Tap. 5598. 
HUN TLEYA ceERtIna. 
Waxy Huntleya. 
Nat. Ord. Orncurpex.—GyNanpDRIA MOoONANDRIA. 
Hunrteya cerina; pseudobulbis nullis, foliis cuneato-oblongis acutis pe- 
dalibus, pedunculis validis unifloris 2- vel 3-plo longioribus, sepalis 
petalisque subzqualibus subrotundis concavis carnosis, labello ovato 
convexo retuso crista crassi semicirculari truncata plicata, columna 
apice nuda. 
Huntteya cerina. Lindl. in Pact. Flow. Gar. v. 3. p. 535, cum aylo. 
Pescatorta cerina. Rehb. fil. Xenia, t. 65. 
The first notice of this beautiful plant appeared in the 
third volume of Paxton’s ‘ Flower-Garden’ (1852-3), where 
a description by Dr. Lindley and a woodcut of the flower _ 
are given. Dr. Lindley had no hesitation in referring it to 
the same genus as a plant he had previously described in 
his ‘Sertum’ under the name of Huntleya violacea, although 
its column was clavate, while in the latter species that mem- 
ber is remarkably short and thick. But since in other parts 
of its structure, as well as in habit, it agrees perfectly with 
the original type of the genus,* I have no hesitation in re- 
taining Dr. Lindley’s name, although another high authority, 
Professor Reichenbach, bas figured it in his ‘Xenia’ under 
the name of Pescatoria cerina. oo 
The plant was originally discovered by Warszewicz i 
Veragua, on the volcano of Chiriqui, at an elevation of 
* It is to be noted that Dr. Lindley never drew up any character of 
this genus. Professor Reichenbach founded his genus Bollea upon the 
eum which Lindley had already described as Huntleya violacea, the 
atter name ought therefore, if possible, to be retained. Dr. Lindley’s 
second species—H. meleagris—which has the habit of a Vanda whatever it 
may be, is certainly no Huntleya, neither is it a Batemannia, to which 
genus Reichenbach has referred it. It may possibly be a Wailesia, of 
which it has all the habit; but the whole subject is one of extreme diffi- 
culty, and awaits further examination so soon as more extensive materials 
shall have been accumulated. 
SEPTEMBER lst, 1866. 
