Tas,. 7807, 
CYRTOPODIUM  patmirrons. 
Native of Brazil. 
Nat. Ord. Orncutpea#.—Tribe VanpEx, 
Genus Cyrtopopium, Br.; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant, vol. iii. p, 541). 
Cyrrtoropium palmifrons; caulibus 2-pedalibus fasciculatis suberectis com- 
pressis infra medium vaginis citrinis purpureo marginatis imbricatis arcte 
adpressis velatis dein foliatis (folium pinnatum referentibus) foliis 6-8 poll. 
longis distichis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis 3-nerviis basi angustatis 
laete viridibus subtus pallidis, vaginis caulinis consimilibus, pedunculis 
basilaribus caulibus brevioribus adscendentibus vaginis distichis oblongis 
acutis coloratis imbricatis laxe tectis, panicula ampla 15 poll. longa 10 
lata oblonga nutante multiflora, rachi ramisque gracilibus viridibus, 
bracteis axillaribus floralibusque oblongis v. ellipticis albis roseo mar- 
ginatis caducis his 3-} illis $-1 poll. longis, floribus ad 1 poll. latis 
Lreviter pedicellatis, sepalis suborbiculatis apice rotundatis labelloqne 
-citrinis roseo maculatis, petalis paullo latioribus citrinis, labello sepalis 
breviore geniculatim unguiculato subeequaliter 3-lobo, lobis lateralibus 
erectis reniformi-rotundatis, terminale 2-lobulato lobulis margines versus 
dixcoque basi callis globosis confertis instructo, columna parva, anthera 
antice appendiculata, polliniis oblongis caudicula lata sessilibus. 
C. palmifrons, Reichb. f. et Warm. in Ot. Bot. Hambd. fase. ii. p. 88. Warm. in 
Vidensk. Med. Nat Foren. Kjobenh. 1884-7, p. 87, t. 6, £.3; Symb. ad FI. 
Bras. Centr. vol. xxx. p. 850, t. 6, f. 3. 
This very remarkable Orchid was discovered growing 
on trees in the forests of Lagoa Santa, in Central Brazil, 
by the Danish traveller and botanist, J. EH. B. Warming. 
For the beautiful syecimen here figured, which flowered 
in a tropical house in April, 1901, the Royal Gardens are 
indebted to Dr. E. A. Heath, of Eaton Square. The 
specific name palmifrons is in allusion to the resemblance 
which the leafing stem bears to the leaf of an Arecoid 
Palm, the leafless part of the stem answering to the petiole, 
and the distichous narrow leaves to the pinnules of the 
palm. 
Deser.—Stems tufted, ascending, about two feet high, 
straight or curved, compressed, closely invested by the 
short, uniform sheaths of fallen leaves, each sheath is 
about half an inch long, lemon-coloured, with purple 
margins, the latter giving the effect of a zigzag purple 
December Ist, 1°01, 
