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of rest, and remove them to a dry airy place ; use 

 shallow pots, and give abundance of drainage. 



Class, Gynandria. Order, Monandria. 



Coryanthes maculata — Demerara — 1 837— Root. 

 Yellow flowers, much spotted ; lip singular, 

 yellow striped, and spotted with deep red ; 

 flowers on a pendent stem. 



— macranthus — Trinidad — 1835 — Division. 

 Flowers yellow, much spotted with dep red ; 



lip a singular yellow and clouded. 



— speciosa and speciosa alba. 



Both these bear a strong resemblance to Cory- 

 anthus maculata, but differ in colour. 

 This genus grows best suspended. 

 Cycnoches Loddigesii — Surinam — 1830 — June. 



Flowers green spotted with red; very fragrant. 



— ventricosum— Guatemala — 1835. 



A singular green and white flower : for treat- 

 ment, see Catasetum. 



— maculatum. — La Guayra — 1829. 



Flowers a dull yellowish brown, spotted with 

 brownish red : a fine and very singular species. 



Class, Gynandria. Order, Diandria. 



Cypripedium insigne — Nepaul — 1837 — January- 

 Root. 



Petals greenish, tipt with white ; flowers much 

 spotted with reddish brown ; rest of the flower 



