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Cymbidium lancifolium — India—1822 — August — 

 Root. 



Sepals and petals white ; lip white, and much 

 spotted. 



— pendulum — Sylhet — 1837 — August — Root. 

 Flowers a dirty yellowish brown ; lip of a 



clear red and white, adding much to its beauty. 



This genus grows freely in sandy peat, rough 

 leaf soil, and the fibry part of sandy loam, to which 

 add a little sand, and give good drainage. 



Class, Gynandria. Order. Monandria. 



Cyrtopodium Andersonii — West Indies — Spring — 

 Division. 



Sepals and petals yellow ; lip much darker : 

 a stem of many flowers. 

 — — Woodfordii — Trinidad and Brazil — 1 837— S — 

 Division. 



Sepals and petals green ; lip purple : a good 

 species, flowering on a long erect stem of many 

 blossoms. 



• punctatum — Brazil — 1835 — Spring — Divis. 



Sepals and petals yellow, the latter spotted 

 w T ith red and purple : a very good species. 



Wilmorei — Venezuela — J one and July — 



Division. 



Grows four feet high ; sepals and petals yel- 

 lowish green, spotted with dull red ; lip pale red 

 and yellow, slightly spotted. 



