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Bifrenaria (About ten species natives)

About ten species, natives of Brazil, Guiana, and Colombia, compose this genus. To those described on p. 187, Vol. I., the following should now be added:

B. bella (beautiful). A synonym of Coelia bella.

B. Harrisoniae (Mrs. Harrison's). fl. 3in. across; sepals and petals creamy-white, large and fleshy, the lateral ones with a spur-like base; lip purple, yellowish at base, purple-veined outside, the inner surface streaked red; scape one or two-flowered. l. solitary, large, oblong-lanceolate, plaited. Pseudo-bulbs pyri-form, tetragonal. Brazil. SYNS. Colax Harrisoniae, Dendrobium Harrisoniae (H. E. F. 120), Lycaste Harrisoniae, Maxillaria Harrisoniae (B. M. 2927; B. R. 897; P. M. B. ii. 196.) B. H. alba (white). fl. white; sepals slightly tinged green, the lower sides of the lateral ones faintly dotted red; side lobes of the lip reddish-purple, veined with deeper red, the middle lobe red-purple, hairy, the spur-like portion greenish-white. Brazil. (R. G. 52, under name of Maxillaria Harrisoniae alba.) B. H. eburnea (ivory-white). fl., sepals and petals white; lip white, freely striped with crimson; throat yellow, striped purplish-red. April and May.