Phaius
To the species and varieties described on p. 90, Vol. III., the following should now be added:
P. Blumei (Blume's). fl., sepals very acuminate; lip two-crested within, the limb semi-trilobed, the middle lobe largest, undulated. Java (grown in gardens).
P. callosus (thick-lipped). fl., sepals and petals dull reddish-brown, tipped dingy-white, less numerous than in P. grandifolius (which this plant resembles in habit); lip white, with a tinge of pink, a dark purple spot beneath, and a little yellow on the two-lobed spur, truncate or almost two-lobed at the end, with a thick, callous line passing downwards along the middle. Java. (G. C. 1848, p. 287.) SYN. Limodorum callosum.
P. irroratus purpureus (purple). fl. having white sepals and petals, a dull rose lip, and a yellow throat. March and April.
P. Marshalliae ionophlebia (violet-veined). fl., lip having a sulphur-coloured disk and crest, with erose veins to the apex. 1885.
P. M. tricolor (three-coloured). fl. disposed in long, pendulous racemes; sepals and petals pure white; lip orange-yellow, marked crimson-purple. 1887. P. Sedenianus (Seden's). fl., sepals milk-white, washed with sulphur inside, lanceolate; petals lanceolate; lip large, broad, three-lobed, the lateral lobes broad, rhomboid, the middle one short, square, emarginate, blunt-angled, the borders broadly light purple, the disk sulphur, with three parallel keels; peduncle very strong, thirteen-flowered. 1887. Hybrid. P. Veitchianus (Veitch's). fl., white, having the tips of the sepals and petals washed with very light mauve, and the lip with a fine mauve-purple anterior border and mauve-purple lines. 1885. An elegant garden hybrid between P. Marshalliae and P. Bensonae.