Tas. 5312. 
LIMATODES ROSEA. 
Rose-coloured Limatodes. 
Nat. Ord. OrncuIDEe.—GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Perianthium erecto-patens, subsequale, liberum. Labellum liberum, 
divisum, calearatum ; limbo interno tumido. Colwmna erecta, semiteres. An- 
thera, bilocularis; loculis subquadrilocellatis. Pollinia 8, obovata, caudicula 
brevi filiformi, glandula minuta.—Herbe terrestres. Caules basi tumidi. Folia 
lato-lanceolata, nervosa, membranacea. Pedunculi laterales, solitarii, paucifiori. 
Flores ali vel rosei. Lindl. (Char. ex Blume.) 
LrmatopEs rosea ; pseudobulbis fusiformibus, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis plicatis 
glabris, scapo multifloro foliis longiore floribusque laxis villosis, bracteis 
membranaceis recurvis ovario brevioribus, labello oblongo plano retuso, 
calcare recto obtuso horizontali, columna nana tomentosa. Lindl. 
Limatopks rosea. Lindl. in Paxton’s Fl. Gard. t. 81. 
A very lovely plant, and much prized in collections. We are 
enabled to figure it through the kindness of Messrs. Low and 
Son, of the Clapton Nursery, who lately received plants from the 
Rev. C. 8. P. Parish, of Moulmein, where however it was some 
years before brought into notice by Mr. Thomas Lobb, collector 
for the Messrs. Veitch, and a figure of it appeared in Paxton's 
‘Flower Garden,’ above quoted. The genus Limatodes was es- 
tablished by Blume upon a Java species from Mount Salak, the 
L. pauciflora, and a third species is described by Dr. Lindley, 
a native of the Mishmee hills, in Griffith’s Herbarium. The 
present species seems to be a ready flowerer. In the case of our 
specimen the flowers appeared from the base of an old pseudo- 
bulb without any leaves. 
Fig. 1 represents a pedicel with the lip and spur. 2. Side view of the 
column, spur, and ovary. 3. Front view of the column and anther. 4. Pollen- 
masses :—magnified. 
MAY Ist, 1862. 
