. The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants . t. 2615;Loddiges, Bot. Cab., t. 958. C. veratrifolia macroloba, Bchh. f.—This is a great im-provement on C. veratrifolia, having the flowers much largerin size and of greater substance, pure white, the basilar lobeexceedingly broad, with the lateral calli much developed; itflowers in May and June.—Imported by us from the PacificIslands. C. vestita, Lindley.—Adeciduous species of gieatbeauty, and exceedinglyvaluable for decorativepurposes. It has largesquarish silvery greypseudobulb
. The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants . t. 2615;Loddiges, Bot. Cab., t. 958. C. veratrifolia macroloba, Bchh. f.—This is a great im-provement on C. veratrifolia, having the flowers much largerin size and of greater substance, pure white, the basilar lobeexceedingly broad, with the lateral calli much developed; itflowers in May and June.—Imported by us from the PacificIslands. C. vestita, Lindley.—Adeciduous species of gieatbeauty, and exceedinglyvaluable for decorativepurposes. It has largesquarish silvery greypseudobulbs, broadly lan-ceolate nervose leaves,which grow up andbecome matured after theflowering is over, andtall radical scapes ofcharming creamy white flowers, which in some forms have a coloured spot on the baseof the lip. The forms which usually represent the type incollections are those named iuteo-oculata and ruhro-oculata,•which are more fully described below. No collection shouldbe without the varieties of this plant, which are all such finesubjects for winter blooming, and so useful for cutting for. CALANTHB VESTITA. 166 okchid-geowers manual. room decoration, that one cannot have too many of have had plants of this species -n-ith thirty spikes, andfrequently the spikes have borne from twenty to thirty flowerson each, continuing in perfection for three months. Thevarieties mentioned below are all of a highly ornamentalcharacter.—India : Moulmein. -Fig.—Wight Icon., v. tt. 1751, 1752; Paxt. Fl. Gard., i. 106, fig. 72 ;iii. 38, woodcut of plant, Syn.—Preptanthe ; Cytheria Griffithii. C. vestita igneO-OCUlata, Bchh. /.—This variety has beenexhibited by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., , and is said tobe quite distinct, the base of the column being purplish, overwhich is a dazzling flame colour, the blotch at the base ofthe lip being of the same colour ; it is a much stronger growerthan C. vestita rubro-oculata, and retains its foliage until itflower
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