



J 627 



CYRTOCHILUM* flav6scens. 



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Straw-coloured Cyrtochilum. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchide;e Juss. § Vandeae Lindl. (Introduction to the 

 natural system of Botany, p. 262.) 



CYRTOCHILUM Humb. et Kunth.— Perianthium explanatum. Se- 

 pala libera, lateralia unguiculata. Petala pauld minora. Labellum ecalca- 

 ratum, indivisum, ungue tuberculato cum basi columnar continue Columna 

 brevis, alata. Anthera bilocularis. Pollinia 2, caudicula filiformi, glandula 



cortacea 



minuta. Herbae epiphytce, v. terrestres, pseudobulbosce 



Scapi radicates, paniculati. Flores speciosi. Genera et sp. of Orchideous 

 plants, p. 210. 



C flavescens ; foliis lineari-ensiformibus geminatis scapo eequahbus, scapo 



compresso arctissime vaginato, racemo multifloro, bracteis glumaceis 



(flavescentibus) floribus subaequalibus canaliculars, labello sessili ovato- 



lanceolato repando crispo basi pubescente inappendiculato. 



Rhizoma epigcea, teres, tortuosa, repens. Folia primordialia brevia, 



Uneari-oblong a , Z medio pseudobulbum, oblongum, angustum, diphyl urn pro- 



mentia; perfecta lineari-ensi/ormia, obtusa, apiculata, palltde vindia, patula, 



racemi lonqitudine. Vaginae scapi arctissime imbricata, acuminata, can- 



natce, flavo-virides. Bracteae ultra 2 poll. long<e, glumacea, straminecB, 



canaliculate*, acuminates, floribus parum breviores. Sepala et petala Jtata, 



lineari-lanceolata, acuminata. Labellum sessile, fiavum, sangutneo-macu- 



latum, basi pilis crebris loco tuberculorum munitum. 



A native of Mexico, whence it was imported by Mr. 

 Tate about three years ago. 



It flowered for the first time in June last in the collec- 

 tion of Richard Harrison, Esq. of Aighburgh, to whom we 

 are indebted for a specimen, along with a sketch from the 

 pencil of Mrs. Arnold Harrison. 



label! 



* t? x . -, ,i; n . j D allusion to the form of the 



* From *t/ ? Tij, convex, and x.ux*t, a up , in <uiuai 



urn. 



