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T. MARGINATA LEPIDA, Veitch.—A very rare and handsome variety, somc- 

 ■vvhat resembling T. ctispa in growth. The pseudobulbs are oblong obtuse 

 anoipitous, with solitary oblong ovate acute leathery leaves, and deflexed 

 peduncles, bearing large handsome flowers, which are from 4 to 6 inches in 

 diameter, with a prominent fimbriated lip ; the sepals and petals are linear 

 lanceolate acute, pale rosy lilac, irregularly margined with white ; and the lip, 

 which is closely folded at the base, is expanded quadrate-oblong in front, of a 

 deep purple crimson with an irregular margin of white about ^ inch wide, the 

 lateral lobes broad and rounded, the central one deeply cleft into two rotundatc 

 undulated segments. It flowers during the spring months. — Costa Bica. 



Fxa.— Floral Mag., 2iid ser., t. 98 ; Orchid Album, v. t. 197 (T. Icplda). 



Stn. — T. leijkla. 



T. PICTA.— See T. Galeotiiana. 



T. PUNCTATA, liolfe. — A pretty little species, imported in 1890 by Messrs. 

 r. Sander & Co. Mr. Eolfe says it is allied to T. la,ca, but differs from that 

 and from every other species in having the sepals and petals covered with 

 numerous reddish-purple spots on a light green ground; lip greenish- white. — 

 Costa Bica. 



T. SANGUINOLENTA.— See Heloia sanguinolenta. 



T. SUAVIS, Lindl. — A fine species, the thin almost foliaceous pseudobulbs 

 and broad leaves of which very much resemble those of Odontoglossum grande. 

 The pseudobulbs are monophyllous, oblong obcordate, ancipitous, clustered ; the 

 leaves are large and broad, oblong acute wavy and nearly sessile, and the 

 peduncles three- or four-flowered ; the flowers are white or creamy white, the 

 lip yellow in the throat, spotted with pale violet rose on the front part and on 

 the sides ; the sepals ari9>'p6t4j_s are lanceolate acute narrowed to the base, 

 scarcely twisted, the lip closely r61}94 up at the base, spread out in a funnel- 

 shaped form, and three-lobed in front, the middle lobe being large and 

 omarginate, and the entire edge being minutely crenulate and undulated. The 

 flowers give out a most delicate odour of hawthorn. It blooms in March or 

 April, lasting about two weeks in perfection, and is best grown in the cool- 

 house. — Costa Mica. 



Fia.—Bot. Mag., t. 4654 ; Batem. Second Cent. Ovch. PI., t. 143 ; Pa.rt(m, Fl. Gard. 

 i. t. 11 ; Flore den Serves, t. 761 ; Lrmaire, Jard. Fl., t. 227 ; Warner, Snl. Oreh. PL 

 iii. t. 8 ; Puydt, Les Oroh., t. 44 (Lamarchae') ; Rerue Hurt., 1887, n. 454. f 91 • VeifcJi'x 

 Man. Oreh. PL, ix. Tp. 1S5. '^ 



T. SUAVIS ALBA, Hort.—K pure white form of this old favourite, which 

 Dr. Lindley calls "a delicious Orchid." It has the sepals and petals pure 

 white, and the lip white with a yellow stain in the throat. It blossoms during 

 May and June, and lasts about two weeks in perfection. — Central America. 



Fig.— Orchid Album, i. t. 14 ; Liiulenia, i. t. 2 ; Seichenbachia, i. t. 31. 



T. SUAVIS GRANDIFLORA, Hort—A. lovely variety of this really handsome 

 Orchid. The'pseudobulbs and leaves are very large. The flowers expand very 

 much better than those of the type, and are also more highly coloured • the 

 sepals and petals are white, and the lip, which is upwards of 3 inches in 



diameter, is white, with large rich crimson spots, the throat deep orange 



Central America. " 



