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XC. MONACHANTHUS. 
Monachanthus. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1538. 
Perianthium explanatum. Sepala et petala zequalia, deorsüm versa. La- 
bellum posticum, carnosum, indivisum, ventricosum, sepalis multd 
majus. Columna brevis, crassa, mutica. Anthera.... Pollinia.... 
Epiphyta, Cataseti habitu. 
This genus differs from Catasetum in the want of cirrhi upon its short 
column, and in the expanded perianthium, the five segments of which are 
turned all one way, like those of Eulophia. 
l. MoNacnBANTRUS viridis. 
Hab. in Brazilia, supra arbores in Corcovado. (v. ic. pict. et s. sp. in herb. 
Hooker.) 
The fleshy stems are exactly those of Catasetum, as are the leaves, ex- 
cept that they are shorter. In the drawing I have examined, the flowers 
are represented in pairs from the apex of an erect scape about 9 inches 
high: they are fleshy, and of a deep uniform green, with a labellum that 
Spur something like a hood drawn over a little face represented by the 
column. 
XCI. STANHOPEA. 
Stanhopea. Hooker in Bot. Mag. 2948-9. (Nov. 1829.) —— Ceratochilus. Lindl. in Lodd. 
Bet. Cab. 1414, non Blumii. 
Perianthium membranaceum, patentissimum v. reflexum. Sepala libera, 
subundulata, mole suA ruentia. Petala conformia angustiora. Labellum 
liberum, anticum, ecalcaratum, carnosum, utrinque cornutum ; dimidio 
superiore (epichilio) convexo, inferiore (hypochilio) excavato. Co- 
lumna longissima, petaloideo-marginata. Anthera 2-locularis. Pol- 
linia 2, elongata, fissa, caudiculà quàm glandula biloba stipitata breviore. 
——Epiphyte pseudo-bulbose. Folia plicata. Scapi radicales, vagi- . 
nati, pauciflori. Flores maximi magis minüsve maculati. 
1. Stanhopea insignis. Hooker l. c. 
S. labello medio quàm maxime constricto, hypochilii subrotundi lateribus 
cornutis incurvis, epichilio ovato medio depresso cornubus duobus baseos 
incurvis, i 
Epidendrum ; 27 
grandiflorum. Humb. et Bonpl. Pl. eq. p. 94. t. 27. 
a o grandiflora. Jd, a. g. et sp. pl. 1 343, Kunth. Synops. 1.332. Spreng. Syst. 
Hab. supra arborum vetustarum truncos in umbrosis sylvis prope Cuenca 
in Quito; Humb. et Bonpl. (v. v. c.) 
Sepala carnosa, flava, intüs sanguineo guttata. Petala undulata, reflexa, 
minüs lutea, sanguineo interrupt? fasciata. Labellum albidum, atro- 
sanguineo dense guttatum. 
2. Stanhopea Bucephalus. 
S. labello medio constricto, hypochilio cymbiformi utrinque carinato mar- 
ginibus muticis, metachilio subtus calloso pulvinato marginibus carnoso- 
petaloideis auriculatis carinatis inflexis sublobatis, epichilio ovato-lan- 
ceolato basi bicorni: cornubus spatulatis carnosis divaricatis elongatis. 
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