Tarn. 7438. 
MORMODES Rotreanvum. 
Native of Peru. 
Nat. Ord. OrncuipE@.—Tribe VANDEA. 
Genus Mormopss, Lindl. ; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 552.) 
Mormopes Rolfeanum ; pseudobulbis fusiformibus, foliis lanceolatis acuminatis 
nerviis, pedunculo robusto suberecto paucifloro, bracteis viridibus, floribus 
erectis, sepalis petalisyue aureis sanguineo striatis et conspersis, sepalis 
ovatis obtuse acuminatis detiexis, petalis orbiculari-obovatis acutis erectis 
incurvis lateralibus reflexis, labello sepalis equilongo erecto forte incurvo 
e basi angusto oblongo apice cuspidato v. rotundato, intus rubro-castaneo, 
columna alba roseo pallide irrorata. 
M. Rolfeanum, Linden in Lindenia, vol. vii. p. 5, t. 289. Masters in Gard. 
Chron. 1892, vol. i. p. 203, fig. 30. 
The genus Mormodes is rapidly increasing in number of 
species. At the date of the publication of the Orchidex in 
the ** Genera Plantarum” by Mr. Bentham (1883) fourteen 
species were known. ‘T'wenty-four are enumerated in 
Part Ill. of the ‘Kew Index,” published in 1894, and 
Mr. Rolfe informs me that not a few have since been dis- 
covered. It affords me great pleasure to be able to figure 
so fine a plant, dedicated, as it is, to a late colleague at 
Kew, who has ever most generously given me the aid of 
his unequalled knowledge of the difficult Order to which 
Mormodes belongs, whether in the preparation of the matter 
for the “ Botanical Magazine” or of the ‘* Flora of British 
India.” 
M. Rolfeanum is not very closely allied to any other. 
Of the eight already figured in this Magazine, it comes 
nearest in some characters to M. Greenii (Tab. 5802), 
especially in the form of the sepals, petals and lip, but 
that is a much larger plant, with a long pendulous many- 
fld. raceme, the sides of the lip are incurved, and its tip 
is bifid and erosely ciliate. The colouration, too, of the 
whole flower is entirely different. = 
The plant was obtained from Mr. Linden’s establishment, 
Octoser Isr, 1895. 
