!S4 ORCHIDS 



Gongora. 



are epiph}'te.s, with the habit of Stauhopea, but smaller, 

 and bearing loose, pendent racemes t)f singularly-formed 

 flowers. They should be treated as advised for Aciiicta. 



Q. armeniaca {Rchh. /.). — Leaves lance-shaped, light green ; 

 spikes I ft. long, pendent, hearing about a dozen orange-jellow 

 flowers in the summer. Nicaragua. Syn. ^liropci'a artrieidaca. 

 (B. M., t. 5501.) 



Q. galeata {Rclib. /.). — Flowers curved inwards, very fragrant, 

 light brown, in short, large-flowered racemes. flowering season, 

 summer. Mexico. Syn. Acropera Loddi^csii. (B. M., t. 3563,) 



Q. gratulabunda {Rchb. f.) — Flowers yellow, much dotted 

 with dull red, in a loose, many-flowered raceme ; sepals with 

 revolute margins, the dorsal one erect, the lateral ones reflexed. 

 Leaves oblong, lanceolate, caudate-acuminate. Pseudo-bulbs 

 oblong, strongly and acutely ribbed. Colombia, 1S57. (B. M., 

 t. 7224.) 



Q. maculata (Li/idL). — 'I'his is one of the most interesting 

 species of the genus, d'he flowers are yellow, spotted with rosy- 

 red, and in pendulous racemes more than ilt. long. Pseudo- 

 bulbs ribbed. Tropical America. (B. M , t. 36S7.) 



Var. all/a is wholly white, save for some pink spots on the 

 lip. It is also known as gra/idifIo>-a. 



QOODYERA. 



Robert Brown founded this genus of terrestrial Orchids, of 

 the tribe Neotticic, and its name is a complimentary one 

 to John Goodyer, a I3ritish botanist who assisted Johnson 

 in his edition of Gerard's " Herbal." It has been much con- 

 fused, and man}' of the species formerly included here are 

 now referred to Hccmaria. The stove kinds like G. Rollissoni 

 require similar culture to Ana'ctochilus, while North 

 American species like G. pnbesceiis (R. Br.) G. p. minor, 

 and G. Mcnzicsii (Lindl.), and European species like 

 G. repcns, are hardy. 



G. Rollissonii (ZTwA). — This is a beautiful Orchid, having 

 velvety dark green foliage veined with yellow, while the under 

 surface is stained with purple-brown. This plant has acquired 

 many names, and is the Alacodes Rollissonii of Rolfe, and 

 the Ancectochilus Rollissonii and the Ha^niaria Roilissonii of 

 gardens. 



