Tas. 8427, 
SCHOMBURGKIA Lverppeman1 
Venezuela. 
OroHIpAcear. Tribe EPIDENDREAE. 
Scnoompuregta, Lindl.; Benth. et Hook. J. Gen. Plant, vol. iii. p. 534, 
Schomburgkia Lueddemani, Prill. in Journ. Soc. Imp. Hort. Paris, vol. viii. 
(1862) p. 275; affinis S. wrdulatae, Lindl., sed pseudobulbis gracilioribus, 
bracteis longioribus et colore florum differt, 
Herba epiphytica, rhizomate valido, vaginis late ovatis subimbricatis obtecto. 
Pseudobulbi_ erecti, fusiformi-clavati, sulcati, basi attenuati, vaginis 
distichis imbricatis obtecti, 15-25 em. longi, medio 2-5-3 em. lati, apice 
saepissime diphylli. olia arcuata, elongato-oblonga, subobtusa, coriacea, 
20-35 em. longa, 4-5 cm. lata. Scapi erecti, elongati, 45-60 em. alti, 
vaginis lanceolatis numerosis obtecti, apice multiflori. Bracteae lineari- 
lanceolatae, acutae, convolutae, 4 em. longae. Pedicelli 3°5 em. longi. 
Flores mediocres, brunnei, labellum columnaque purpureum, crista et anthera 
flavae. Sepala patentia, lineari-oblonga, obtusa, valde undulata, 3-4 em. 
longa. Petala sepalis similia. Labellum trilobum, facie columnae adpres- 
sum, 1°5 cm. longum; lobi Jaterales anguste oblongi, obtusi, suberecti ; 
lobus intermedius recurvus, ovato-orbicularis, apiculatus, circiter 7 mm. 
longus, marginibus prope apicem incurvis; discus tricarinatus. Columna 
clavata, arcuata, 1°5 cm. longa; anthera breviter bicornuta; pollinia 8, 
per paria superposita, a latere parallele compressa, appendicula granulosa 
laminiformi connexa.—R. A. Rourr. 
The Schomburgkia which forms the subject of our 
illustration is an Orchid which is interesting as having 
reappeared after having been lost sight of for half a 
century. The species was first described by Mr. E. 
Prillieux in 1862 from a specimen in the collection of 
Mr. Liiddeman in Paris,-but nothing was then known of 
its native country or of its history, though its affinity 
with S. undulata, Lindl., was pointed out and especial 
attention was drawn to the bright yellow patch on the 
lip which is a conspicuous feature of the plant. In 
January, 1908, an auction sale of surplus orchids from the 
collection of the Hon. W. Rothschild, Tring Park, was 
held in London. At this sale the plant from which our 
figure has been prepared was purchased for the Kew 
ApriL, 1912. 
