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CYRTOCHILUM mystacinym. 
Whiskered Curvelip. 
GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. ORCHIDACER, $ VANDEA. 
CYRTOCHILUM. Botanical Register, vol. 19. fol. 1627. 
Cyrtochilum mystacinum ; pseudobulbis ovalibus compressis corrugatis mono- 
phyllis basi polyphyllis, foliis ligulatis acutis planiusculis carinatis scapo 
ramoso multó brevioribus, bracteis lanceolatis pedunculis dupló brevioribus, 
sepalis petalisque ovatis acuminatis, labello unguiculato cordato obovato-lan- 
ceolato subrepando plano apice reflexo medio pubescente basi obsoleté 
lamellato, columne alis multifidis. Bot. Register, 1838. misc. no. 38. 
Pseudobulbi ovales, corrugati, compressi, intra bases foliorum latentes 
vaginantium ; ipsi monophylli. Folia ensiformia, carinata, acuta, avenia, 
erecta, scapo composito-racemoso multà breviora. Bractese acuminate, spha- 
celate, fere naviculares, majores 6-7 lin. longe. Pedicelli bracteis majori- 
bus «quales, minoribus longiores. Ovarium pedicello suo multà brevius. 
Flores lutei, unicolores, distantes. Sepala linearia, acuminata ; lateralibus 
labello suppositis. Petala conformia, sed latiora. Labellum unguiculatum, 
cordatum, obovatum, acumine recurvo ; columná subparallelum eique basi 
adnatum ; ungue calloso obsolete lamellato apicé dentato. Columna cla- 
vata ; alis laceris, appendice ante stigma emarginato. 
A notice of this rare plant has already been given in the 
volume of the present work for 1838, among the miscellaneous 
matter, no. 38; where by a misprint the flowers are de- 
scribed as being “ bright yellow white-coloured,” instead of 
* bright yellow whole-coloured.” 
It is a native of Peru, whence it was obtained by Richard 
Harrison, Esq. of Aighburgh, with whom it produced its 
flowers in the latter end of 1837. It is a genuine species of 
the genus, having the base of the lip united to the face of 
the lower part of the column, a circumstance overlooked 
in the separate figure of the column in the accompanying 
figure, which is otherwise correct. 
