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distichous plicate-venose reed-like leaves, and tall radical scapes bearing 

 a loose raceme of subglobose nearly regular expanded flowers, which 

 have a short rounded chin, and a sessile concave lip, with a crest of 

 elevated fleshy lines on the disk. The few species are found in Peru and 

 United States of Colombia. 



Culture. — The same as that noted for Phajm, which see. 



W. CANDIDA.— See Warscewiczella Candida. 



W. CYANEA, Lindl. — A very pretty distinct and rare species, producing 

 from the roots a close upright tuft of evergreen foliage, and slender radical 

 scapes bearing a short erect raceme of pleasing but rather small flowers ; the 

 leaves are broadly lanceolate and strongly ribbed, and enfold each other 

 distichously at the base, and the flowers have ovate acute white sepals and 

 petals, and a roundish cuneate lip undulated at the tip, and bearing five 

 elevated lines. It blooms in June, lasting a long time in beauty. It requires 

 to be grown in a pot, with peat and good drainage, in the East Indian house. — 

 U. 8. of Colombia. 



FiGr.—Bot. Reg., 1845, t. 28. 



W. CYANEA ALBA, Bchh. f. — A very pretty variety of this old and much- 

 admu-ed species, the lip of which is pure white instead of being blue as in the 

 type. — U. S. of Colombia. 



W. MARGINATA.— See Warscewiczella itilata. 



W. TRICOLOR, Lindl. — ^A very distinct and handsome species. It has 

 oblong terete attenuated jointed pseudobulbs, and long-stalked lanceolate 

 plicate leaves, growing up with the lateral flower-scape, which is purple jointed 

 and about 2 feet in height, and bears at the top a raceme of eight or ten rather 

 large globose drooping flowers ; the roundish ovate concave sepals and petals 

 are yellowish white, the two lateral sepals being continued babkwards so as to 

 form a blunt spur ; and the lip is obovate, cuouUate at the base, white at the 

 edge beautifully marked inside with yellow and deep purple ; there are three 

 elevated fleshy ridges on the disk. The blossoms are produced in June and 

 July, and last a long time in perfection. It requires the same treatment as 

 W. cyanea. — Brazil. 



Fig.— But. Mag., t. 4235 ; Zodd. Bot. Cah., t. 1884 ; Xenia Orch., i. t. 24. 



Syu . — Ma;e 'Maria Warrcana. 



W. TRICOLOR STAPELIOIDES, RcU. /.—This variety flowered in the 

 collection of Messrs. Vervaet & Co., of Mont St. Amand, Ghent, Belgium. The 

 sepals are yellowish-white, petals same colour, having flve purple stripes in the 

 interior, and in some instances a few spots ; lip deep brownish-purple at the 

 base, softening to reddish-yellow at the margin. The above description is 

 taken from the plate in L' Orchidophile, as we have not seen this plant. — Brazil. 



Fig.— Z'OrchidopJiile, 1888, p. 176 (plate). 



W. WAILESIANA.— See Wabsceviczella Wailesiana. 



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