURVIFOLIUM, Lindl. — A handsome compact-habited dwarf-growing 

 species, with a short erect stem from 6 inches to 1 foot in height, clothed with 

 distichous linear acutely praemorse deflexed light green channelled leaves, and 

 bearing erect axillary racemes of small crowded cinnabar-red flowers. It is a 

 free-flowering kind, and blooms i'n May and June. It will thrive well on a 

 block suspended from the roof.— East Indies. 



Fig. — Bot. Mag.,t. 5326 (as miniatum — ^f. Batem.) ; Batem. Second Cent. Orch. PI., 

 t. 130 ; Z'lll. HoH., t. 493 ; Orchid Album, iii. t. 107 ; Paydt, Zes Orch., t. 38. 



S. CURVIFOLIUM LUTEUM, Hort.—A somewhat rare plant, in habit re- 

 sembling the preceding; the flowers, however, instead of being orange-scarlet, 

 are clear yellow, which renders it very distinct from the ordinary form. — 

 Moulmein. 



S. FURCATUM, Hort. — A distinct and fine species, which grows somewhat 

 slowly, and has stout leaves about 8 inches long. The flowers of this are more 

 laxly set on the spike than in S. guttatum, and are of a white colour spotted 

 with rose. It blooms during July and August, and continues in perfection 

 three weeks. — India; Java. 



S. GIGANTEUM, Lindl. — A very beautiful free-blooming species, which has 

 deliciously sweet-scented flowers; it blooms in winter, and will last in full 

 beauty for six weeks during the dull weather of that season. The stem is short, 

 erect ; and the broadly lorate obliquely bilobed leaves, about 1 foot long and 

 3 inches in width, are stout in texture, and streaked on the surface ; the 



