PtATE XX. 



STANHOPEA WARDII, 



S, /f *ardii ; raccino pemlulo multilloro, scpalis lateral! bus subrotiimlo-nblniigig con- 

 cavis ncutis bast alto comiati*, pctnlis lanocolatis umlulalis re volutin, liv|>ocliilio 

 sessili niigiisto saceato iiittis tuberculato medio ati^ustiorc inarginibus approximntis 

 tlcp ressis comphumtis busi commtis, tncsochiiio utriiifiuc cornuto in medio sinu 

 corimum fovoato, cpiclulio cormuuii lon*jitn<luie subrotumlo-nvato ncuto imliviso 

 roarginibus reciims. 



S. Warxlti, Lodtttges in lilt. 



The species of this genus are so easy to cultivate, mul wiih good management tlicv produce 

 tlieir hcuuliful and singular flower* in such great abundance* tlint every addition to their number 

 become* tin object of great interest. Thai now figured was sent to Kngland from La Guavni by 

 Mr. Ward, after wliom it has been named liy Mr. I-oddigo*, to whom I am indebted for the specimen 

 that furnished the accompanying figure. It has aluo been sent mc by Mr. Darker of Birmingham, 

 who obtained hi* plant from Messrs. Lowe and Co. of Clapton, and who speak* of it* appearance 

 as being very striking, when its (lower*, eight in each raceme* first expanded. 



It differ* from Stanhope* qnodrtcorittS in the lower part of the lip not having a strong horn 

 on each side : from S. oeidntti t in the lip being sessile, not stipitatc, and a great deal shorter in 

 proportion to tin* Olh©r part*; and from S. saccata, an unpublished species of Mr. BatemanV, in tin* 

 middle segment of the lip not being 3dobed. in the sharpness of the petal*, and in the form of the 

 horns of the lip, 



I am not aware of any thins in the foliage or pseudo-bulbs which deserves particular notice, or 

 indeed in any other part except tin; flower. As is usual in ibis ^cnus the distinctions between the 

 Specie* principally consist in variations of the form of the part)* of that organ. The sepals are a clear 

 bright yellow, rather paler on the outside than on the inside, and strongly dotted with small scattered 

 blotches of crimson ; those in front of the flower are romidish*ublonir, concave, acute, and united 

 for some distance by the base of their anterior margin. The P8TA10 uro of n clearer and paler 

 yellow, and are blotched with crimson in a «inu1nr manner ; they have a lanceolate form, are very 

 sharp pointed, much undulated, and rolled back till their points overlap behind the intermediate 

 sepal. The LIP is nearly sessile; the lower half or hypoclnlium w very thick and fleshy, 

 hollowed out ni the base, a little contracted in the middle, almoin ihree-cniarters of an inch luii", and 

 half an inch wide ; it* edge* are depressed, as if they were planed smooth, almost touch each other 

 throughout, and are actually united at the base ; it* colour is it deep yellow -orange, with four large 

 deep crimson btotebe* near the base ; the middle or mesochilium i* prolonged on each side into two, 

 curved, sharp-pointed, fleshy horns, between whose bases there is a Jittle foramen with an elevated 

 fleshy border on one side; the upper end or cpichilium i> roundish-ovate, fleshy, sharp-pointed, 

 undivided, concave in the centre, with the edge* curved downward*: l>otli U and the middle arc 

 a light yellow, delicately dotted with crimson. 



The ioridc of the hollow base or the lip is covered over with numerous round tubercle*, which 

 give it the singularly rich and sparkling appearance of a grotto lined with purple and yellow spar 

 It* outside i* also studded with little elevations, hut they arc hardly visible to the naked eye, or only 



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