Tas, 6240. 
PESCATORIA LAMELLOSA. 
Native of New Grenada. 
a 
Nat. Ord. OncuripE#,.—Tribe VaNDEz. 
Genus Pescatoria, Reich. f. in Moht et Schlecht, Bot, Zeit., vol. x., p. 667 (1862). 
Prscatoria lamellosa ; pseudobulbis 0, foliis pedalibus sessilibus anguste lanceo- 
latis acuminatis basi angustatis, pedunculis validis 1-floris, bracteis oblongis 
appressis viridibus, floribus 2} poll. diam., sepalis fiavo-viridibus, dorsali 
elliptico, lateralibus majoribus oblongis acutis, petalis concoloribus spathu- 
lato-oblongis acutis, labello lamina ovato-orbiculari convexo stramineo, 
crista elevata semicirculari creberrime lamellata, lamellis aurantiacis et 
brunneis, columna crassa, antice rufo-striata. 
Pescatorta lamellosa, Reich. f. in Gard. Chron., vol. iv., 1875, p. 225. 
I have again followed my friend, the younger Reichen- 
bach, in keeping up his genus Pescatoria (often wrongly 
spelled Pescatorea), adopting his reference of P. damellosa to 
that genus in the “ Gardener's Chronicle” of last year, though 
inclining more strongly than ever to adhere to the course he 
adopted in 1861 of reducing Pescatoria to Zygopetalum (see 
observations made on figure of P. Dayana, tab. 6214). 
P. lamellosa is not nearly so handsome a species as the last- 
named, though sufficiently attractive ; it flowered .t Veitch’s 
establishment in August of last year, to which the plants 
were sent by its discoverer, Mr. Wallis, from New Grenada. 
Descr. Densely tufted.  Pseudobulbs none. Leaves a 
foot long by one to two inches broad, narrowly lanceolate, 
acuminate, narrowed to the base, membranous, five-ribbed ; the 
sheath one to one and a half inches long, hardly broader than 
the base of the blade, green, striated. Peduncles solitary, 
stout, three inches long, with two appressed oblong obtuse 
green obliquely truncate sheaths, and a similar bract ap- 
pressed to the ovary. Flower two and a half inches in 
diameter, of a nearly uniform yellow-green colour, except the 
lip, which is yellowish-white with an orange and brown 
crest. Dorsal sepal elliptic, acute; lateral larger, oblong. 
Petals spathulate, oblong, acute. ip nearly orbicular “in 
JuLy Ist, 1876. 
