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de Gand, whence this ac- 

 count is taken, whether 

 the plant is in the Belgian 

 gardens or not ; its pre- 

 sence in a work treating 

 on garden plants leads to 

 the supposition that it is 

 in cultivation, though Pro- 

 fessor Morren does not 

 say where. 



Stanhopea Cip- 

 phata. Lindleij. A 

 stove or- 

 chidaceous 

 epiphyte, 

 from Nica- 

 ragua, in- 

 trod u c ed 



by Mr. 

 (Fig. 19.) 



Skinner. 



"A few pseudo-bulbs of 

 this remarkable plant were 

 sold at one of Mr. Skinner's 

 sales, having been collected 

 in Nicaragua by Mr. Warc- 

 ziewitz. A couple of speci- 

 mens in spirits enable me to 

 define it. Among Stan- 

 hopeas it is unique, for the 

 flowers being absolutely 

 solitary, not in spathaceous 

 spikes, and for the column 

 being wingless, and ex- 

 tended into a pair of 



feelers like some Odontoglossums. Its lateral horns, too, are extremely short and fleshy." — J own. Hort. £bc, 

 vol. v., p. 37. 



Stanhopea Ecornuta. C. Lemaire. A stove orchidaceous epiphyte, from Central 

 America,, whence it was sent to Mr. Van Houtte by Mr. Warcziewitz. Flowers white, with 

 the base of the lip yellow. (Fig. 20.) 



This extremely curious plant differs from all the previously known Stanhopeas, in having a lip wholly free from 

 horns, and without any break in its middle. It may be regarded as a species with the hypochil (or lower half of the lip) 

 alone present. This body is described as being ' ' ovate, obsoletely triangular at the end, very short. It has much the 

 form of a slipper, extremely fleshy, of a very bright yellow-orange colour, passing towards the point into pure white, and 

 mottled on its sides with handsome purple blotches. Four little tumours, two near the articulation with the column, and 

 two near the point, indicate four abortive horns." The flowers are otherwise pure white, with a few purple spots near 

 the base of the petals, which are short, firm, concave, and not reflexed, as in most other Stanhopeas. " The column is 

 very short, very fleshy, compressed, rounded above, winged at the sides, channelled in front." '' The flowers, which 

 grow in pairs, are about four and a half inches across, and have very short bracts." — Van Houtte' s Flore, t. 181. 



Stanhopea Tpicornis. Lindley. An orchidaceous epiphyte, from Western Peru. (Fig. 21.) 



'A very curious thing. The figure of the lip is most remarkable, there being a third horn at the base of the middle 

 lobe of the lip in addition to the two always present at the side. In a figure sent home by Mr. Warcziewitz the petals 

 are represented to be pink and the rest of the flower white ; the petals, moreover, are very fleshy, firm, and apparently 

 incapable of rolling back as in the rest of the genus." — Jown. of Hort. Soc. iv. Fig. 21a represents a portion of the lip. 



Pultenzea Rosea. Hard- wooded greenhouse flowering plants of any value now make 

 their appearance at long intervals only. Consequently, this will be welcomed amongst 



