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and spotted with purple ; petals yellow, spotted 

 with red. A splendid species. 

 Cyrrhcea Warreana — Brazil — 1831 — Division. 



Sepals and petals yellow, spotted with red ; a 

 beautiful species, growing freely in moist peat 

 and potsherds. 



— tristis — Mexico — 1 828 — June — Division. 

 Green, red, and purple flowers beautifully 



spotted, growing freely in fibry peat and pot- 

 sherds. 



— obtusa — Rio Janeiro — 1836 — Sept. — Divis. 

 Sepals and petals yellow, spotted with red ; 



the other parts of the flower are a dirty white, 

 spotted with red. 



This tribe thrives and looks best grown on wood 

 or wooden basket suspended from the roof of the 

 house. Most of the cirrhcea have long pendent 

 racemes hanging gracefully from the base of the 

 pseudo-bulbs. They grow freely in fibry peat, 

 sphagnum, and potsherds. 



Cirrhopetalum Thouarsii — Manilla — 1836— July. 

 Flowers yellow, dotted with red. 

 Of this genus there are six or eight species : 

 they require a moist stove. When perfecting their 

 growth withhold water gradually, and give but little 

 when at rest. Give good drainage, by nearly fill- 

 ing the pots with brickbats and broken pots, placed 



