Tab. 5627. 



MESOSPINIDIUM sanguineus 



Rosy Mesospinidium. 



Nat. Ord. Obchides:. — Gynandeia Monandeia. 



Gen. Char. Perigonium subcarnosum, clauaum. Scpalum summum lanceo- 

 laturu ; sepala lateralia connata, apice bifida, lacinia utraque lanccii, basi 

 subsaccato labello supposita ; petala triangulo-lanceoiata, acuta, sepalis basi 

 vix imbricantibus. Labellum cuneatum, obcordatum, limbo revoluto, carina 1 

 duse, unguem marginantes, eboracese, nunc antice lobatae caualetn veluti- 

 num inter se linquentes, lamella biloba depressa anteposita, subimmobile. 

 Columna semiteres, antice profunde excavatum. Androclinii limbus utrinque 

 dependens ; rostellum ascendens, acuto-triangulum, bicuspidatum. Anthcra 

 unilocularis, antice retusa, medio cuspidata. Pollinia globosa, postice 

 minute perforata. Caudicula linearis, basi latior; glandula lancea. Cha- 

 racter ex Bchb. Walp. Annates, v. p. 6. 



Mesospinidium sanguineum ; pseudobulbis ovalibus compressis nebulosis 

 diphyllis, foliis cuneato-ligulatis acutis, racemis secundis, ramosis foliis 

 longioribus, bracteis squamEeformibus minutis, sepalis oblongis acutis, 

 lateralibus medium versus bifidis, sepalis cuneato-ovato-acutis, labello 

 lingulato acuto, lateribus erectis, carina lineari per disci basin superi- 

 orem apice sc. medio labello divergenti bieruri, androclinio minute 

 lobulato. 



Mesospinidittm sanguineum. Bchl.fil. Walp. Annates, I.e. 



A very pretty plant, with nodding racemes in the way of 

 those of Bodriguesia secunda, but larger and handsomer. 

 Unlike the latter species, which is found abundantly at the 

 embouchure of the Amazon river, and which therefore luxu- 

 riates in a great degree of heat and moisture — this Meso- 

 spinidium is met with at a great elevation, and consequently 

 in a cool climate, among the Peruvian and Quitensian Andes, 

 whence descend some of the largest tributaries of that most 

 magnificent of all streams. Although discovered by Jameson 

 more than twenty years ago, and subsequently met with by 

 Warscewicz, it does not appear to have ever reached this 

 country alive before the year 1866, when plants of it were 

 received in excellent condition from Ecuador, by the Messrs. 



FEBBUAEY 1ST, 1867. 



