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Geodoruni. 



found ; they are natives of East India. The name 

 Gtodontiii 'Jacks.'' is from _^'-,-, the earth, and do/vii, a gift. 

 Scapes terminating- in a nodding spil^e of flowers, which 

 sometimes are of a pale green, and having the white 

 hp veined with purple or v-ello\v-brn\vn lines ; while in 

 others they are blush, with a yellow spot on the lip. 

 Leaves radical, lance-sha[)ed, or elliptical. The species — 

 G. candiditin ' A'alL' and G. dilatatiim \R. Br.). — thri\-e in 

 a compr)st ot fibrcius peat, a little rough sand, some leaf- 

 soil, and a small p(.)rtiLin of loam. While in an acti\'e 

 state they like a warm, muist }DOsition, and should 

 recei\'e e\'ery encouragement to induce free growth. As 

 soon as the lea\-es have withered, a prolonged season of 

 rest should be £:i\'en. 



GOMEZA. 



Robert Brown tcundecl this genus of sto\"C, epiphv'tal 

 Orchids, ot the tribe VaudciC It was named in compliment 

 to Bernardino Gomez, a surgeon in the Portuguese Na\-\', 

 who wrote on the plants of Brazil, of which country the 

 species are natives. Flowers pale yellow or greenish, in- 

 conspicuous, but usually fragrant ; lip affixed at the base 

 of the column, continuous, incur\"ecl-erect or erect from the 

 base, at length refle.Kcd, spurless ; column erect, semi- 

 terete ; racemes often man\-flo\\ ered ; scape axiUar)', 

 under the pseudo-bulb, simple. Leax'es contracted to a 

 rather broad petiole. The species, which are (.if botanic 

 interest only, require similar cultural conditions to the 

 Brazilian Miltonias, but are best accommodated in small 

 pans or baskets. G. crispa ' Klotrj.sch j is sometimes grown 

 as RodrigHczia crispa. 



QONGORA. 



Though the genus Goiigora ' Riiirs. and Fav.) is a some- 

 what numerous one, including as it does Acropcra ( LindL), 

 it is chiefly of botanic interest, the species being regarded 

 as curiosities. It belongs to the tribe Vandece, and is named 

 after D. Antonio Cabellero, of Gongora, once Vicero)- of New- 

 Grenada (Colombia^ and a patron of ^Mutis. The species 



