Tas. 5570. 
POLYCHIGOS coznvu-cenvt. 
Stag’s-horn Polychilos. 
Nat. Ord. Orncnipez.—Gynanpria Monanpria. 
Gen. Char. Sepala explanata, carnosa, angusta, libera; lateralibus sub- 
falcatis, leviter incurvis. Petala conformia, minora. Labellum posticum, 
unguiculatum, in disco foveatum, cum columnA continuum, carnosum, 
complicatum, tripartitum, laciniis lateralibus runcinatis terminali lunato 
apiculato. Appendix circa foveam membranaceus, semicyathiformis, 5- 
aristatus, dentibus duobus auctus: altero minore a latere columne, altero | 
antico cultrato. Columna erecta, elongata, semiteres, basi bituberculata, 
clinandrio proclivi, rostello elongato decurvo. Stigma oblongum, excava- 
tum. Pollina 2, cereacea, postice fissa, caudiculé elongata, obovata, glan- 
dula ovali. Lindl. Fol. Orch. 
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PotxcurLos cornu-cervi ; foliis distichis coriaceis cuneatis oblongis, pe- 
dunculis lateralibus erectis sursum elavatis multifloris subzqualibus, 
rachi alata. 
Ponycuinos cornu-cervi. Kuhl van Hass. Orch. tab. 1. a 
PuHaLzyopsis cornu-cervi. Rchd. fil. Xen. Orch. 
Although long since discovered in Moulmein by Lobb, 
this curious plant had never reached England in a living 
state before the year 1864, when, through the kindness of 
the Rev. C. S. P. Parish, a few specimens of it were safely 
transmitted to Messrs. Low, some of which have already 
flowered. 
Dr. Lindley had doubts as to whether Polychilos was, as 
a genus, really distinct from Phalaenopsis, while Professor 
Reichenbach is decidedly of opinion that the two genera 
ought to be combined. Certainly the two species lately 
figured in this work (Phalenopsis Luddemanniana and P. Su- 
matrana) and which are nearly intermediate between the 
older kinds of Phalenopsis and the present Polychilos, go far 
to strengthen the views of the German Professor, but on 
the whole I have thought it better to retain for the present 
Dr. Lindley’s name, as so much fresh light is now being thrown 
APRIL ist, 1866. 
