TAB. S300. °° 
ACINETA Moorer, 
South America. 
Sersnrirnescreetanei icpieatcle : / 
OrcHIDACEAR. Tribe VANDEAE. 
AoineTa, Lind/.; Benth. et Hook. f.. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 551. 
Acineta Moorei, Rolfe; species A. Hrubyanae, Re'chb. f., affinis sel floribus 
crebre maculatis labellique lobis lateralibus distincte latioribus differt. 
_Herba epiphytica; pseudobulbi conferti, ovoideo-oblongi, sulcati, crassi, 
7-10 cm. longi, apice triphylli. olia petiolata, lanceolato-oblonga, 
breviter acuminata, plicata, subcoriacea, 30-40 cm. longa, 5-6 cm. lata. 
Scapi penduli, multiflori, circiter 30 cm. longi, vaginis tubulosis amplis 
vestiti; bracteae patentes, elliptico-ob!ongae, obtusae, valde concavae, 
1:5-1°8 cm. longae; pedicelli 4-5 cm. longi, scabridi vel papillis nigris 
crebre aspersi. lores speciosi, subglobosi, straminei, crebre brunneo- 
unctulati. Sepalum posticum suborbiculare, obtusum, valde concavum, 
-3°5 em, longum; sepala lateralia late et oblique ovato-orbicularia, 
obtusa, concava, 3°5-4 cm. longa. Petala late elliptica, obtusa, sub- 
concava, 8cm. longa. Labellum rigide carnosum, cum basi columnae con- 
tinnum, 3-lobum, 4 em. longum; unguis latus, concavus, 2 em. longus; 
lobi laterales oblique reniformes, truncati, 1-5 em. lati; lobus intermedius 
oblengus, apice contractus et subobtusus, concavus, 1°5 cm. longus ; 
discus crasse calloso-appendiculatus; callus late oblongus, basi et apice 
breviter bilobus. Columna clavata, 2 cm. longa, basi parece pubescens, 
apice Jate alata; pollinia 2, cerea, pyriformi-oblonga, in glandulam dila- 
tatam affixa.—R. A. Rourr. 
Three species of Acineta have already been figured in this 
work, viz.:—A. Barkeri, Lindl., as a Peristeria, t. 4203 ; 
A, superba, Reichb. f. (A. Humboldtii, Lindl.), also as a 
Peristeria, t. 4156; and A. densa, Lindl., t. 7143. Most of 
the species have flowers of a yellow ground colour, but 
Reichenbach has described as A. Hrubyana, Reichb. f., one 
with flowers of a whitish ground colour and very few spots, 
To A. Hrubyana, which is rare in collections, our plant is 
closely allied; it is readily distinguished by the flowers 
being more copiously marked with reddish brown spots, and 
differs considerably in the structure of the lip. Our piant 
was purchased at Bruges, from Messrs, Sander & Sons, for 
the Royal Botanic Garden, Glasnevin, in 1903, as a distinet 
but unnamed species, It grew well, Sir F. W. Moore 
informs us, in a mixture of Osmunda fibre, good peat, 
and charcoal in a_ basket: suspended from the roof of 
SEPTemeer, 1911. 
