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Stanhopea. 



was introduced from Peru in 1S42 ; it is also a native of Mexico. 

 It flowers in August. Syn. S. Jeiiischiana. (B. iSL, t. 5278.) 



5. devoniensis {Liiidl.). — A handsome species, the flowers 

 being large, leopard-spotted, and of deep, soft colours. Pseudo- 

 bulbs fig-shaped, furrowed. Lea\es plaited, stout, gin. to i2in. 

 long. The pendulous scape bears two or three flowers, and is 

 clothed at the base with greenish, scale-like bracts. Each flower 

 is 5in. across. The broad sepals are spreading, and coloured 

 orange, with broad, reddish-brown blotches. The petals are 

 narrow, wavy, and coloured like the sepals. The lip is very 

 fleshy : the lower half is nearly globose, with thick, dilated 

 margins extended on each side into a pair of long, incurved, 

 pointed horns : the apical portion is ovate, channelled, and three- 

 toothed at the tip. The column is large, thick, plano-convex, 

 and not winged. The colour of the column and lip is white, 

 stained with purple. This species is closely related to 6'. ti):;riiia. 

 Its name commemorates the late Duke of Devonshire, in whose 

 famous collection of Orchids at Chatsworth this and other 

 species of Stanhopea were first cultivated with success by Sir 

 Joseph Paxton. The present species flowered there in 1837. 

 It is a native of Peru. Syn. .S. maculosa. (L. S. O., t. i.) 



S. eburnea {Liiidl.).— P'^ beautiful-flowered species in its 

 best form, and one which is easily distinguished from the rest 

 of the cultivated Stanhopeas by its white, wavy-looking flowers 

 and the peculiar formation of the lip. The pseudo-bulbs are 

 conical, i^in. long. The leaves are leathery. Sin. to i2in. long 

 by about 4in. wide. The scapes are pendulous, with small bracts, 

 and they bear two or three flowers, which are 5in. across. The 

 sepals are broad, the ]ietals narrow, both being reflexed and 

 shining, waxy white. The lip is 3in. long, solid and fleshy 

 except at the base, where there is a short cavity with a pair of 

 hook-like horns over the mouth ; the apex of the lip is heart- 

 shaped, and, except a few blotches of purple on the upper part 

 of the lip, it is while, like the sepals; the column is 3in. long, 

 narrow, conspicuously winged near the top. This species is 

 common in British Guiana and adjacent countries. Introduced 

 from Trinidad about 1S24. Syn. .S'. grandiflora. (B. iNI., t. 3359.) 



S. ecornuta (Lind/.). — Although rare in gardens, this species 

 deserves mention here because of the exceptional form of its 

 flowers. The pseudo-bulbs and leaves are large, deep green, and 

 very like those of S. eburnea. The scape is short, enveloped 

 in short, green, boat-shaped, overlapping bracts, and is two- 

 flowered. The sepals, which all point upwards, are ear-like, 2in. 

 long, half as wide, concave, rather fleshy, and creamy-white. 



