GRAMMANGIS (from gramma, writing; probably in allusion to the markings of the flowers). ORD. Orchideoe. A genus comprising two species of stove epiphytal orchids, one of which is from Madagascar, the other from Java (?). Flowers showy, on long pedicels; racemes loose, many-flowered; bracts small; scape simple. Leaves few, long, coriaceous, veined. Pseudo-bulbs oblong or fusiform, fleshy. For culture, see Saccolabium. GRAMMANGIS Ellisii (Ellis's). fl. numerous; sepals yellow, with several transverse brown stripes; petals and lip whitish; spikes very graceful, bent over, produced from the base of the pseudo-bulbs along with the young growths. Summer. l. broad, ligulate, blunt, glaucous. Pseudo-bulbs about 6in. long, square. Madagascar. (B. M. 5179, under name of Grammatophyllum Ellisii.) GRAMMANGIS Huttoni (Hutton's).* fl. shortly pedicellate, 1 1/2in. in diameter; racemes ten-flowered, pendulous; sepals recurved, obovate, acuminate, pale brown externally, internally studded with transverse, small, short, chocolate streaks; petals smaller, but similar in form and direction, dark chocolate inside; lip sub-sessile, lateral lobes obtuse, greenish, striped with chocolate; scape from the base of the pseudo-bulbs, stout. June. l. narrow-oblong, obtuse, very coriaceous, nerveless, dark green. Pseudo-bulbs elongate-ovoid, with straight sides, compressed, grooved, green. Java, 1867. (B. M. 5676, under name of cymbidium Huttoni.)