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I hajus is a fine genus of terrestrial Or¬ 
chids which produce their "beautiful spikes of 
flowers very freely, and well grown are noble 
objects. These plants are/easy cultui^o, and will 
amply repay ary amount of attention and care. 
Phajns callosus Lindl. (Java, ivialay r on Insula); 
17 tarJa^rvillae ( L 1 Kdrlt.) of which the s unci a - 
jiuse name is the flower H seneu tT (fire) refers 
doubtless to the dark red or rufous brown colour 
of the iiiner side of the sepals and petals and to 
the dark red colour of the spoutlike projecting 
lif, by which characters, sided by some imagi- 
j inti on the robust loiig-st&lked Inflorescences 
with their usually numerous very large flowers 
remind of flaming torches. 
^Spat Sioglotti s is also terrestrial with 
fine flowers of various colours. S. plicata Bl. 
(Java, Soeraba, Lome o, Celebes, S oeTa Tr c hi pc 1- 
ago, Termte, Boeroe, Ceram, hmh ecu t Anasbas 
iola 2 *ds t Lnl&y ie.;.Insula, Philippines) grows 
both An hig>ilands &e near the coast. A yellow 
variety (S." uurea?) can only cultivate in moun¬ 
tain regions. 
Lulbo phy lj.ua. toe cat era is a land of 
the 
genus L'llILVp'hy'lIum pax* excellence. The flowers 
are curious;, particularly the iubollum, the least 
breast of air or the slightest cause of motion 
being sufficient to set up a tremulous or aancitig 
*je±2J3£3rnoYomuivt La this organ. They are chiefly 
valued as curiosities and propagated by dividing 
the psoudobulbs. B. erics o nii J.J.8. ±,< & large 
leaved Orchid creeping over the ground and against 
tree-trunks, with splendid large flowers, which 
spread an odour of carrion. The plant is highly- 
prised in Europe. It can be compared with the 
3. bliUiondijkll J.J.8. in Java. 
There are several species of Cymbldlum .The 
following are admissible into a choise selection 
of orchidaceous plants. Some of thorn are indeed 
very handsome and delicate in colour. Soso are 
largo-grow ;Lg, with short psoudobulbs, from 
which the leaves and (pendulous) flowers pro- 
c o ed» 0. f inlay so j ni&num Lij;cl 1. (whole Indones la); 
C. lane If ol inra Ho5E7~ (Java, La lay loninsula, In- 
do-China, Japan.) belongs to distinguished plant, 
that often grows together with C. ensifoliua (L) 
8w. (Ch 1 ila, Ja pan). 
The genus Graanato^hyIlum is small. G-. spe ¬ 
cie,su m Bl. X Java, B nngfa, Borne o, La ley Penins¬ 
ula, Burma, Philippines, Cochin-China) is the 
largest epiphytic Orchid. Its robust long stems 
obviously remind the natives at once of sugar¬ 
cane. It grows five to ten feet high, producing 
