. The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants . ;lsoni. J CHYSIS. 211 raised in Messrs. Veitclis Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea.—Garden —Floral Mag., 2 ser,, t. 297 (yellow lip). C. Isevis, Lindley.—k beautiful species, in wliicli thefusiform pendent stems are fifteen inches long, producingfrom the young growths in June pendulous racemes, eachbearing eight or more flowers; the sepals and petals areyellow in the lower and orange in the upper part, and thelip is yellow spotted and blotched with crimson, the sidelobes fal
. The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants . ;lsoni. J CHYSIS. 211 raised in Messrs. Veitclis Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea.—Garden —Floral Mag., 2 ser,, t. 297 (yellow lip). C. Isevis, Lindley.—k beautiful species, in wliicli thefusiform pendent stems are fifteen inches long, producingfrom the young growths in June pendulous racemes, eachbearing eight or more flowers; the sepals and petals areyellow in the lower and orange in the upper part, and thelip is yellow spotted and blotched with crimson, the sidelobes falcate, and the middle lobe roundish and frilled, with acrest of five fleshy lamellse on the disk. It will last about afortnight in good condition, and is the finest of all the speciesof Chysis.—Mexico. Fig.—Batem. Orch. Mex, et Guateni., t. 31 ; Illust. Hort., t. 365 ; Warner,Set. Orch. PL, ii. , C. Limmingliei, and Linden.—A charming specieswith fusiform stems, which grow a foot high, broadly lanceo-late nervose leaves, and drooping racemes of delicate flowers,which are white heavily
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