Tab. 6904. 

 PIIAL/ENOPSIS Maele. 



Xative of the Sulu Archipelago. 



Nat. Ord. Oechide.e. — Tribe VaHDRE. 

 Genus PhaUBXOPSIS, Blame (Benlh. et Hook.f. Gen. PL vol. iii. p. 573.) 



PHALKXOPsrs (Stauroglottis) Marice ; caule brevissiino, foliis oblongis v. late 

 lineari-oblongis apicibus acutis sx'pe recurvis basi uno latere aurieulatis, pani- 

 cula gracili longe peduneulata plurillora, iloribus \\ poll. latU, sepalis petalis- 

 que subaequalibus lineari-oblon^is obtusis albis violareo-liiseiatis, labelli lobid 

 lateralibus angustis cornilbrmibus subrecurvis magnibus in flex is, intennedio 

 oblongo purpureo albo-marginato l>a>i 2-calearato, disco villis erectis onusto, 

 coltimna medio constrkta, apiee nuda. 



P. Maria?, Burbidge in Warner jf Williams Orchid. Album, vol. ii. t. 80, and 



sub t. 87. 



Mr. Burbidge, the discoverer cf this species in the 

 Sulu Archipelago, when travelling for Messrs. Veitch, says 

 of it in the work cited above, " At first sight this plant, 

 both in its habit of growth and in its blossoms, is sug- 

 gestive of Phahvnopsis sumatrana, especially the beautiful 

 variety of that species known as lilacina ; but in P. JL>ritt> 

 there is no apical lobe to the lip, nor is the apex of the 

 column fringed as in that species. The bold amethyst- 

 like blotches on the snow-white sepals and petals are 

 very lovely." Mr. Burbidge adds that it is a mountain 

 plantandof a singularly hardy constitution, and bence bears 

 the vicissitudes of transit better than many of its allies. 

 In the description accompanying the plate in the Orchid 

 Album, the specific name is, by an oversight, attributed to 

 Professor Reichenbach, an error which is corrected by Dr. 

 Reichenbach himself in a note appended to the description 

 of Plate S7 (Vanda tricolor, var.), where it is explained that 

 P. Marice was dedicated by Mr. Burbidge to his wife on 

 the spot where he found it, the main Island of Sulu. The 

 specimen here figured was presented to Kew by Mes 

 Huo-hLoWjOf Clapton, and flowered in June of the present 



year. 



>-ov. 1st, 1SS7. 



