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to rot if kept too damp ; still a shady place is of great service in the growing 
season. 
172. Grobya Amherstii. Plant pseudo-bulbous, bulbs two inches long 
and round, leaves in threes and fours, one foot long; and half an inch broad: 
this species requires pot cultivation, in a mixture of sphagnum, turfy peat, 
and a little charcoal: it requires a liberal supply of water when growing, 
with frequent syringing, but should be kept rather dry during the resting 
season : temperature while growing 65°. — A Native of Brazil. 
173. Grobya galeata. This species is pseudo-bulbous, and requires the 
same management, both as regards treatment and temperature, as the above. 
— I believe, a Native of Brazil. 
174. Gongora maculata. Plant pseudo-bulbous, bulbs five inches long, 
and deeply furrowed, leaves in pairs, eighteen inches long and five inches 
broad, rather of an ovate shape : flowers produced from the base of the bulb 
on a long drooping raceme, verticillated along the raceme, of a huffish yellow, 
spotted with brown. This species will do either in a basket or pot, with a 
mixture of sphagnum, rotten wood, and turfy peat, and a liberal supply of 
water while growing, with a temperature of 65° to 70°. — A Native of 
Demerara. 
175. Gongora maculata var. alba. Plant pseudo-bulbous, bulbs four 
inches long, a little furrowed ; leaves in threes, one inch long, and rather 
better than four inches broad, of an ovate form ; the raceme about three feet 
long, producing a large quantity of flowers, white, spotted with brown. 
This species requires the same tfeatment and temperature as the others. — A 
Native of Guiana. 
176. Gongora maculata var. lutea. This plant is very similar in growth 
to the last, except that its leaves are rather longer, the raceme is not so long, 
and the flowers are a huffish yellow: it requires the same treatment and 
temperature. — A Native of Guiana. 
177. Gongora maculata var. sanguinea. This is another species, very 
similar in growth, but differing in the colour of the flowers, which are, 
instead of brown, a dark red ; it also requires the same treatment and tem¬ 
perature. — A Native of Demerara. 
178. Gongora atropurpurea. Plant pseudo-bulbous, bulbs rather shorter than 
the others; the leaves are also shorter, and of an ovate form ; the raceme 
produced in the same way, flowers of a dark purple, requiring the same 
treatment and temperature. — A Native of Demerara. 
179. Gongora Buffonia. Plant rather smaller in growth than the others ; 
its flowers are different in colour as well as form. This species seems to 
thrive well on a lump of turf, provided it is kept mbist; it will also succeed 
with the same treatment and temperature as the others. — A Native of 
Brazil. 
1 80. Gongora nigrita. Plant much like the others in habit, particularly 
G. atropurpurea ; its flowers are darker, being almost black : it requires the 
same treatment and temperature. — A Native of Demerara. 
181. Gongora fulva. This is a beautiful species; its growth is stronger, 
and the raceme is longer; its flowers are similar to G. maculatum alba'; it 
requires the same treatment and temperature as the others. — A Native of 
Oaxaca. 
This genus is composed of nearly twenty species, which are perhaps more 
singular in form than any other plants of the whole tribe ; they are also 
easy of cultivation, only requiring plenty of pot room, and a liberal supply 
of water, with a good heat during the time they are growing. 
John Henshall, K — v —y. 
( To be continued .) 
