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at the edges, reddish-purple, with a narrow marginal 

 band of tawny-yellow ; lip small and inconspicuous, 

 same colour as the petals. Summer months. Moul- 

 mein. 



B. Lobbii (iSarcopodium) . — Pseudo- bulbs ovate, 

 some three inches high, smooth, and light green, 

 bearing a single oblong, thick, and leathery leaf, 

 flower large and spreading, upwards of four inches 

 in diameter; sepals lanceolate, the dorsal one acumi- 

 nate, soft yellow, streaked with lines of purple 

 dots, lateral ones falcate, streaked with purple dots, 

 and shaded with same colour ; petals same as dorsal 

 sepal and the same colour; lip somewhat cordate, 

 recurved, yellow, freckled with orange. Summer 

 months. Java. 



B. psittacoglossum (Sarcopodium). — Another very 

 handsome dwarf-growing plant, pseudo-bulbs ovate, 

 enveloped in a beautiful fibrous network, and 

 bearing a solitary, broadly-oblong, thick, and fleshy 

 leaf, which is deep green on both surfaces ; scape 

 short, seldom more than two-flowered ; sepals and 

 petals ovate, nearly equal in size, yellowish-green, 

 and streaked with red ; lip three-lobed, ovate, middle 

 lobe recurved, yellow, mottled with red. Summer 

 months. Moulmein. 



B. reticulatum. — This species must certainly take 

 first rank in this family, which is not remarkable for 

 the beauty of its members. The pseudo bulbs are 

 small, situated at intervals along a slender stem-like 

 rhizome ; leaves solitary, petiolate, cordate in shape, 

 with a sharp point ; the ground-colour pale green ; 

 the veins being dark green give the whole a beauti- 

 fully reticulated appearance, from which its name is 

 derived ; spike short, bearing about two flowers ; 

 sepals and petals white, streaked with broad lines 

 of reddish-purple, dorsal sepals largest ; lip curiously 

 recurved, white and yellow, spotted with purple. 

 July and August. Moulmein. 



Bollea. — A small genus of plants, bearing much 

 afiinity with the older genus Ztjgopetalmn, but yet 

 sufiiciently distinct, from a horticultural stand-point 

 at least, to merit the separation. BoUeas are plants 

 with the habit and appearance of Batemanniafi ai d 

 Fescatorias, and require about the same treatment. 

 Peruvian House. 



B. Lalindei. — This is an extremely beautiful 

 species. It is, however, apparently very vari- 

 able in colour ; leaves oblong - lanceolate, 

 tapering to a point, upwards of a foot long by 

 two inches broad, plaited, and bright green ; 

 peduncle much shorter than the leaves, bear- 

 ing on the summit a single spreading flower, 

 upwards of two inches in diameter, and thick 

 and fleshy in texture ; sepals broader than the 

 petals, varying in colour from rose to bright 



