ORCHIDEiE. 627 



oval-oblong tubers ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, pointed, or with a bluutish point, complicate 

 towards the base, chartaceous; flower yellow, brownish-spotted chiefly on the lip ; pcrigo- 

 nial divisions lanceolate-oblong, somewhat pointed, spreading ; lip %-fid, longitudinally 

 callous from the base to the division : lateral lobes small, middle oblong, blunt, or retuse. — 

 Bot. Reg. t. 1848.— Leaves 8"-12" long, 15" / -20'" broad ; perigone 8"'-10"' long.— Hab. 

 Trinidad !, Bradf., common ; [Cuba ! ; Venezuela]. 



131. M. palmifolia, Lindl. Scape about as long as the oblong-lanceolate, 1-leavcd 

 tubers ; leaves oblong, pointed, tapering into a slender petiole, membrauaceous-chartaceous ; 

 flowers in a short, peduncled raceme, white ; perigonial divisions exterior oblong-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, spreading, lateral saccate at the base, interior shorter ; lip obsoletely 3-lobed, 

 longitudinally plaited-callous below : lateral lobes small, middle broadly oblong, blunt or re- 

 tuse.— Bot. Reg. t. 1549.— Dendrobium, Sw. M. decolor, Lindl. — Scape 3"-5", leaves 

 12"-15" long, the latter li"-2" broad ; raceme 8-12-flowered : perigone 10'" long.— Hab. 

 Jamaica !, Wullschl., on trees ; Dominica !, Imr. ; Trinidad !, Bradf., not uncommon. 



132. M. pallidiflora, Hook. {£.). Scape exceeding the lanceolate, 1-leaved tubers; 

 leaves oblong, pointed, tapering into a slender petiole, membranaceous-chartaceous; % /?OKWJ 

 in a short, peduncled raceme, greenish-yellow , with a whitish lip ; perigonial divisions lan- 

 ceolate-linear, blunt, exterior spreading, lateral saccate at the base, interior nearly as long ; 

 lip ovate-oblong, blunt, "longitudinally plaited-callous below." — Bot. Reg. t. 2806. — 

 Nearly allied to the preceding, but stouter, leaves 3" broad. — Hab. S. Vincent !, Guild. ; 

 [Cuba!]. 



30. CAMARIDIUM, Lindl. 



Character of Maxillaria, but pollinaria 4, collateral, and lip with 2 large, distiuct calli. — 

 Habit of Eumaxillaria. 



133. C. ochroleucum, Lindl. (R.) Stem compressed, pendulous or short, leafy at the 

 summit : scales distichous-imbricate, oblong : tubers oval-oblong, compressed, 1-leaved ; 

 leaves oblong-linear, blunt, obliquely emarginate, chartaceons, keeled ; flowers whitish, ex- 

 serted; perigonial divisions spathulate-oblong ; lip 3-lobed; lateral lobes small, middle ovate 

 or roundish : calli longitudinal, dissolved into bristles below. — Bot. Reg. t. 844.— Cymbi- 

 dium, Lindl. Ornithidium album, Hook. (Bot. Mag. t. 3306) : a form with larger flowers. 

 —Habit of Maxillaria alba, often 1' long ; leaves 4"-8" long, 3"'-6'" broad ; perigone vari- 

 able in size, 6"'-12"' long. — Hab. Trinidad !, Or., Bradf., very common, on old trees ; 

 [Venezuela, Guiana]. 



31. LYCASTE, Lindl. 



Character of Maxillaria, but caudicula long, linear, gland small, roundish. — Scape 1- 

 flowered, lateral to aerial tubers ; leaves plaited ; flowers large. 



134. Ii. Barringtonise, Lindl. Tubers elliptical-oblong, 2-3-leaved ; scape about as 

 long as the petioles ; leaves oblong, pointed, tapering into a slender petiole ; flowers nodding, 

 greenish : uppermost bract exceeding the ovary ; perigonial divisions ovate oblong, pointed, 

 lateral cohering and forming a bluntly conical, spur-like auricle ; lip smaller : middle lobe 

 ovatc-oblong, blunt, ciliate— Bot. Reg. t. 1206.— Epidendrum, tiw. Maxillaria, Lodd. 

 L- ciliata, Lindl. ! : this from dry specimens I know not how to distinguish, but by larger 

 flowers, but G. Rchb. informs me that the middle lobe of its lip is more concave.— Scape 6", 

 leaves 1^-2', perigone l£"-2£" long.— Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Macfl, Wullschl., on rocks 

 and trees; [Cuba!]. 



32. PAPHINIA, Lindl. 

 " Character of Maxillaria, but caudicula long, clavate-linear, gland small, deltoid ; column 

 2-auricled at the summit ; lip fringed at the summit and claw."—" Scape few-flowered, 

 hanging, lateral to aerial tubers; leaves plaited ; Sowers large, expanded. 



135. P. cristata, Lindl. {Bot. Reg. t. 1811). "Tubers ovate, 1-leaved; leaves lan- 

 ceolate-oblong or elliptical-oblong, pointed, tapering at the base, 4"-5 long : scape as long, 

 2-flowered; perigone purple- and white-variegated: divisions ovate-oblong, pointed 1, 

 long: Up smaller, shortly clawed, deeply 3-fid, and middle lobe 3-fld again. —Hab. Irmi- 

 dad {Lindl.) ; [Guiana]. 



