class, without cairn or statues; in fact, it is a
mere assumption to declare them burial-grounds at all. Men who dug at
Chiriqui told me that nothing whatever besides gold was found in that
great area. The statement is not quite exact, but it shows how little
turned up.

The forebodings of the Caribs were sadly verified. Mr. Ponder started back
in the afternoon and they followed within a week--'made men' if they had
wit enough to keep their booty, but not so rich as they had hoped.

Next rains Sam loyally performed his promise. And thus it happened that
Messrs. Stevens were overwhelmed with Brassavola Digbyana once upon a
time.

LYCASTES, SOBRALIAS, AND ANGOULOAS

occupy different compartments in one house. The first will not detain us.
All the species which orchidists, in a lordly way, term common are
represented here--of course, by their best varieties. I can fancy the
wonder and delight of a stranger entering when the Lycastes Skinneri alba
and virginalis are in bloom, remembering my own emotion at the spectacle
elsewhere. Not many of the genus appeal to the aesthetic, and Skinneri in
especial lacks grace. But unsymmetrical form and abrupt rigidity of growth
are forgotten when those great flowers, so pure, so divinely white, burst
upon the eye. Charming also are the pale varieties of Skinneri, such as
_Lady Roberts_, a dainty rose, the petals only just dark enough to show up
the labellum almost white; and _Phyllis_ of somewhat deeper rose. Its
velvety lip has a crimson margin well displayed by a small white patch
upon the disc.

Leucantha, dainty green with white petals, is charming; a pan of aromatica
with fifty or sixty delicate golden blooms makes a pretty show. But these
things do not call for special notice.

There are varieties, however, of course, as the famous Lycaste plana
_Measuresiana_, coppery, shining, with pure white petals, crimson spotted,
and small white lip; plana _lassioglossa_, olive green of sepal and petal,
with a bright rusty stain at the base; lip white, with conspicuous white
spots.

_Fulvescens._--Large and spreading. Sepals and petals reddish orange, lip
clear brightest orange, so lightly poised that it quivers at a breath. It
has as many as forty flowers from one bulb sometimes.

_Denningiana._--Very large. Sepals and petals whitish green, lip brown.

_Mooreana._--An extraordinary variety of L. Locusta, which itself is
extraordinary enough. Reichenbach described Locusta i