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S. MACRANTHA PALLIDA, Sort— A. very distinct variety, having large 

 flowers, 7 inches across, of a beautiful pale rose colour ; the lip nearly white. 

 It blooms during the summer months, and continues a long time in perfection. 

 — Ouatemala. 



S. MACRANTHA SPLENDENS, ffori.— A charming variety which has darker 

 flowers than those of 8. macrantha, but they are not so large ; they are produced 

 from June to August. There is a form of this called "Woolley's" variety, 

 which is very dwarf in habit, and produces magnificent flowers in June and 

 July. — Ouatemala,. 



S. ROSEA, Poep2ng et Endl. — A very fine species, with stout stems 4 to 6 

 feet high, furnished with oval acuminate leaves, and very large flowers in a 

 short raceme borne on a flexuose rachis with large boat-shaped bracts, the 

 sepals and petals dark mauve, the lip, which is very open, crimson with a white 

 centre. The plant will produce four flowers on a spike, open at the same time, 

 and thus makes a grand display, while unlike many of the others, it remains in 

 bloom a considerable time. — ISfeiv Orenada. 



Fig. — Poepp. et Undl., Xov. Gen. ct Sp., i. t. 9S (^rosca) ; Xcn'ui Oreli., i. t. 42 

 {Uuclteri) ; Warner, Sel. Orch. PL, iii. t. 19 (^Ruckeri) ; Puyclt, Les Orcli., t. 40. 



Syn. — S. Ruclieri. 



S. RUCKERI.-See S. iiosea. 



S. SANDERAE, llnlfe. — A very desirable species, allied to S. Jeucoxaniha and 

 S. xaiitholeuca. The flowers are paler in colour than those of S. xaniholeuca, 

 being sulphur white, the throat bright yellow. Named in honour of Mrs. Sander. 

 — Central America. 



S. WILSONIANA, Bolfe. — This species was introduced by Messrs. F. Sander 

 & Co. with S. leucoxaniha. It is a near ally of S. Warsceiciczii. The leaves are 

 6 to 7 inches long, lanceolate, acuminate; sepals and petals whitish, slightly 

 tinged with rose ; front lobe of lip rosy-pink, with a yellow throat and disk. 

 — Central America. 



S. XANTHOLEUCA, Hort. — A very rare and handsome species of distinct 

 character, which was flowered by Mr. Hill, gardener to the late E. Hanbury, 

 Esq., The Poles, "Ware, and subsequently by Mr. Palmer, gardener to T. N. 

 Powell, Esq., Brinkstone Park, Suffolk, by whom it was purchased for 

 S. m.acrantha. It has the usual reed-like stems, with lanceolate acuminate 

 plaited leaves, the sheaths of which are dotted with brown, and large hand- 

 some deflexed flowers with oblong lanceolate sepals, broader petals wavy 

 at the edge, both of a pale or sulphur-yellow, and a longer cmarginate 

 lip, which is very much frilled and of a deeper yellow. — Native country not 

 stated. 



FlQ.—TIic Garden, 1832, xxii. p. 508, t. 366 ; Orchid Album. \l t. 250 ; Piklicnhachia, 

 i. t. 4i ; Gard. Chroii., 3rd ser., 1S89, v. p. 9, f. 1 ; Revm; Jlort., 1890, p. 12 (plate). 



