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habit to Masdevallia. The quaint insect-like flowers of 

 P. ante nnif era are very attractive. C. 



Rodriguezia. — A small genus of dwarf evergreen epi- 

 phytes, more commonly known in gardens as Burlingtonia. 



R. Candida. White. Demerara. I. 



R. decora. White and brown. Brazil. I. 



R. pubescens (Lindenii). White. Pernambuco. I. 



R. secunda. Cherry-red. Trinidad. I. 



R. venusta (fragrans). White and yellow. Brazil. I. 



Phalaenopsis amabilis. 



Saccolabium.— Evergreen plants with fleshy dis- 

 tichous leaves. The section including S. cceleste, and the 

 forms of S. retusa known in gardens as S. guttatum, S. 

 Blumei, and S. prcemorsum, are now placed under Rhyn- 



costylis. 



S. ampullaceum. Rose, spotted crimson. Himalaya. I. 

 S. bellinum. White, purple, and yellow. Burma. I. 

 S. coeleste. Blue. Siam. I. 

 S. curvifolium. Orange. India. I. 

 S. giganteum. White and crimson. Burma. I. 

 S. guttatum. White and rose. Java. I. 

 S. Hendersonianum. Rose. Borneo. W. 

 S. violaceum.. White and rose. Manila. I. 

 var. Harrisonice. White. I. 



Selenipedium. — A showy and singular genus from 

 South and Central America, generally included in gardens 

 with Cypripedium, although structurally different. The 

 foliage is bright - green, and the petals of most of the 

 species are curiously prolonged. 



S. Boissierianum . White and green. Peru. W. 



S. caudatum. Yellow, Avhite, brown. Ecuador, Peru. I. 



S. Lindleyanum. Pale-green, red-brown. Guiana. W. 



S. longifolium. Green, white, brown. South America. W. 



S. Schlimii. White-rose. Ocana. C. 



Hybrids of garden origin: — 



S. cardinale. Sedenii x Schlimii albiflorum. 1882. 

 8. Dominianum. Caricinum x caudatum. 1870. 

 S. grande. Longifolium x caudatum. 1881.' 

 S. Schroderm. Caudatum x Sedenii. 1883. 



S. Sedenii. Schlimii x longifolium. 1873. 

 S. stenophyllum. Schlimii x caricinum. 1876. 



furnished with large and handsome plicate leaves and 

 large generally fugacious flowers. 



S. leucoxantha. White and yellow. Costa Rica. I. 

 ,S'. L ilia strum. White. Guiana. I. 

 S. macrantha. Rose and purple. Mexico. I. 

 S. xantholeuca. Yellow. Colombia. I. 



There are several handsome hybrids of garden origin. 



Sophronitis. — Dwarf evergreen epiphytes, of which 

 the scarlet S. grandijlora is a general favourite. Like 

 most very dwarf Orchids they thrive best in small pans 

 or baskets suspended near the roof. 



S. eernua. Red. Brazil. C. 



S. grandijlora. Scarlet. Organ Mountains. C. 



S. violacea. Violet. Organ Mountains. C. 



Stan ho pea. — Extraordinary plants producing pen- 

 dulous spikes of large wax-like flowers. They require to 

 be grown in suspended baskets. 



S. Bucephalus. Yellow and red. Ecuador. W. 



S 1 . Devoniensis. White and purple. Mexico. W. 



S. eburnea. White. Trinidad. W. 



S. insignis. Ivory-white and purple. Ecuador. W. 



S. oculata. Yellow and red. Mexico. W. 



S. tigrina. Yellow, chocolate, and crimson. Mexico. W. 



Thunia. — A pretty genus with elegant growths, fur- 

 nished with pendulous terminal heads of flowers, and in 

 this particular well distinguished from Phaius, under 

 which some authorities place it. 



T. alba. White with crimson lines on lip. India. I. 



T. Bensoniat. Rose and purple. Rangoon. I. 



T. Marshalliana. White and yellow. Burma. I. 



T. Veitchiana (hybrid). I. 



There are also other handsome garden -raised varieties. 



Trichopilia (including Helcia and Pilurnna). — -Com- 

 pact-growing epiphytes, with fragrant flowers. 



T. brevis. White, yellow, and brown. Peru. I. 



T. coccinea. White and red. Central America. I. 



T. crispa. White and crimson. Central America. I. 



T. fragrans {Pilurnna). White and yellow. Colombia. I. 



T. hymenantha. White and purple. Colombia. I. 



T. marginata. Crimson and white. Chiriqui. I. 



T. suavis. White and rose. Costa Rica. I. 



T. tortilis. White and crimson. Mexico. I. 



Van da. — A very fine genus, graceful in growth, and 

 showy in flower. The fine plants seen in gardens as V. 

 tricolor and V. suavis are varieties of one species, tricolor 

 having a yellow ground colour to the flowers, and suavis 

 white. 



V. Amesiana. White. Shan States. I. 

 V. Bensoni. Yellow and brown. Burma. I. 

 V. cozrulea. Blue. Khasia Hills. I. 

 V. coerulescens. Blue. Burma. I. 

 V. Denisoniana. Ivory-white. Arracan Mountains. I. 

 V. Hookeriana. White, rose, and purple. Borneo. W. 

 V. insignis. White, yellow, and rose. Timor. I. 

 V. KimbalUana. White and purple. Shan States. I. 

 V. Loivii. Yellow and red. Borneo. This is botanically AracJi- 

 nanthe Loivii; it is also known in gardens as a Renanthera. W. 

 V. Parishii. Yellow and brown. Burma. I. 



,, var. Marriottiana. Rose-purple. Burma. I. 



V. Sanderiana. Rose and brown. Mindanao. W. 

 V. suavis. White, brown, and rose. Java. I. 

 V. teres (fig. 710). Rose, crimson, and yellow. India. W. 

 V. tricolor. Yellow, brown, and rose. Java. I. 



Zygopetalum. — A showy genus in which modern 

 botanists include Promcncca, Bollea, Pcscatorca, and 

 Warsceioiczella, all of which, however, are distinct enough 

 to warrant them being kept separate for garden purposes. 



