Tas. 6622. 
PHAL/AEN OPSIS StuartTIANA. 
Native of the Philippine Islands. 
Nat. Ord. OncHIDEx.—-Tribe VaNDEZ. 
Genus PHatznoprsis, Blume; (Endl. Gen. Pl. p. 204.) 
Puatzyoprsis Stuvartiana; foliis pedalibus anguste elliptico-oblongis obtusis crasse 
coriaceis luride viridibus subtus basim versus punctis rubris conspersis junioribus 
marmoratis, floribus amplis numerosis in paniculam decurvam laxam longe 
pedunculatam dispositis, ramis divaricatis, bracteis parvis coriaceis basi ovarii 
appressis, perianthio 2 poll. diam., sepalis ellipticis obtusis dorso pallide 
viridibus lateralibus intus et extus rubro punctulatis, petalis sepalis duplo 
majoribus rotundato-quadratis eburneis, labello aureo rubro-maculato, segmentis 
lateralibus oblique obovatis obtusis, callis inter lobos 2-nis cuneato-quadratis 
terminali orbiculari apice appendice bicruri cruribus subulatis incurvis 
Instructo. 
P. Stuartiana, Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron, New Ser. vol. xvi. p. 748, fig. 149; TZ. 
Moore in the Florist and Pomologist, 1882, p. 49, t. 559. 
This is a very interesting species of the noblest genus of 
Hast Asiatic Orchids, allied to P. amabilis (Tab. 4297), P. 
grandiflora (Tab. 5184), and P. Schilleriana (Tab. 55380), 
all distinguished by the curious forked appendage at the 
tp of the labellum, and the large open panicles of white, or 
nearly white, flowers. As Dr. Reichenbach notices, its 
nearest ally is P. Schilleriana, the affinity with which is 
shown by the leaves, which are in that plant always mottled, 
being so in the young state of this. The flowers of P. 
Stuartiana are more numerous than in any of its congeners. 
The learned authority just cited states, that 120 have been 
counted on one panicle, and that in dried specimens in his 
possession, the flowers rival those of P. amabilis in size. It 
would, therefore, not surprise us if it proved that a panicle 
of this plant in full flower covered a greater area than does 
the single inflorescence of any other Orchid. 
P. Stuartiana was introduced by Messrs. Low, through 
their collector, Mr. Boxall, and flowered for the first time 
MAY Ist, 1882, 
