Pleione 



throat, and pale brown spots on the disc. Spring. 

 Himalayas. 1878. 5.^. 



Humilis (lowly). — Loveliest of all, perhaps ; bnt 

 all are lovely. Very large, white, with a rosy 

 tinge ; the great spreading lip veined with brownish 

 crimson, and handsomely fringed. Spring. Nepal. 

 18.50. 3.S. 6'/. Firpired, p. 210. 



Lagcnaria (bottle-shaped). — The species most 

 commonly seen. Eosy lilac, lip paler or even white, 

 finely blotched with crimson in front. November. 

 Himalayas. 1850. 2.?. Qd. 



Maculata (spotted). — White, the lip blotched with 

 crimson and veined with purple. November. 

 Himalayas. 1850. 2s. Qd. 



Prcecox. — Vide Wallicliiana. 2s. 6^/. 



Eeiclicnbachiana (Professor Reichenbach). — This 

 has two flowers sometimes, rosy lilac, lip white, with 

 crimson lines and spots. November and December, 

 ilonlmein. 



jrallichiana. — Large. Crimson, with a broad 

 yellow streak down the lip, and five white ridges 

 or veins. Winter. Prcecox is a smaller and paler 

 form of this. Himalayas. 1840. 2s. 6d. 



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