Tas. 5305. 
PHYSURUS macutatus. 
Spotted Physurus. 
Nat. Ord. OrncutpE#®.—GyYNANDRIA MOoNANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Sepala subzequalia, herbacea, lateralia labello supposita. Petala 
subaqualia, sepalo dorsali agglutinata. Ladellum anticum, cum columna paral- 
lelum, concavum, sub apice dilatato seepe lunato constrictum, basi caleare brevi 
libero seepe ventricoso auctum. Colwmana libera vy. basi tantunr labello leviter 
accreta; rostello demum membranaceo-bipartito. Anthera dorsalis, apiculata, 
bilocularis. Podllinia 2, sectilia, glandule ovali adnata.—Herbe terrestres, cau- 
lescentes, radicibus jfiliformibus succulentis, Folia basi laxe vaginata, petiolata, 
nervosa. ‘lores dense racemosi. Lindl. 
Puysurvus maculatus ; radicis fibris crassis longis teretibus carnosis, foliis lan- 
ceolatis discoloribus supra viridibus seriatim albo-maculatis, vaginis arcte 
appressis, spica densiflora, bracteis latissime ovatis breviacuminatis, labello 
lanceolato medio constricto basi concava apice ovato-acuminato recurvato, 
calcare longitudine perianthii obtusissimo. 
Living plants of this new and pretty species of Physurus were 
brought to England by Mr. Cross, on his return from his mission 
to Ecuador for the purpose of procuring seeds and plants of 
Cinchona succirubra for cultivation in India, on account of the 
Indian Government. Flowering specimens were sent to us in 
November, 1861, by Mr. Osborne,* of the Fulham Nursery. 
Fifteen species of this genus are described by Dr. Lindley in his 
‘ Genera and Species of Orchideous Plants,’ and another species 
has been published in our ‘Icones Plantarum’ (vol. v. t. 449), 
Physurus vaginatus from Guatemala. To this probably our 
present one is most nearly allied, but abundantly distinct, for 
that has oblongo-ovate leaves, and remarkably inflated sheaths 
surrounding the stem. The spotting of the foliage is peculiar in 
our plant, but may not be constant. 
Descr. Terrestrial. Roofs consisting of stout, vermicular, long 
fleshy fibres, sometimes downy at the apices. Stem erect, about — 
* At Tab. 5259, under Lepanthes calodictyon, for “Mr. Osborne of Clapham 
Nursery,” read Mr. Osborne of the Fulham Nursery. 
APRIL Ist, 1862. 
