Tas. 6251. 
LYCASTE Lastoeossa. 
Native of Guatemala, 
Nat. Ord. OrcutpE®.—Tribe VANDE-. 
: Genus Lycaste, Lindl. (Bot. Reg., 1843; Mise. p. 14). 
LycastE lasioglossa ; pseudobulbis ovoideis compressis, foliis membranaceis ellip- 
tico-lanceolatis acuminatis plicatis, scapo viridi supra medium-vaginato, 
vagina viridi acuminata, bractea ovario breviore virescente obtusa, sepalis 
patentibus anguste oblongis acutis pallide testaceis lateralibus ima basi 
araneoso-pilosis, petalis sepalis ter brevioribus oblongis obtusis fornicatis 
aureis apicibus recurvis, labello petalis equilongo aureo purpureo-punctato 
lobis lateralibus angustis obliquis abtusis, mento brevissimo, intermedio 
oblongo-ligulato obtuse dense hirsuto, disco callo inter lobis laterale trian- 
gulari, ovato apice obtuso 2-denticulato, columna elongata gracili aptera. 
L. lasioglossa, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron, 1872, p. 215. 
_. Prof. Reichenbach remarks of this species that it looks as 
if intermediate between Z. Schilereana and L. macrophylla, 
having the general aspect of the last, and the short petals of 
the first, but differing totally from both in the peculiar lip, 
the bearded middle lobe of which is quite a novel feature in 
the genus. 
Lycaste was established by Lindley, 1843, to include nine 
orchids, of which most had previously been placed in 
Mawillaria, but which differ from that genus in the great 
dissimilarity between the sepals and petals. The name 1s, 
however, introduced by the author in the previous year’s 
volume (1842, Mise. No. 96), without description or an 
allusion to its being then used for the first time. In 1861, 
the number of species is increased to twenty-four, according 
to Reichenbach’s enumeration in Walper’s Annalen (vol. vi. 
p. 600), of which number comparatively few are figured in 
Horticultural works, the genus being no great favourite 
amongst orchid growers. ‘ 
Lycaste lasioglossa, so named from the hairy lip, is a native 
of Guatemala, from whence it was imported by Messrs. 
Veitch, to whomI am indebted for the opportunity of 
figuring it. 
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