630 ORCHIDEJ2. 



40. CYRTOPERA, Lindl. 



Lip jointed with the produced hase of the column, ventricose-3-lohed : perigonial divisions 

 ascending, exterior lateral and 2 interior adhering to the column. Column ascending, mar- 

 gined: "pollinaria 4, incumbent, the posterior adhering to the anterior ones: caudicula 

 short, nearly deltoid." — Root terrestrial: no tubers ; scape lateral to the stem; leaves 

 plaited ; flowers racemose. 



146. C. Woodfordii, Lindl. (B.). Stout; leaves lanceolate-oblong, or lanceolate, 

 pointed, inserted at the summit of a fusiform stem ; raceme many-flowered : bract linear- 

 acuminate; perigonial divisions lanceolate, or oblong; lip 2-callous : lateral lobes short, 

 middle flatfish, ovate-oblong, rounded.— Bot. Reg. 1. 1508.— Scape 2-4', leaves \\-% long ; 

 flowers " white with a yellow spot on the lip" {Or.), but green with a purple lip in the figure 

 quoted: perigone8'"-10'"long.— Hab. Jamaica!, Pd., Dist., Wullschl. ; Dominica !, Lmr. ; 

 Trinidad!, Cr. ; [French islands ! to Guiana ! and Brazil!]. 



41. CYRTOPODIUM, R. Br. 



Lip clawed, continuous with the produced base of the column, incurved-3-lobed : perigo- 

 nial divisions free, spreading. " Pollinaria 2, dorsally furrowed : caudicula short, linear, 

 gland ovate." — Root terrestrial ; scape lateral to the leaved, fleshy stem, or tufts of plaited 

 leaves ; flowers panicled, or racemose. 



147. C. Andersonii, R. Br. Scape panicled, as high as the leaved, fusiform stem; 

 " leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate ;" flowers yellow : bracts oblong, about as long as the 

 pedicel ; perigonial divisions broadly elliptical, flatfish, at length wavy •, lip callous above 

 the claw; lobes rounded, middle broader, but shorter than the lateral ones, crenulate at ^the 

 summit; column naked. — Bot. Reg. 27. t. 8. — Oncidium comosum, Pospp. Cub.f--2--i 

 high ; perigonial divisions 10"'-8"' long.— Hab. S. Vincent ; Trinidad !, Lockh. ; [Cuba ! to 

 Brazil!]. 



The allied C. punctatum, Lindl. (Cymbidium trinerve, Meg. Esseq. !), has greenish-white, 

 spotted flowers, with an emarginate, larger middle lobe of the lip : it has been found in 

 Haiti, but not yet in the British islands. 



148. C. cristatum, Lindl. (ex descr.). Scape simple, racemose, exceeding the tuft of 

 leaves, the latter lanceolate-linear, acuminate ; bracts minute, cucullate-subulate, much 

 shorter than the pedicel ; perigonial divisions elliptical, bluntish, flattish ; lip transversely 

 crested at the origin of the rounded, entire, reflexed middle lobe, deeply concave between the 

 broad crest and the claw : lateral lobes ovate, blunt, much narrower than the middle^ one; 

 column broadly winged at the summit. — Scape 1£' high; leaves 8"-12" long, 6 -8 

 broad; perigone 6'" long; crest fleshy, transversely oblong. — Hab. Trinidad!, Or., Anpo ; 

 [Guiana]. 



42. GONGORA, P. P. 



Lip clawed, continuous with the produced, claw-like base of the column, constricted at the 

 middle, furnished with lateral appendages: perigonial divisions spreading, 2 exterior lateral free, 

 superior and 2 interior distantly inserted into the column. Column ascending, clavate, 

 naked: "pollinaria 2, linear: caudicula linear, gland minute." — Scape lateral to aerial 

 tubers ; leaves plaited ; flowers racemose. 



149. G. atropurpurea, Hook. ! Tuber costate, 2-leaved ; leaves broadly lanceolate- 

 oblong, exceeded by the scape ; raceme loose : flowers brown ; perigonial divisions oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate; hypochilium cuneate, with long, marginal, recurved horns and 

 smaller appendages : epichilium laterally compressed, subulate. — Bot. Mag. t. 3220. 

 Scape 2', leaves 1', flowers about 1" long. — Hab. Trinidad !, Shepherd ; [Guiana]. 



43. STANHOPEA, Hook. 



" Lip sessile, continuous with the column, fleshy, usually jointed at the middle and fur- 

 nished with lateral appendages : perigonial divisions spreading, free. Column winged above: 

 pollinaria 2, linear : caudicula cuneate (or none) : gland minute. — Scape lateral to aerial 

 tubers, few-flowered ; leaves plaited ; flowers large." 



