Houlletia 



perhaps, if all be well ; l.mt more \\ater is not 

 needed on that acciiunt until spring. 



E. ritdliimm pure and simple flowers in antnmn. 

 Its colour is not so hrilliant. 



The harsli leaves warn us that both like snnshine, 

 but shading is necessary at midsummer. May and 

 •June, or autumn. 3[exic(.). 1840. TitcUinum, 

 3s. 6f/. ; majus, Is. (jcl. 



„ Wallisi (a collect(.)r). — Small, but very pretty, 

 and unlike others. Sepals and petals yellow, 

 speckled with maroon ; lips white, with dotted 

 lines of purple. Flowers at all seasons. Colombia. 

 10.S-. 6(/. 



Houlletia. 

 (jM. Houllet, Curator of the Jardin des Plantes.) 



This small genus has only one cool representa- 

 tive. The spike rises from the base of the jJseudo- 

 bulb. 



Odoratisslma should Ije treated like an Odonto- 

 glossum, but kept somewhat drier in winter, for it 

 rests. It is curious and striking, agreeably scented ; 

 flowers large, dull red, mottled closely with lines of 

 darker hue. The lip is very singular, white, ending 

 in a broad barbed blade, of shape exactly like a 

 " Neolithic " arrow-head, attached by a slender neck. 



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