OcTUBER, 1g06. | THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
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CYNORCHIS PURPURASCENS. 
DECIDUOUS ORCHIDS are not as a rule grown with great success, probably 
on account of the difficulty often experienced in resting them. There are, 
however, a few notable exceptions, and Cyrorchis purpurascens is one of 
them, and a very handsome one, too. The Kew plants, which were intro- 
CYNORCHIS PURPURASCENS, 
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duced six years ago from Madagascar, by M. Warpur, continue to Ear 
and flower annually, and the annexed figure represents a pan of pie? 
Plants, and is reproduced from a photograph taken md aed M a z : 
Which, of course, represents them greatly reduced in size. ee ig 
Produces q single large spreading leaf, as shown, and an erect hea 
