SOBHALIA. 



713 



Imcd; sepals and petals white, faintly tinged with rose; the lip being broad 

 and much flattened out, of a soft rosy-purple colour; throat yellow.— rro^ieai 

 Ainerica. 



Fia.—Ganl. Mag., 1892, p. 382 ; Jmni. of Hurt., 1893, xxvi. p. 75, f. 11. 



S. MACRANTHA, Lindl.—A remarkably handsome species, no doubt the 

 fiiiest of the genus. The stems are 6 to 8 feet high, with oral acuminate plicate 

 leaves, and short racemes of flowers, the flowers being individually large, 

 6 inches across, aromatic, of a beautiful rich purple and crimson, the sepals 

 oblong, the petals broader and crispy in the upper part, and the, lip folded 

 round the column at the base, 



very , broad at the. roundish i ^ k 



bilobed apex, and wavy at the |, BT^ ^^ 'I^R I 



edge, having a pale yellowish fiV.^.^^Kl I JUlvHKfib/ 



spot in the centre. It blooms 

 during the summer months, pro- 

 ducing the blossoms succession- 

 ally, each flower lasting three 

 days in perfection. This makes 

 a, flne plant for "exhibition. — 

 Mexico ; Guatemala. 



'PJd.— Bot. Mag., t.iii&; JBatem. 

 Orch. J/cx. tt Guat., t. 87 ; Paxtoii, 

 Mag. Hut., xiv. p. 241, with tab. ; 

 Moore, III. Orch. PI. (^Sohralia) t. 2 ; 

 Flore dcs Serves, t. 669 ; Becuc Iloii. 

 Beige, 1891, p. 86, t. i. 



S. MACRANTHA ALBIDA, 



Williams. — This chaste and 

 beautiful variety was exhibited 

 by us before the Eoyal Horti- 

 cultural Society as far back as 

 1871. The stems are from 3 to 

 4 feet high, the flowers being 

 upwards of 6 inches across, which are produced in great profusion ; the sepals 

 and petals are large and broad, of a soft creamy- white colour ; the lip is large 

 and well expanded of a rich soft purple; this contrasted with the white of 

 the sepals and petals produces a charming effect. 



Yic.—Oard. C/ii-on., 1871, p. 906, f. 191. 



SOBBALIA MACEANTHA. 



S. MACRANTHA DELICATA, O'JBrieji.— A variety with white flowers slightly 

 tinged with lavender on the sepals and petals, the lip with a pale lilac margin. 

 It flowered in the collection of F. A. Bevan, Esq., of Ludgrove, Barnet. 



S. MACRANTHA KIENASTIANA, Bchh. /.—A dwarf-growing variety not 

 exceeding 20 inches in height, which was flowered in 1888 by Herr Consul 

 Kienast-Zolly of Zurich. The flowers are of a most beautiful white colour, 

 which Eeichenbach describes as " hors de ligne in its most exquisite purity sur- 

 passing all shades of white I have ever seen." 



