‘Tas. 5567. 
BATEMANNIA Granprrrora. 
Large-flowered Batemannia. 
Nat. Ord. Orcu1pEx.— GyNanpRIA Monanprtia. 
Gen. Char. Flores ringentes. Sepala patentia, lateralia unguiculata, basi 
equalia. Petala sepalis latiora, basi obliqua, pedi producto columne ad- 
nata. Labellum cum columna articulatum, trilobum, cucullatum. Columna 
semiteres, basi elongata, clinandrio marginato. Anthera parva, bilocularis, 
membranacea. Pollinia 2, postice biloba, glandula triangulari, caudiculd 
nulla. Lindl. Bot. Reg. v. 20. (1835) p. 1714. 
Batemannia grandiflora; pseudobulbis ovatis lucidis diphyllis, foliis valde 
coriaceis lanceolatis acutissimis racemis basilaribus 2—5-floris 3-plo 
longioribus, sepalis exterioribus liberis lanceolatis acutissimis patenti- 
bus equalibus, internis paulo minoribus subcarnosis basi latis, labello 
brevissimé unguiculato, basi gynostemii producte articulato subconcavo 
‘ trilobo, lobo medio majori fimbriato, apice longe acuminato. Columna 
arcuata, margine membranaceo, alis truncatis denticulatis. Anthera 
operculiformis 2-locularis. Stigma concavum, rostello acuto, glandula 
ovali antice attenuata. Pollinia 4 per paria superposita compressa. 
Richb. fil. Bonpl. 1856. v. 4. p. 828, et in Walpers’ Annales. 
Gatrotta grandiflora; Rich. et Gal. 1. c. et tab. 27. 
The genus Batemannia was so named by Prof. Lindley, 
upwards of thirty years ago, after the writer of these remarks. 
The original species, B. Colleyi, came from Demerara, and a 
second, &. Beaumonti, from Bahia, and with these Prof. 
Reichenbach has now associated two species of the supposed 
genus Galeottia (G. fimbriata and G. grandiflora), which agree 
well with Batemannia, except that the number of pollen- 
masses is four instead of two. A fifth species has been added 
under the name of B. meleagris (the Huntleya meleagris of 
Lindley), which, though I quite think my friend is right in 
removing it from Huntleya, I am convinced he is wrong in 
placing under Batemannia, with which its habit—more like 
that of an Eastern Vanda—does not at all accord. 
The present species is a very handsome plant, introduced 
MARCH Ist, 1866. 
