MACKAY’I—In compliment to the late Mr. J. T. Mackay, of the Trinity College 
Botanic Garden, Dublin, the Nestor. of Irish botanists. 
MAJALIS—Flowering in the month of May. 
MAXILLA‘’RIA—So named by the authors of the ‘Flora Peruviana”’, because of 
a certain resemblance between the column and the lip of the flower, and the 
jaws or maxillae of insects. 
MILTO’/NIA—In compliment to Viscount Milton, his Estate being one of the first 
places’ in England where the beauty of orchids was developed upon a large scale. 
MOS’SIAE—In compliment to Mr. Thomas Moss, of Liverpool, England, who some 
hundred years ago was an assiduous orchid-grower. 
ODONTOGLOSS’UM (Gr.) Literally “‘tooth-tongued”, referring to the singular 
form of the labellum. 
ONCID‘IUM (Gr.) Refers to the tubercles or protuberances at the base of the lip. 
PAPIL’IO—A butterfly. 
PERISTE’RIA (Gr.) Literally, a dove. 
PHAI‘US (Gr.) Dusky, a name applied by Loureiro to the Ph. grandifolius in 
allusion to the inside color of the flowers. 
PHALAENOP’SIS (Gr.) Literally ‘‘moth-image”, the flower suggesting the idea 
of some strange lepidopterous insect. 
PURPURA’TUS-A-UM—Arrayed or clad in purple, so as to carry a certain queen- 
liness, as in Laelia purpurata. 
QUINQUEVUL’NERUM-—Literally having five wounds; referring, in Aerides q., 
to the red spot, like effusion of blood, at the extremity of each of the five peri- 
anth-lobes. 
RACEME—A form of inflorescence in which numerous flowers, provided with 
pedicels, are disposed, m. re or less closely, along a usually drooping stalk. In 
orchids very frequent. 
SANGUIN’F’’S-A-UM-— slood-colored. 
SCAPE—A leufless flower-stem. 
SCHLIEPERIA’NUS-A-UM—In compliment to M. Adolphe Schlieper, a zealous 
cultivator of orchids. 
SEPALS—The pieces of the calyx, or outer portion of the flower; in orchids 
invariably petaloid and colored, three in number, and usually quite free and 
distinct. Sometimes, as in Cypripedium, two of them are united by the edges, form- 
ing the dorsal sepal. 
SESQUIPEDA’LE—A foot and a half, or 18 inches long. 
SOBRA’‘LIA—In honor of F. M. Sobral, a Spanish botanist. 
SOPHRONI'TIS (Gr.) Literally, modest, decorous, unassuming. 
SPECIOSIS‘SIMUS-A-UM—In the highest degree handsome and ornamental, 
uniting elegance of form and brilliancy of color. 
SPECTAB’ILIS-E—Deserving special notice, by reason of intrinsic worth. 
STANHOPE’A—In compliment to the Earl of Stanhope. 
SUA’VIS-E—Sweet-scented. 
TERES (Terete)—Long and perfectly cylindrical, without any angles, like a lead- 
pencil. 
TRIA’NAE—In compliment to the distinguished botanist, Signor Triana, who col- 
lected plants in South America. 
VANDA—According to Sir William Jones, Vanda, in the Sanscrit language, 
denotes the consecrated mistletoe of the oak, (the Druidical history of the plant 
in England being no more than the western phase of something still more ancient), 
while the oak itself is Vandaca. From the mistletoe the name was extended to 
parasites and epiphytes in general, but always with an addition, Baculavanda 
denoting the Loranthus, and Amaravanda a tree-orchid, the latter term correspond- 
ing with the Malayan angrec. 
VEITCH’II—Commemorates the immense and brilliantly successful enterprise as 
horticulturists in England and as promoters of plant-discovery in distant countries, 
of several generations of the honored family of Veitch, sometimes one member 
of the family and sometimes another. Mr. James Veitch, head of the firm until 
1869, died that year, and Mr. John Gould Veitch was distinguished for his work 
in Japan and the South Sea Islands. 
WAGNERI—In honor of M. Wagner, a German collector. 
WARSCEWICZ'Il—In compliment of the adventurous and indefatigable M. Von 
Warscewicz, well known as an orchid collector in Central America. 
ZYGOPET’ALON (Gr.) Literally ““yoke-petal,”” referring to the basal cohesion of 
the segments of the perianth. 
