1884.] 
ZYGOPETALUM CLAYII. 
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ZYGOPETALU3I CLAYII. 
lines, and the cuneate-ovate blade is totally 
free from any velvet, and of a beautiful 
purplish blue, so that it has the full colour of 
Z. maxillare. The column is nearly that of 
Z. crinitum, whilst the bracts are decidedly 
smaller than those of that species.” It was 
certificated when originally shown at the South 
Kensington Meeting in 1877. 
The plant is of vigorous growth, evergreen, 
with lanceolate nervose leaves, reaching to a 
foot and a half in length. Mr. Williams 
recommends that it should be grown in a pot, 
in a compost of good fibrous loam with a little 
leaf mould, and that as it has strong fleshy 
roots it should get a good supply of water. ■ 
during the growing period.—T, Moore. 
