THE ORCHID REVIEW. 265 



BRASSAVOLA CUCULLATA. 



A brief revision of the genus Brassavola was given in our March issue, and 

 it is interesting to be able to illustrate one of the species. The annexed 

 figure of Brassavola cucullata is reproduced from a photograph kindly sent 

 by Frau Ida Brandt, Reissbach, Zurich, under the name of B. cuspidata, 

 which, however, is only considered a form of the preceding. As the 

 history of the genus has been so recently given (page 68) it is unnecessary 



Fig. 27. Brassavola cucullata. 



to repeat it, and the details of the flower are well shown in the figure, so 

 that we need only state that the colour of it is white. The ovary, 

 however, is not shown, and we may add that its remarkable beak 

 sometimes attains a length of over five inches, being several times longer 

 than the ovary proper. The plant is of pendulous habit, and has slender 

 terete leaves. It succeeds well if placed on blocks of wood, with a little 



