Tab. 4156 

 PERISTERIA Humboldti ; var. fulva. 



Humboldt' s Peristeria, or Dove-flower ; tawny -flowered var. 



Nat. Ord. Orchide^;. — Gynandria Monandria. 

 Gen. Char. (Vide supra Tab. 3479.J 



Peristeria Humboldti ; racemo elongato pendulo multifloro, sepalis 

 subrotundo-ovatis concavis, petalis iis minoribus ovatis obtusissimis, 

 labello subrotundo carnoso valde concavo profunde trilobo, lobis late- 

 ralibus subrotundis intus lobulo auctis, terminali oblongo-ovato obtuso 

 canaliculato, "disco appendice oblongo-quadrato utrinque dilatato retuso 

 aucto, columna utrinque superne dilatato-alata. 



Peristeria Humboldti. Lindl Bat. Reg. 1843, t. 18. 



Anguloa superba. H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Am. 1. p. 343. t. 93. 

 Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid, p. 160. 



ft floribus fulvis. (Tab. nostr. 4156.) 



For this noble specimen we are indebted to Mr. Barker, in 

 whose collection near Birmingham it flowered in June, 184:*. 

 I he color is considerably different from that given by Dr. 

 Lindley in the Botanical Register, above quoted, on which 

 account it is here indicated as a variety. Its native country 

 W Venezuela, where it was first detected by Humboldt: for 

 Dr. Lindley has clearly determined that the Anguloa superba 

 of that author is in reality this plant, represented in an im- 

 perfect state. It is one of the most striking among Orclii- 

 deons plants, and few are more worthy of cultivation. The 

 true Anguloa of Ruiz and Pa von, is ascertained by Dr. Lindley 

 to be a very different Genus. 



Descr. Pseudo-bulbs oblong, tapering upwards, angled. 

 ■Leaves several from a young pseudo-bulb, broadly lanceolate, 

 somewhat membranaceous, striated. Raceme a foot and a 

 half to two feet long, pendent, arising from r 1 1 * - base of the 

 Pseudo-bulbs; peduncle short, scaly." Flower* numerous, 

 kfge, fleshy, of a tawny vellow color, dashed almost all m 

 with Boots of purplish-brown. At first the Bower i- irregu- 

 larly globose, afterwards the floral covering! are more patent. 



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