Tas. 5278. 
STANHOPEA Bucepuauus. 
Bull-horned Stanhopea. 
Nat. Ord. OrcHIDE%.—GyNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
_ Gen. Char. Perianthium membranaceum, patentissimum, reflexum. Sepala 
libera, subundulata, mole sua ruentia. Petala conformia, angustiora. Labellum 
liberum, anticum; dimidio superiore (epichilio) convexo, inferiore (hypochilio) 
excavato. Columna longissima, petaloideo-marginata. Anthera bilocularis. Pol- 
linia 2, elongata, fissa, caudicula cum glandula biloba stipitata breviore.—Epi- 
phyte pseudobulbose. Folia plicata. Scapi radicales, vaginati, paucifiori. Flores 
maximi, magis minusve maculati. Lindl. 
Stannopea Bucephalus; bracteis ovario subzequalibus, hypochilio unguiculato 
cymbiformi antice intruso apice carnoso aperte sulcato mutico basi longe 
angustato ecorni intus levi extus bicarinato, epichilio subrotundato-ovato 
cuspidato integro breviore, cornibus gracilibus teretibus brevioribus,-columna 
basi angustissima sursum alata. Lindl. 
Stannorea Bucephalus. Lindl. Gen. et Sp. Orchid. n.2. Bot. Reg. 1843, sub 
t. 44, et v. 31. t. 24. 
EPmpeNnpDRvM grandiflorum. Humb. et Bonpl. Pl. Aquinoct. p. 94, t. 27. 
ANGULOA grandiflora. Humb. Bonpl. et Kth. Nov. Gen. et Sp. Am. v. 1. p. 345. 
This is perhaps the richest-coloured of all the species of the 
fine genus Stanhopea, having the ground-colour of a rich tawny- 
orange, marked with deep blood-coloured spots; it yields, too, : 
like so many other of its congeners, a powerful fragrance, which — 
would certainly be too strong for the drawing-room. ‘To this — 
species, no doubt, Dr. Lindley properly refers the Hpidendrum 
grandifiorum of the Pl. Aiquinoct. (Anguloa, H. B. K.), though - 
in his Gen. et Sp. Orchid. he had considered that plant as sy- 
nonymous with my S. insignis (Bot. Mag. t. 2948, 2949). Its 
nearest affinity is doubtless with S. oculata (Lindl. Bot. Reg. 
t. 1800), not yet figured in this work, “from which it differs in 
the form of the lip, and especially in the very short ovaries.” 
The species is a native of Ecuador, and was first detected by 
NOVEMBER lst, 1861. 
